Boston Weather Cam, Massachusetts - Live Cam - Charles River

This Boston Weather Cam points at the Charles River from the Massachusetts side of the water, a view that mixes the river's surface with the Boston skyline behind it. It is run by Boston and Maine Live, and it works as a weather check as much as a river cam: the water shows wind streaks, the haze shows humidity, and the skyline disappears on foggy mornings. Rowers and sailors on the Charles look at it before heading out, and runners along the Esplanade use it to judge the day. The cam is most alive in the golden hour after sunrise, when the sun comes up over the city and glints off the water, or on summer afternoons when the river fills with crew boats. In winter the shot turns to grey water and bare trees, but it still shows whether ice has formed at the edges. A practical, live window into one of Boston's busiest stretches of water, with a skyline backdrop that changes with the weather.