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Great North Run weather
September 13, 2026 · Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · scheduled start 10:50 AM (Europe/London). 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
61 days to race day
The live race-day forecast unlocks 55 days from now, when September 13, 2026 enters the 7-day forecast window — a start-time read for the scheduled 10:50 AM start. Until then, live hourly data is not available; the history below shows what race morning usually looks like.
Typical start temp
56°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
60°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
15%
3 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Mild NE England September; 2020 cancelled; 2021 ran a one-off Newcastle-only route (course anomaly, not weather). Wyndo tracks what past editions of the race actually served up at the start hour — temperature, dew point, wind, and rain, and reads the live forecast for the start once race week arrives.
Median start temp
56°F
p75 (a warm year): 60°F
Median dew point
51°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
15%
3 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
65°F
in 2025
| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65°F | 55°F | 18 mph | dry | 69°F |
| 2024 | 60°F | 60°F | 6 mph | 0.8 mm | 60°F |
| 2023 | 65°F | 63°F | 2 mph | dry | 70°F |
| 2022 | 60°F | 55°F | 6 mph | dry | 68°F |
| 2021 | 57°F | 51°F | 8 mph | dry | 58°F |
| 2019 | 52°F | 47°F | 2 mph | dry | 61°F |
| 2018 | 63°F | 57°F | 13 mph | dry | 65°F |
| 2017 | 56°F | 51°F | 15 mph | dry | 60°F |
| 2016 | 60°F | 51°F | 11 mph | dry | 66°F |
| 2015 | 55°F | 48°F | 8 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2014 | 55°F | 48°F | 10 mph | dry | 63°F |
| 2013 | 53°F | 49°F | 19 mph | dry | 60°F |
| 2012 | 58°F | 51°F | 12 mph | 0.6 mm | 62°F |
| 2011 | 53°F | 50°F | 7 mph | dry | 57°F |
| 2010 | 56°F | 55°F | 6 mph | 0.2 mm | 61°F |
| 2009 | 53°F | 46°F | 9 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2008 | 45°F | 38°F | 10 mph | dry | 53°F |
| 2007 | 51°F | 46°F | 4 mph | dry | 60°F |
| 2006 | 58°F | 55°F | 8 mph | dry | 63°F |
| 2005 | 58°F | 52°F | 11 mph | dry | 65°F |
Each row is the weather at a real past edition's date and this race's current start hour (ERA5 reanalysis at the start line).
Your heat-adjusted goal for the half marathon
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
- A167 Great North Road near Claremont Rd, by Town Moor / Exhibition Park (NE2 4AA); finish at South Shields seafront
- Scheduled start
- 10:50 AM (Europe/London) — Official 2026 timetable (organizer-marked PROVISIONAL — re-verify ~2 weeks out): elite wheelchair 10:20, elite women 10:25, VI 10:27, elite men + MASS 10:50 BST. Aggregators listing 10:45 are wrong. World's biggest half (63,000 entrants in 2026).
- Field size
- ~60,000 finishers — world's biggest half (~63,000 entrants in 2026)
- Registration
- ballot (2026 January ballot closed; members skip)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Great North Run (officially the "AJ Bell Great North Run") 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.