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Richmond Marathon weather
November 14, 2026 · Richmond, VA · scheduled start 7:00 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
115 days to race day
The live race-day forecast unlocks 109 days from now, when November 14, 2026 enters the 7-day forecast window — a start-time read for the scheduled 7:00 AM start. Until then, live hourly data is not available; the history below shows what race morning usually looks like.
Typical start temp
44°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
50°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
15%
3 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Mid-November Richmond typically starts in the 40s F; rarely sees extreme race-day weather. 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
44°F
p75 (a warm year): 50°F
Median dew point
39°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
15%
3 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
67°F
in 2008
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51°F | 36°F | 5 mph | dry | 70°F |
| 2024 | 46°F | 42°F | 8 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2023 | 37°F | 37°F | 3 mph | dry | 60°F |
| 2022 | 64°F | 60°F | 9 mph | dry | 76°F |
| 2021 | 46°F | 43°F | 8 mph | dry | 61°F |
| 2020 | 44°F | 40°F | 2 mph | dry | 63°F |
| 2019 | 40°F | 29°F | 11 mph | dry | 47°F |
| 2018 | 47°F | 41°F | 7 mph | dry | 51°F |
| 2017 | 26°F | 15°F | 6 mph | dry | 41°F |
| 2016 | 38°F | 24°F | 7 mph | dry | 52°F |
| 2015 | 43°F | 24°F | 7 mph | dry | 57°F |
| 2014 | 28°F | 16°F | 6 mph | dry | 46°F |
| 2013 | 50°F | 49°F | 3 mph | 0.7 mm | 58°F |
| 2012 | 36°F | 32°F | 5 mph | dry | 70°F |
| 2011 | 33°F | 26°F | 7 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2010 | 36°F | 30°F | 6 mph | dry | 66°F |
| 2009 | 55°F | 49°F | 9 mph | dry | 61°F |
| 2008 | 67°F | 66°F | 12 mph | 2.3 mm | 73°F |
| 2007 | 44°F | 41°F | 7 mph | 0.2 mm | 49°F |
| 2006 | 55°F | 52°F | 7 mph | dry | 78°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 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
- Broad St just west of 1st St (finish at 5th & Tredegar, Brown's Island)
- Scheduled start
- 7:00 AM (America/New_York) — Marathon starts 7:00 AM sharp (official site notes subject to change; earlier than the historical 7:45); single start with six corrals by predicted finish.
- Field size
- 2025 marathon finishers 5,028; marathon capped at 6,200 and sold out
- Registration
- open (marathon capped ~6,200)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Richmond Marathon (officially the "Allianz Richmond Marathon") 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.