Boston way too early weather

It shows a high of 68 on weather channel. Hoping for more.

Never understood why they didn’t move it up a week every year, besides Patriot Day and tradition. They risk temps in the 80s every year.

Went to 61 and AM showers now. That would probably mean pretty humid!

wunderground.com for Newton currently forecasts 53 at 9 am and then 55, 57, 59 for each subsequent hour, and no rain, about 9 mph N wind. Elite men start at 9:37 a.m. Not too bad, but still way too early.

Accuweather is trending even better with a high of 58 in Boston and wind from the WSW. That would be incredible.

Just wanted to drop in and share a site to keep track of the forecast (for more than just boston):

Hope it's helpful!

Bring back the noon start!

This link was posted on the other too early weather thread. So I thought I’d cross post it.

You put in your goal time and wave and it gives you the forecast for the start, Wellesley (1/2 way), and Boston. If you you’ve run Boston you know Hopkinson temps are different than the finish will be - especially the wind.

It also gives whether there will be a tailwind or head wind in 5 mile sections.

findmymarathon.com

Boston Marathon Course Weather

See what the weather is along the Boston Marathon course based on your starting Wave and Finish Time Goal.

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2 things. Yours was the second thread. Predictions 2 weeks out are just that. They're based on past years' data. Not any current weather patterns. If you were going to predict that far out. Just look at past weather.

Some other idiot said the temp was 97 in 2012. The high was 84 that day in Boston. And it happened after most of us finished. So really, again, most of what you guys say on this board is an exaggeration or complete lie. And the humidity was actually low that day. Even the morning had relatively low dewpoint. 80 is uncomfortable for a run, but it's doable when humidity is in the 30's. I've run 97 degrees in the desert and it's way different than 84 in Miami. When you give data, you need more than 1 data point.

To finish, it's been in the high 70's with a dewpoint rarely below 70 here for my evening or AM runs. I'll be happy with a dewpoint in the 60's on race day. Last night was 77 with 68dp and it felt great. A relief from the 74dp.

With a standard deviation of 20. Let’s just say on the day there will be a temperature.

I would rather re-run 2004 and 2012's heat then have to go through 2018's cold,wind and rain.

Multiple apps now saying 45-low 50s for most of the race. 24% chance of rain, mostly cloudy. Not too shabby.

Only bad part of the current forecast is the wind—they are predicting a SE wind of ~ 8 mph (gusts to 12-14 mph)—that will mean a headwind for an average of 11% of the course, no portion of the course will have a tail wind. Headwinds will be stiffest in the Newton Hills (about 20% of that portion of the course is predicted to have a headwind….bright side—get all the external bad factors out of the way at the same time?). Better than a headwind from miles 21-26.2, no?

I don’t think that wind will be a hindrance to us hobbyjoggers but may keep Kipchoge from running a super fast time. He’ll still probably run 2:03-high, 2:04-low if that forecast holds up.

Wunderground.com is also showing slightly more favorable temps than a few days ago: low 50's start to mid-50's finish for the leaders, dewpoint around 40 F, and "mostly cloudy". However, they are showing around 10 mph winds mostly from the north.

What is the most entertaining weather for us to see if Kipchoge has cross-country chops with no pacer? I say cold and rainy and windy but not as bad as 2018 where it took a lot of people out automatically with hypothermia.

Looks like he's using findmymarathon. They have the head wind and tail wind breakdown.

findmymarathon.com

Boston Marathon Course Weather

See what the weather is along the Boston Marathon course based on your starting Wave and Finish Time Goal.

Open link

I'll take the current forecast for sure. That little of a headwind won't affect anyone in the pack much.