Thursday is the home opener for Rochester Red Wings baseball and General Manager Dan Mason has upped the ante this year by issuing a 51 degree guarantee.

If the temperature doesn’t reach 51 degrees on opening night, tickets will be honored for another game in April or May.

Wouldn’t rather be anywhere else. Pitching coach Stu cliburn joining us again at 8:30 on ymr! We’re talking opening day! pic.twitter.com/ZOyXm8bsgp — Jillian Parker (@TVJillianParker) April 11, 2019

The average high temperature in Rochester on April 11 is 54 degrees, but as we all know the weather in Rochester is typically not average. We can reach the 80s this time of year, and we can also have snowstorms. The record high for the date is 85 set in 1945 and the record low is 14 set in 1970. The most snow we have received on April 11 is 9 inches in 1894.

This year we won’t set any records, and we won’t be shoveling snow either, but it will be chilly!

A cold front that passed through Tuesday has set us up with cold weather that really settled in Wednesday. We even had some snow showers. On Thursday that front will still be to our south, so we are on the cold side. During the day it begins to move to the north as a warm front. With the front to our south we will likely have an east to northeast breeze. With Lake Ontario so cold this time of year and a breeze off it, along with clouds and at least the risk of that sprinkle, temperatures will likely fail to get out of the 40s for our high temperature. Which, in this case, is a good thing if you’re going to the home-opener.

The first pitch against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs will be at 6:05 p.m. and temperatures will be in the low to mid 40s and may settle to the upper 30s by the ninth inning.

So bundle up if you're heading to the game. Thursday is a real good opportunity to get two tickets for the price of one!