Climate09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Army Corps Unveils $10 Billion Plan to Wall Off Boston's Coast
United States Army Corps of EngineersBoston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
Starts 07/24/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE62 days agoStated as fact, per boston.gov^[1][4][5]'s USACE partnership page: "On July 24, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a draft report and opened the public comment period for their Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study."
The Army Corps of Engineers' draft Boston Coastal Storm Risk Management study proposes more than 20 floodwalls, berms and floodgates along 16 miles of the city's 47-mile coastline, roughly $10 billion of work it says would prevent $41 billion in flood damage.
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Weather09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Boston Hits 102 Degrees, Its Hottest June Day on Record
National Weather ServiceLogan International Airport, 1, Harborside Drive, East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02128, United States
Starts 06/24/2025CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoStated as fact, per WBUR^[1] (24 Jun 2025): "Hottest June day ever: Boston reached 102 degrees Tuesday" - Tuesday being 24 June 2025.
Logan Airport reached 102 degrees on 24 June 2025, beating Boston's 100-degree June record from 2021, 1952 and 1925, with a heat index near 110. It fell just 2 degrees short of the city's all-time high of 104, set on 4 July 1911.
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Climate09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Army Corps Sends Boston's Final Flood-Protection Study to Congress
United States Army Corps of EngineersBoston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
Starts 12/31/2028ESTIMATED 74% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsYear only, per boston.gov^[1][2][3]'s plan summary: "The final version goes to Congress in 2028" - taken as the year's last day; the Mayor's release says the study is "projected to be completed by 2028".
The Army Corps of Engineers expects to finish its Boston coastal flood study and send the final report to Congress in 2028, the step that lets the city seek up to 65% federal funding for about $10 billion of floodwalls, berms and floodgates.
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Climate09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Boston's Tighter Building-Emissions Limits Take Effect in 2030
City of BostonBoston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
01/01/2030 - 12/31/2034SCHEDULED 83% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsSet in law, per the BERDO ordinance: Table 1's "2030-2034" emissions standards, and mid-size buildings "shall not be subject to the Emissions standards until 2031, reporting for 2030 emissions"; the period ends where the 2035-2039 standards begin.^[1]
Boston's BERDO emissions limits drop by roughly 40% for offices and multifamily housing in 2030, and mid-size buildings of 20,000-35,000 sq ft or 15-34 units must comply for the first time.
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Sports09/24/2026@SportDesk
The 131st Boston Marathon Runs on Patriots' Day 2027
Boston Marathon Finish Line, 665, Boylston Street, Back Bay, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02116, United StatesBoston Athletic Association
Starts 04/19/2027SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEin 207 daysGiven as scheduled on the B.A.A.'s Boston Marathon page: "Boston Marathon Apr 19th, 2027 ... 131st BOSTON MARATHON PRESENTED BY BANK OF AMERICA ... 30,000 participants will race on Patriots' Day"; no start times have been published yet.^[1]
About 30,000 runners are due to race from Hopkinton to Boylston Street on Monday 19 April 2027, after a record 33,656 qualifiers applied for places. It is the first Boston Marathon with a random draw for about 1,000 qualifiers who miss the cut-off time.
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Music09/24/2026@MusicDesk
Boston Calling Returns After Its 2026 Gap Year
C3 PresentsHarvard Athletic Complex, South Campus Drive, Barry's Corner, Allston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02163, United States
06/04/2027 - 06/06/2027SCHEDULED 76% CONFIDENCEin 253 daysGiven as scheduled on the festival's own site: "Boston Calling^[1] Music Festival | Boston, MA | June 4 - 6, 2027 ... SEE YOU IN 2027", matching the organisers' post quoted by Boston.com^[3]: "an exciting return on a new weekend: June 4-6, 2027."
New England's largest music festival comes back to the Harvard Athletic Complex on 4-6 June 2027, a new weekend after years on Memorial Day, having skipped 2026. Mayor Michelle Wu linked the gap year to the strain of Boston's 250th and World Cup events.
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Festival09/24/2026@CityDesk
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Is Lit for 2026
Tishman SpeyerThe Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, Rockefeller Plaza, Midtown, Manhattan Community Board 5, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10111, United States
Starts 12/02/2026ESTIMATED 66% CONFIDENCEin 69 daysEstimated from the pattern, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: the tree is "lit in a public ceremony on the last Wednesday of November or first Wednesday of December and following Thanksgiving"; Thanksgiving 2026 falls on 26 November (macysinc.com^[2]), so the ceremony should be Wednesday 2 December. No official 2026 date has been announced.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit in a televised ceremony on the Wednesday after Thanksgiving, expected on 2 December 2026, opening the holiday season in Midtown.
