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Route 66 Marathon weather
November 22, 2026 · Tulsa, OK · traditional start around 8:00 AM (America/Chicago) — not yet confirmed for 2026. What the start usually feels like, year by year — and a live start-time read once the race confirms its schedule and race week arrives.
Countdown
123 days to race day
The live race-day forecast unlocks 117 days from now, when November 22, 2026 enters the 7-day forecast window. Until then, live hourly data is not available; the history below shows what race morning usually looks like.
The 2026 schedule hasn't been published yet — both the date and start time shown here are carried from earlier editions and aggregators. We'll switch on the live start-time read when the race posts its schedule.
Typical start temp
43°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
46°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
5%
1 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Late-November Tulsa is volatile: race-day range runs from 70s F to sub-freezing wind chills in cold-front years. 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 the race confirms its schedule and race week arrives.
Median start temp
43°F
p75 (a warm year): 46°F
Median dew point
33°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
5%
1 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
62°F
in 2010
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43°F | 43°F | 3 mph | dry | 58°F |
| 2024 | 56°F | 48°F | 14 mph | dry | 75°F |
| 2023 | 50°F | 45°F | 7 mph | 0.2 mm | 58°F |
| 2022 | 21°F | 17°F | 3 mph | dry | 49°F |
| 2021 | 51°F | 42°F | 9 mph | dry | 60°F |
| 2020 | 45°F | 40°F | 9 mph | dry | 52°F |
| 2019 | 32°F | 30°F | 6 mph | dry | 68°F |
| 2018 | 33°F | 30°F | 10 mph | dry | 42°F |
| 2017 | 34°F | 29°F | 3 mph | dry | 59°F |
| 2016 | 31°F | 28°F | 7 mph | dry | 60°F |
| 2015 | 28°F | 23°F | 8 mph | dry | 55°F |
| 2014 | 58°F | 57°F | 11 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2013 | 23°F | 11°F | 6 mph | dry | 30°F |
| 2012 | 46°F | 32°F | 9 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2011 | 43°F | 35°F | 9 mph | dry | 47°F |
| 2010 | 62°F | 58°F | 14 mph | dry | 74°F |
| 2009 | 46°F | 43°F | 6 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2008 | 36°F | 29°F | 8 mph | dry | 59°F |
| 2007 | 44°F | 39°F | 5 mph | dry | 72°F |
| 2006 | 40°F | 30°F | 4 mph | dry | 56°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
- Downtown Tulsa, ~7th St & Main St (Art Deco district)
- Traditional start (not confirmed for 2026)
- 8:00 AM (America/Chicago) — Official site states marathon/half/relay start Sunday 8:00 AM; 2026-specific schedule not yet published, matches 2025.
- Field size
- 2024 marathon finishers 1,090; half marathon field is larger
- Registration
- open
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