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Twin Cities Marathon weather
October 4, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN · scheduled start 8:00 AM (America/Chicago). 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
74 days to race day
The live race-day forecast unlocks 68 days from now, when October 4, 2026 enters the 7-day forecast window — a start-time read for the scheduled 8:00 AM start. Until then, live hourly data is not available; the history below shows what race morning usually looks like.
Typical start temp
48°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
54°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
0%
0 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
2023 race CANCELED morning-of for record heat (forecast ~90F on Oct 1); otherwise typically 40s-50s F at start. 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
48°F
p75 (a warm year): 54°F
Median dew point
41°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
0%
0 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
71°F
in 2007
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69°F | 55°F | 16 mph | dry | 76°F |
| 2024 | 51°F | 37°F | 14 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2023 | 69°F | 60°F | 11 mph | dry | 90°F |
| 2022 | 54°F | 51°F | 6 mph | dry | 71°F |
| 2021 | 57°F | 55°F | 6 mph | dry | 71°F |
| 2020 | 33°F | 31°F | 4 mph | dry | 55°F |
| 2019 | 48°F | 39°F | 12 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2018 | 44°F | 42°F | 6 mph | dry | 51°F |
| 2017 | 56°F | 43°F | 13 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2016 | 50°F | 50°F | 4 mph | dry | 75°F |
| 2015 | 42°F | 38°F | 5 mph | dry | 56°F |
| 2014 | 37°F | 33°F | 7 mph | dry | 49°F |
| 2013 | 45°F | 45°F | 3 mph | dry | 52°F |
| 2012 | 30°F | 23°F | 7 mph | dry | 53°F |
| 2011 | 44°F | 36°F | 7 mph | dry | 77°F |
| 2010 | 38°F | 35°F | 4 mph | dry | 58°F |
| 2009 | 46°F | 42°F | 7 mph | dry | 53°F |
| 2008 | 49°F | 40°F | 11 mph | dry | 58°F |
| 2007 | 71°F | 67°F | 8 mph | dry | 80°F |
| 2006 | 47°F | 41°F | 9 mph | dry | 80°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
- U.S. Bank Stadium (615 S 6th St), Minneapolis
- Scheduled start
- 8:00 AM (America/Chicago) — 8:00 AM CT official for 2026; marathon and TC 10 Mile start Sunday morning in assigned corrals/waves. Weekend races (10K/5K) run Saturday Oct 3.
- Field size
- 2025 marathon finishers 7,015
- Registration
- open
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Twin Cities Marathon (officially the "Medtronic Twin Cities 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.