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Festival09/24/2026@CityDesk
Boston Marks Evacuation Day's 250th Anniversary on Dorchester Heights
Boston National Historical ParkDorchester Heights National Historic Site, Thomas Park, Dorchester Heights, South Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02127, United States
Starts 03/17/2026 3:00PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE191 days agoStated as firm, per the National Park Service: "Tuesday, March 17 ... Ceremony: 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m." (EDT, 15:00-17:30 UTC).^[1]
Reenactors, cannon fire and a mounted Washington marked 250 years since the British left Boston, at a newly restored Dorchester Heights Monument rededicated by the National Park Service.
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Festival09/24/2026@CityDesk
Tall Ships Parade Into Boston Harbor to Open Sail Boston 2026
Sail250Fan Pier Park, Seaport, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Starts 07/11/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE75 days agoStated as firm, per Sail Boston^[1][3][4]: "Meet Boston^[2] Parade of Sail Saturday, July 11, 2026 - 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM" (EDT, 13:00-20:00 UTC).
Some 60 tall ships from more than 20 countries, led by USS Constitution, paraded into Boston Harbor for America's 250th, opening five days of free ship tours and fireworks.
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Weather09/21/2026@ClimateDesk
The 2027 Atlantic Hurricane Season Opens
National Hurricane Center, Miami, Florida, United StatesNational Hurricane Center
06/01/2027 - 11/30/2027SCHEDULED 77% CONFIDENCEin 250 daysThe season's bounds are fixed by the National Hurricane Center, not forecast: "The official hurricane season for the Atlantic basin is from June 1 to November 30, but tropical cyclone activity sometimes occurs before and after these dates." The pin therefore ends at the exclusive 00:00Z boundary of 1 December 2027.^[1]
The National Hurricane Center's official Atlantic season runs from 1 June to 30 November, the six months in which almost all basin activity falls. An average season brings 14 named storms.
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Weather09/21/2026@ClimateDesk
The 2027-28 Australian Cyclone Season Opens
Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaBureau of Meteorology
11/01/2027 - 04/30/2028SCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCEin 1.1 yearsThe Bureau of Meteorology fixes the season rather than forecasting it: "The official tropical cyclone season in the Australian region runs from 1 November to 30 April." The pin ends at the exclusive 00:00Z boundary of 1 May 2028.^[1]
The Bureau of Meteorology's official tropical cyclone season for the Australian region runs from 1 November to 30 April. An average season brings 10 cyclones, three or four of which cross the coast.
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Boston Elects Its City Council in the 2027 Municipal Election
Boston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United StatesCity of Boston
Starts 11/02/2027ESTIMATED 64% CONFIDENCEin 1.1 yearsEstimated: Wikipedia^[1][5] gives the next council election as "November 2027"; Boston's general municipal elections fall on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November (boston.gov^[2][4] results for 2 Nov 2021 and 4 Nov 2025, Wikipedia for 7 Nov 2023), which in 2027 is 2 November.
All 13 Boston City Council seats, nine district and four at-large, are up for their regular two-year election, the first test of the council after Wu's re-election.
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Stated as fact, per CBS Boston: "The Blizzard of 2026 left more than three feet of snow in parts of Massachusetts Monday" (Monday 23 February 2026, the article titled "from Blizzard of February 23, 2026").^[1]

Start: Feb 23, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Blizzard of 2026 Buries Boston Under 17 Inches of Snow

The Blizzard of 2026 dropped 17.1 inches on Logan Airport on 23 February 2026 and more than three feet on parts of southeastern Massachusetts, with a 68 mph gust at Logan and Boston's first blizzard warning since January 2022.

Boston received 17.1 inches of snow at the National Weather Service's official site at Logan Airport, taking the city over 60 inches for the winter^[1]
Southeastern Massachusetts was hit hardest, with 41 inches in Fall River and 37 in New Bedford and Dartmouth; Providence set an all-time record of 37.9 inches, beating the Blizzard of 1978's 28.6^[1]
Logan recorded a 68 mph gust, Hull 70 mph and Nantucket 83 mph as the storm peaked on Monday morning^[4]
Mayor Michelle Wu declared a snow emergency on 22 February, Governor Healey a state of emergency, and it was Boston's first blizzard warning since January 2022^[2]
958 flights were cancelled at Logan by the morning of 23 February, and one person died in Massachusetts, a man clearing snow on the Mass Pike^[2]
The MBTA ran subway and buses at Sunday-level service, suspended all ferries and put the Commuter Rail on storm schedules^[5]
WBUR's map put Logan at just under 17 inches, lower than the South Shore and South Coast^[3]

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cbsnews.com/boston/news/snow-totals-boston-massachusetts-february-23-2026
cbsnews.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Feb 23, 2026 ✓· 30% of score
Stated as fact, per CBS Boston: "The Blizzard of 2026 left more than three feet of snow in parts of Massachusetts Monday" (Monday 23 February 2026, the article titled "from Blizzard of February 23, 2026").
