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Falmouth Road Race weather
August 16, 2026 · Falmouth, MA · 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
33 days to race day
The live race-day forecast unlocks 27 days from now, when August 16, 2026 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
70°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
72°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
5%
1 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Heat and humidity are the defining hazard — bad enough that the 2026 start moved an hour earlier; 2020 virtual-only (counted in edition numbering). History here samples the new 08:00 start hour for every year, including editions that ran at ~09:00 — it reflects the 2026+ gun time, not each past year's actual start. 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
70°F
p75 (a warm year): 72°F
Median dew point
65°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
5%
1 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
75°F
in 2017
| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72°F | 68°F | 10 mph | dry | 82°F |
| 2024 | 69°F | 65°F | 2 mph | dry | 73°F |
| 2023 | 67°F | 57°F | 8 mph | dry | 80°F |
| 2022 | 69°F | 69°F | 5 mph | dry | 80°F |
| 2021 | 72°F | 60°F | 9 mph | dry | 78°F |
| 2020 | 70°F | 65°F | 11 mph | dry | 70°F |
| 2019 | 72°F | 70°F | 3 mph | dry | 80°F |
| 2018 | 68°F | 65°F | 13 mph | dry | 72°F |
| 2017 | 75°F | 68°F | 8 mph | dry | 83°F |
| 2016 | 72°F | 64°F | 8 mph | dry | 79°F |
| 2015 | 73°F | 69°F | 3 mph | dry | 85°F |
| 2014 | 70°F | 65°F | 6 mph | dry | 77°F |
| 2013 | 66°F | 63°F | 1 mph | dry | 75°F |
| 2012 | 67°F | 63°F | 6 mph | dry | 73°F |
| 2011 | 72°F | 68°F | 9 mph | dry | 82°F |
| 2010 | 67°F | 60°F | 5 mph | dry | 75°F |
| 2009 | 72°F | 68°F | 5 mph | dry | 83°F |
| 2008 | 68°F | 60°F | 8 mph | dry | 80°F |
| 2007 | 61°F | 53°F | 3 mph | dry | 70°F |
| 2006 | 71°F | 69°F | 13 mph | 1.1 mm | 79°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 7-miler
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
- Water St, Woods Hole, at the Community Hall (68 Water St), near the Eel Pond drawbridge; finish at Falmouth Heights
- Scheduled start
- 8:00 AM (America/New_York) — 2026 REGIME CHANGE: moved from ~9:00 to an 8:00 anchor for heat safety (announced Oct 2025; official 2026 FAQ/race-day pages publish the full 8 AM schedule). Wheelchair 7:40, duos 7:41, elite women 7:50, elite men + seeded 8:00, sub-elite 8:02, pulse waves from 8:04. Do NOT carry 2025's ~9:00 forward.
- Field size
- ~11,000-runner field (lottery + resident + charity entry)
- Registration
- lottery (applications May 8-17, 2026) + resident + charity
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Falmouth Road Race (officially the "ASICS Falmouth Road Race") 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.