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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.
This edition has run
The 2026 Great North Run is behind us
The next edition typically follows the race's pattern — 2nd Sunday of September in recent years, but the week genuinely varies (2025 ran Sep 7; pre-2014 editions ran into early October). We'll flip this page to the new date (and the live start-time read for race week) when the race confirms its schedule. The history below keeps the long view.
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
Scroll sideways to see all columns.
| 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).
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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.