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Forecast | Dave Epstein
Temperatures will continue to be very mild Wednesday afternoon.

The warm fall weather isn’t over yet

A stretch of weather like this in mid-October is something to be savored. Boston has had way above-average warmth for the balance of the fall thus far and may not get its first frost before the end of the month.

Dave Epstein | Forecast
Runners along the Charles River in Cambridge.

A week of warmth is ahead of us

Temperatures in the 70s and at least some sunshine are in store for many locations in Southern New England in the coming days.

Forecast | Dave Epstein
The afternoon sun shines over a runner jogging along a South Boston sidewalk.

Expect a warm Marathon weekend with a possibility of rain

If there are lingering showers Monday, they will occur first thing with slow improvement as the day wears on. Temperatures will be around 60 for the start of the Marathon and approach 70 by early afternoon.

Dave Epstein | Forecast
Kite surfers at Pleasure Bay in Boston.

The warmth continues, and a look at Marathon Monday

Temperatures this afternoon with the increasing sunshine will reach to 70 degrees and be in the low- and mid-70s for the daytime on Thursday.

Dave Epstein | Forecast
An umbrella-carrying pedestrian passed a fountain on the Hancock Adams Common in Quincy on Monday.

After a rainy Monday, expect sunshine and 70-degree temperatures for the second half of the workweek

We will have to wait until Wednesday to enjoy a nice day, but the rest of the workweek looks pretty awesome, with plenty of sunshine and temperature readings well above average.

Todd Zuzulo relaxed at the Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester in July.

It was a record-hot summer. Then a (nearly) record-hot September. Get used to it

With four heat waves and a seemingly endless string of sauna-like days, this summer was the hottest ever recorded in Boston. Now it’s been followed by one of the warmest Septembers in decades.

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Juan Carlos Gonzalez, 2 1/2, intently concentrating on the task at hand at Castle Island on a recent afternoon.

And just like that — it’s October. Here’s what the weather will be like

The first few days of the month are looking pretty nice. Sunshine will boost temperatures back into the 60s after a few spots saw their first 30-degree weather of the season this morning.

Forecast | Dave Epstein
A touch of color on Flushing Pond in Westford as fall begins.

Cool fall air has arrived in Massachusetts, a sign that the season is here

For more than three weeks temperatures have been above average, but we've settled into more typical late-September and early-October weather, and the change is a shock to the system.