Boston, MA Weather & 7-Day Forecast
Live conditions, hourly and 7-day outlook for Boston — plus what this week's weather means for your refrigerator, washer, dryer and dishwasher.
Next 24 hours in Boston
All times shown in Boston local time (EST).
7-day forecast for Boston, MA
What this week's weather means for your appliances
Cool nights
Overnight lows around 43°F stiffen refrigerator and freezer door gaskets. A door that stops sealing in cold weather usually just needs the gasket cleaned and warmed rather than replaced.
Wet air slows the dryer
Rain chances reach 88% this week. Humid air makes a dryer work harder, so a load that suddenly needs two cycles is far more often a lint-choked vent than a failed heating element.
Heavy rain and the laundry room
Downpours are in the forecast around Fri. Water on a basement or garage floor reaches a washer or dryer motor long before it damages the cabinet, and a clogged exterior vent hood fills with water instead of venting — both are worth a look before the rain arrives.
Appliances and the Boston climate
Boston gets cold, snowy winters with nor'easters off the Atlantic and short, humid summers.
The housing stock shapes the local repair picture. A lot of Boston kitchens and laundry closets sit in buildings far older than the appliances in them, which means tight clearances, long or shared dryer ducts and circuits that were never sized for a modern induction range. Tight clearance behind a refrigerator traps heat and makes the compressor run long; a shared or overlong dryer duct is the usual reason a dryer stops drying. Winter adds the nor'easter outage, and the voltage sag when power returns is what kills control boards.
BostonFix Appliance Repair covers Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, Newton, Quincy and the surrounding metro communities. If a refrigerator, freezer, washer, dryer, dishwasher, oven or range is not keeping up with the weather on this page, call (888) 350-8655 or book a visit online — same-day appointments are usually available, and every repair carries a 90-day warranty.
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Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), refreshed at least every 30 minutes. All times and dates on this page are Boston local time (America/New_York — EST). Forecasts are not a substitute for official warnings from the National Weather Service.