After roughly a month of spring training games, the regular season of MajorLeagueBaseball gets underway Sunday evening. The Boston Red Sox host their rival NewYork Yankees in this season's opener.Players and fans alike at Fenway Park will enjoy the weather Sunday evening.
The temperature for the game's first pitch will be 64 degrees under a mostlyclear sky. Fans may want to bring along a light jacket since temperaturesshould dip into the mid-50s by the final out. A west wind will also be blowingat 12 to 20 mph.
Sunday evening's weather in Boston is definitely a treat. A high of 52° anda low of 37° is more typical in Boston on April 4th. Temperatures in thepast have been as warm as 75° and as frigid as 17° on this date.
Dry weather is also something that cannot be guaranteed in Boston this time ofyear. Sunday's rainfall record is 2.61 inches from 1876, while the snowfallrecord is 1.1 inches. That snowfall record is one of the lowest for earlyApril. The record for April 1st is 22.4 inches from 1997. On April 6, 1982,Boston measured 10.8 inches.
Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski