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February 2026 North American blizzard
en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 24, 2026· 30% of score
Wikipedia's storm article: Boston's first blizzard warning since January 2022, Wu's snow emergency on 22 February, 958 Logan cancellations, the Mass Pike fatality.
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Map: See snow totals for the blizzard of 2026
wbur.org· Published Feb 24, 2026· 13% of score
WBUR's totals map: Logan just under 17 inches, 36-37 inches on the South Coast and South Shore, Providence's 37-inch record.
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The snowstorm of '26 was a record-breaker. Here are the totals around Boston.
wgbh.org· Published Feb 23, 2026· 13% of score
GBH meteorologist Dave Epstein's same-day account: 14.4 inches at Logan by 1 p.m., 12-24 inches around Boston, wind gusts of 68 mph at Logan and 83 mph on Nantucket, Providence's record.^[1]
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MBTA Service Information During Winter Storm
mbta.com· Published Feb 22, 2026· 13% of score
The MBTA's storm notice for 23 February: reduced subway and bus service, Mattapan Line and ferries suspended, Commuter Rail storm schedules.

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Climate09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Army Corps Unveils $10 Billion Plan to Wall Off Boston's Coast
United States Army Corps of EngineersBoston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
Starts 07/24/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE62 days agoStated as fact, per boston.gov^[1][4][5]'s USACE partnership page: "On July 24, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a draft report and opened the public comment period for their Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study."
The Army Corps of Engineers' draft Boston Coastal Storm Risk Management study proposes more than 20 floodwalls, berms and floodgates along 16 miles of the city's 47-mile coastline, roughly $10 billion of work it says would prevent $41 billion in flood damage.
$10B
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Weather09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Boston Hits 102 Degrees, Its Hottest June Day on Record
National Weather ServiceLogan International Airport, 1, Harborside Drive, East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02128, United States
Starts 06/24/2025CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoStated as fact, per WBUR^[1] (24 Jun 2025): "Hottest June day ever: Boston reached 102 degrees Tuesday" - Tuesday being 24 June 2025.
Logan Airport reached 102 degrees on 24 June 2025, beating Boston's 100-degree June record from 2021, 1952 and 1925, with a heat index near 110. It fell just 2 degrees short of the city's all-time high of 104, set on 4 July 1911.
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Climate09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Army Corps Sends Boston's Final Flood-Protection Study to Congress
United States Army Corps of EngineersBoston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
Starts 12/31/2028ESTIMATED 74% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsYear only, per boston.gov^[1][2][3]'s plan summary: "The final version goes to Congress in 2028" - taken as the year's last day; the Mayor's release says the study is "projected to be completed by 2028".
The Army Corps of Engineers expects to finish its Boston coastal flood study and send the final report to Congress in 2028, the step that lets the city seek up to 65% federal funding for about $10 billion of floodwalls, berms and floodgates.
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Climate09/24/2026@ClimateDesk
Boston's Tighter Building-Emissions Limits Take Effect in 2030
City of BostonBoston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
01/01/2030 - 12/31/2034SCHEDULED 83% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsSet in law, per the BERDO ordinance: Table 1's "2030-2034" emissions standards, and mid-size buildings "shall not be subject to the Emissions standards until 2031, reporting for 2030 emissions"; the period ends where the 2035-2039 standards begin.^[1]
Boston's BERDO emissions limits drop by roughly 40% for offices and multifamily housing in 2030, and mid-size buildings of 20,000-35,000 sq ft or 15-34 units must comply for the first time.
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Sports09/24/2026@SportDesk
The 131st Boston Marathon Runs on Patriots' Day 2027
Boston Marathon Finish Line, 665, Boylston Street, Back Bay, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02116, United StatesBoston Athletic Association
Starts 04/19/2027SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEin 207 daysGiven as scheduled on the B.A.A.'s Boston Marathon page: "Boston Marathon Apr 19th, 2027 ... 131st BOSTON MARATHON PRESENTED BY BANK OF AMERICA ... 30,000 participants will race on Patriots' Day"; no start times have been published yet.^[1]
About 30,000 runners are due to race from Hopkinton to Boylston Street on Monday 19 April 2027, after a record 33,656 qualifiers applied for places. It is the first Boston Marathon with a random draw for about 1,000 qualifiers who miss the cut-off time.
