Blumensaatlauf weather.
Typically 4°C on race morning; rain in 1 of the last 10 years. Race morning (07:00 to 11:00 local time) in Essen on race day in each of the last 10 years; the 2026 race is on 21 Nov 2026.
- Typical
- 4°C (39°F)
- race-morning average
- Coolest
- -2°C (28°F)
- lowest reading, 07:00–11:00
- Warmest
- 10°C (50°F)
- highest reading, 07:00–11:00
- Wet years
- 1 of 10
- rain, drizzle or worse
- Humidity
- 86%
- typical
- Wind
- 16 km/h
- typical, at 10 m
Race morning, 07:00–11:00
Year by year
| Race day | Average | Low–high | Humidity | Wind | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Nov 2025 | -1°C (30°F) | -2°C (29°F)–0°C (32°F) | 79% | 12 km/h | 0.0 mm | Clear |
| 23 Nov 2024 | 1°C (35°F) | 1°C (34°F)–3°C (37°F) | 91% | 17 km/h | 0.0 mm | Overcast |
| 18 Nov 2023 | 4°C (40°F) | 4°C (38°F)–6°C (42°F) | 93% | 16 km/h | 0.0 mm | Overcast |
| 19 Nov 2022 | 3°C (37°F) | 2°C (36°F)–3°C (38°F) | 87% | 18 km/h | 0.1 mm | Overcast |
| 20 Nov 2021 | 10°C (49°F) | 9°C (49°F)–10°C (50°F) | 95% | 13 km/h | 0.0 mm | Overcast |
| 21 Nov 2020 | 5°C (41°F) | 4°C (39°F)–6°C (42°F) | 75% | 23 km/h | 0.0 mm | Overcast |
| 23 Nov 2019 | 4°C (40°F) | 2°C (35°F)–7°C (45°F) | 84% | 10 km/h | 0.0 mm | Overcast |
| 24 Nov 2018 | 3°C (37°F) | 2°C (35°F)–4°C (39°F) | 87% | 8 km/h | 0.6 mm | Overcast |
| 18 Nov 2017 | 4°C (39°F) | 3°C (38°F)–5°C (40°F) | 83% | 19 km/h | 0.0 mm | Partly cloudy |
| 19 Nov 2016 | 5°C (41°F) | 4°C (40°F)–6°C (43°F) | 83% | 18 km/h | 0.0 mm | Partly cloudy |
Each row is the race's date that year where we know it, else the same weekday nearest its usual date. Temperatures and humidity are averaged over 07:00 to 11:00 local time, rain is the total over those hours, and conditions are the commonest over the morning.
Kit and pacing
What it means
Dress for the cold start
Mornings are usually around 4°C. Gloves, a hat and an old top you can throw away at the start are worth packing, and warm up for longer than usual: cold muscles take a few kilometers to get going.
The weather varies a lot
Race mornings here have ranged by 11°C from year to year. Pack for both, and settle your kit and pacing from the forecast in the last few days.
General guidance from past years' numbers. Check the forecast in race week.
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, from its historical weather archive (CC BY 4.0).