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Boilermaker Road Race weather
July 11, 2027 · Utica, NY · scheduled start 8:00 AM (America/New_York). What the start usually feels like, year by year — and a live start-time read once the race is inside the 7-day forecast window.
Countdown
317 days to race day
The live race-day forecast unlocks 311 days from now, when July 11, 2027 enters the 7-day forecast window — a start-time read for the scheduled 8:00 AM start. Until then, live hourly data is not available; the history below shows what race morning usually looks like.
Typical start temp
69°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
72°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
10%
2 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Typical mid-July Utica mornings: mild-to-warm and humid (60s–70s F rising fast) — the Boilermaker is known for heat; typical-climate characterization, UNVERIFIED; ERA5 backfill supplies actuals. COVID: 2020 CANCELLED (virtual); 2021 displaced OUT OF SLOT to fall (held ~Oct 2021, not July) — flag both. The 2nd-Sunday-July rule describes every normal year; 2020/2021 July slots remain climatological slots per slot semantics. Wyndo tracks what this calendar slot has actually served up at the start hour — temperature, dew point, wind, and rain — including the years when weather canceled or disrupted the race, and reads the live forecast for the start once race week arrives.
Median start temp
69°F
p75 (a warm year): 72°F
Median dew point
63°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
10%
2 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
77°F
in 2025
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 67°F | 53°F | 3 mph | dry | 86°F |
| 2025 | 77°F | 72°F | 7 mph | dry | 87°F |
| 2024 | 69°F | 64°F | 1 mph | dry | 87°F |
| 2023 | 72°F | 66°F | 4 mph | dry | 82°F |
| 2022 | 60°F | 50°F | 1 mph | dry | 79°F |
| 2021 | 65°F | 61°F | 3 mph | dry | 76°F |
| 2020 | 72°F | 70°F | 10 mph | dry | 82°F |
| 2019 | 71°F | 66°F | 7 mph | dry | 80°F |
| 2018 | 62°F | 55°F | 2 mph | dry | 82°F |
| 2017 | 63°F | 54°F | 6 mph | dry | 77°F |
| 2016 | 65°F | 62°F | 9 mph | 0.2 mm | 68°F |
| 2015 | 68°F | 61°F | 4 mph | dry | 82°F |
| 2014 | 75°F | 69°F | 9 mph | dry | 81°F |
| 2013 | 74°F | 70°F | 2 mph | dry | 87°F |
| 2012 | 69°F | 66°F | 5 mph | dry | 82°F |
| 2011 | 65°F | 58°F | 2 mph | dry | 84°F |
| 2010 | 70°F | 65°F | 3 mph | dry | 82°F |
| 2009 | 59°F | 53°F | 8 mph | dry | 70°F |
| 2008 | 73°F | 65°F | 10 mph | 0.3 mm | 78°F |
| 2007 | 70°F | 56°F | 7 mph | dry | 84°F |
Slot climatology: each row is the weather at this race's usual calendar slot and start hour (ERA5 reanalysis at the start line) — including years when the edition was canceled or moved. A computed slot date is not a claim the race ran that day.
Your heat-adjusted goal for the 15k
The same cited model as the full calculator, pointed at this race: the median start-hour conditions this calendar slot has served up — climatology, not a forecast.
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Race facts
- Start line
- Corner of Culver Ave & Dwyer Ave, by Human Technologies (formerly ECR International, ~2201 Dwyer Ave), Utica — the START (NOT the brewery, which is the FINISH). Point-to-point 15K ends at the F.X. Matt / Saranac Brewery. Coordinate geocoded from 2201 Dwyer Ave (Nominatim) — approximate.
- Scheduled start
- 8:00 AM (America/New_York) — 15K starts 8:00 AM (boilermaker.com/when-is-the-boilermaker). Wheelchair/handcycle and elite fields lead; 5K is a separate start. Point-to-point, 9.3 mi, finishing at the Saranac/F.X. Matt Brewery post-race party.
- Field size
- 15K FINISHERS, 2025 (July 13, 2025): 8,470 (Running USA recap: "This year's 15K race saw 8470 finishers … up from 7967 [in 2024]"). This is the DIRECT 15K finisher count (the scout's ~8.5k was derived by subtraction — this supersedes it). 5K finishers (3,970 in 2025) are counted separately. Field is capped (~11k-13k registrants historically). Re-verify live before ship (checked 2026-08-27).
- Registration
- open (capped; sells out — historically ~11,000–13,000 registrant cap for the 15K)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Boilermaker Road Race (officially the "Boilermaker 15K") or its organizers. Race names are used descriptively to identify the event; schedules and start times belong to the race — always confirm details on the official site. Weather guidance here is informational, never medical advice, and event alert flags on race day belong to the race's own medical team.