Boston Marathon participants should be very thankful that the race is not for a few days, dodging these brutally hot record-breaking days in mid-April.

After the city smashed its record-highs for temps in the 80s on Thursday, April 13 and Friday, April 14, temps will plunge to “near perfect” for marathoners on Monday.

Temps for race day should be in the 50s, while runners will have to deal with some spotty rain showers and a slight headwind.

“Temperatures should be near perfect for the runners,” Bill Simpson, meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Boston office, told the Herald on Friday.

It has been wicked hot in the city over the last couple of days. Boston on Thursday hit 88 degrees, breaking its previous high for April 13 of 86 degrees from 1977.

On Friday, another record-high was set at Boston Logan International Airport. Boston hit 83 degrees, smashing its previous high of 81 degrees from 1945.

For Monday morning in Hopkinton, it should be around 50 degrees for the start of the iconic 26.2-mile race. There could be some rain showers, and a northeast wind around 5 mph.

“It could be a little bit of a headwind,” Simpson said.

When runners make it to the Newton hills, the temperature shouldn’t change too much because of the wind flow from the cold ocean. Temps should be in the low 50s.

Then in Boston during the afternoon, temps could rise slightly into the mid to upper 50s.

Not the best day for spectating along the course, but there have been much worse marathon days like in 2018 when it was raining cats and dogs.