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Manchester Road Race weather
November 26, 2026 · Manchester, CT · scheduled start 10:00 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
91 days to race day
The live race-day forecast unlocks 85 days from now, when November 26, 2026 enters the 7-day forecast window — a start-time read for the scheduled 10:00 AM start. Until then, live hourly data is not available; the history below shows what race morning usually looks like.
Typical start temp
39°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
43°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
15%
3 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Late-Nov Connecticut late-mornings: 30s-40s F, cold rain or early snow possible; the 10:00 start is late for the genre. 2020 virtual (COVID); not held 1935-1944. 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
39°F
p75 (a warm year): 43°F
Median dew point
29°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
15%
3 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
55°F
in 2020
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43°F | 22°F | 10 mph | dry | 56°F |
| 2024 | 42°F | 40°F | 8 mph | 0.8 mm | 46°F |
| 2023 | 46°F | 37°F | 11 mph | dry | 51°F |
| 2022 | 34°F | 27°F | 1 mph | dry | 49°F |
| 2021 | 39°F | 26°F | 1 mph | dry | 55°F |
| 2020 | 55°F | 54°F | 11 mph | 1.5 mm | 60°F |
| 2019 | 46°F | 33°F | 12 mph | dry | 52°F |
| 2018 | 15°F | -5°F | 11 mph | dry | 26°F |
| 2017 | 33°F | 20°F | 6 mph | dry | 42°F |
| 2016 | 34°F | 26°F | 3 mph | dry | 45°F |
| 2015 | 42°F | 37°F | 4 mph | dry | 57°F |
| 2014 | 33°F | 28°F | 3 mph | dry | 36°F |
| 2013 | 31°F | 13°F | 14 mph | dry | 37°F |
| 2012 | 39°F | 36°F | 2 mph | dry | 56°F |
| 2011 | 37°F | 29°F | 5 mph | dry | 49°F |
| 2010 | 34°F | 11°F | 5 mph | dry | 42°F |
| 2009 | 49°F | 47°F | 1 mph | dry | 54°F |
| 2008 | 36°F | 27°F | 3 mph | dry | 43°F |
| 2007 | 48°F | 46°F | 7 mph | dry | 61°F |
| 2006 | 39°F | 37°F | 13 mph | 1.3 mm | 45°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 4.737 miles
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
- Main Street, Manchester — coordinate from the official site's own venue map pin (official provenance; an event venue point, not a surveyed start arch).
- Scheduled start
- 10:00 AM (America/New_York) — Single 10:00 AM ET gun (official site JSON-LD). No separate earlier wheelchair/elite gun found; invited elites start in the main field. A Main Street improvements project is flagged for 2026 with organizer assurance the race is unaffected — re-check near Nov.
- Field size
- Finishers, 2025, per Race Roster results (timing platform; 12,385 entrants same edition).
- Registration
- open (2026 registration opens September 1; proceeds to local charities)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Manchester Road Race (officially the "Manchester 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.