Yesterday it was scorching hot across Massachusetts, and although it’s warm today and tomorrow, it’s coming to an end this week. However, the (mostly) dry phase will continue.

Boston hit 83 degrees on Monday, breaking the previous record of 82 degrees set in 1920. Today wasn’t nearly as warm due to an ocean breeze, but we’ll warm up again tomorrow.

Wednesday will be bright, warm and quite windy at times. Without the ocean breeze (an onshore wind), almost all of us will be comfortably warmed after a morning of temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s into the mid to upper 70s. This applies except on the Cape and the islands, where it will be a little cooler.

It will be dry, which isn’t great given the beginning of drought across Massachusetts.

We expect changes on Thursday. We have a chance of a spotty shower, but that’s about it. Even those of us who do get rain won’t be nearly enough to truly stop the drought.

Thursday will also be much cooler, with highs only in the low to mid 60s. Southeastern Massachusetts will see slightly warmer temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. Early morning lows will be in the 50s. It will be partly sunny, continuing the mostly dry spell that is expected to last through the rest of the month.

There will be a cold start on Friday with 30°C off the coast and 40°C near the coast. We will be sunny with cooler highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s. There will be just a few clouds on Saturday with highs in the 60s. It will be windy. Sunday will be downright chilly with highs in the upper 40s and low 50s and mostly sunny skies. A breeze makes it even cooler.

The cool trend continues into Monday morning, with lows in the upper 20s and 30s (40s for the Cape) and highs in the upper 40s and lower 50s, again under clear skies. On Tuesday we got back into the mid 60s but are still dry.