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Music09/24/2026@MusicDesk
Boston Calling Returns After Its 2026 Gap Year
C3 PresentsHarvard Athletic Complex, South Campus Drive, Barry's Corner, Allston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02163, United States
06/04/2027 - 06/06/2027SCHEDULED 76% CONFIDENCEin 253 daysGiven as scheduled on the festival's own site: "Boston Calling^[1] Music Festival | Boston, MA | June 4 - 6, 2027 ... SEE YOU IN 2027", matching the organisers' post quoted by Boston.com^[3]: "an exciting return on a new weekend: June 4-6, 2027."
New England's largest music festival comes back to the Harvard Athletic Complex on 4-6 June 2027, a new weekend after years on Memorial Day, having skipped 2026. Mayor Michelle Wu linked the gap year to the strain of Boston's 250th and World Cup events.
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Festival09/24/2026@CityDesk
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Is Lit for 2026
Tishman SpeyerThe Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, Rockefeller Plaza, Midtown, Manhattan Community Board 5, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10111, United States
Starts 12/02/2026ESTIMATED 66% CONFIDENCEin 69 daysEstimated from the pattern, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: the tree is "lit in a public ceremony on the last Wednesday of November or first Wednesday of December and following Thanksgiving"; Thanksgiving 2026 falls on 26 November (macysinc.com^[2]), so the ceremony should be Wednesday 2 December. No official 2026 date has been announced.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit in a televised ceremony on the Wednesday after Thanksgiving, expected on 2 December 2026, opening the holiday season in Midtown.
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Festival09/24/2026@CityDesk
Boston Marks Evacuation Day's 250th Anniversary on Dorchester Heights
Boston National Historical ParkDorchester Heights National Historic Site, Thomas Park, Dorchester Heights, South Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02127, United States
Starts 03/17/2026 3:00PMCONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE191 days agoStated as firm, per the National Park Service: "Tuesday, March 17 ... Ceremony: 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m." (EDT, 15:00-17:30 UTC).^[1]
Reenactors, cannon fire and a mounted Washington marked 250 years since the British left Boston, at a newly restored Dorchester Heights Monument rededicated by the National Park Service.
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Festival09/24/2026@CityDesk
Tall Ships Parade Into Boston Harbor to Open Sail Boston 2026
Sail250Fan Pier Park, Seaport, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Starts 07/11/2026 1:00PMCONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE75 days agoStated as firm, per Sail Boston^[1][3][4]: "Meet Boston^[2] Parade of Sail Saturday, July 11, 2026 - 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM" (EDT, 13:00-20:00 UTC).
Some 60 tall ships from more than 20 countries, led by USS Constitution, paraded into Boston Harbor for America's 250th, opening five days of free ship tours and fireworks.
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Weather09/21/2026@ClimateDesk
The 2027 Atlantic Hurricane Season Opens
National Hurricane Center, Miami, Florida, United StatesNational Hurricane Center
06/01/2027 - 11/30/2027SCHEDULED 77% CONFIDENCEin 250 daysThe season's bounds are fixed by the National Hurricane Center, not forecast: "The official hurricane season for the Atlantic basin is from June 1 to November 30, but tropical cyclone activity sometimes occurs before and after these dates." The pin therefore ends at the exclusive 00:00Z boundary of 1 December 2027.^[1]
The National Hurricane Center's official Atlantic season runs from 1 June to 30 November, the six months in which almost all basin activity falls. An average season brings 14 named storms.
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Weather09/21/2026@ClimateDesk
The 2027-28 Australian Cyclone Season Opens
Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaBureau of Meteorology
11/01/2027 - 04/30/2028SCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCEin 1.1 yearsThe Bureau of Meteorology fixes the season rather than forecasting it: "The official tropical cyclone season in the Australian region runs from 1 November to 30 April." The pin ends at the exclusive 00:00Z boundary of 1 May 2028.^[1]
The Bureau of Meteorology's official tropical cyclone season for the Australian region runs from 1 November to 30 April. An average season brings 10 cyclones, three or four of which cross the coast.
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Boston Elects Its City Council in the 2027 Municipal Election
Boston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United StatesCity of Boston
Starts 11/02/2027ESTIMATED 64% CONFIDENCEin 1.1 yearsEstimated: Wikipedia^[1][5] gives the next council election as "November 2027"; Boston's general municipal elections fall on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November (boston.gov^[2][4] results for 2 Nov 2021 and 4 Nov 2025, Wikipedia for 7 Nov 2023), which in 2027 is 2 November.
All 13 Boston City Council seats, nine district and four at-large, are up for their regular two-year election, the first test of the council after Wu's re-election.
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