CARNIVAL FROLIC 13.1 AND 5K weather.
Typically 1°C on race morning; rain in 1 of the last 10 years. Race morning (07:00 to 11:00 local time) in Decatur on race day in each of the last 10 years; the 2027 race is on 6 Feb 2027.
- Typical
- 1°C (34°F)
- race-morning average
- Coolest
- -5°C (23°F)
- lowest reading, 07:00–11:00
- Warmest
- 18°C (64°F)
- highest reading, 07:00–11:00
- Wet years
- 1 of 10
- rain, drizzle or worse
- Humidity
- 75%
- typical
- Wind
- 10 km/h
- typical, at 10 m
Race morning, 07:00–11:00
Year by year
| Race day | Average | Low–high | Humidity | Wind | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Feb 2026 | 2°C (36°F) | -1°C (31°F)–6°C (43°F) | 75% | 9 km/h | 0.0 mm | Clear |
| 8 Feb 2025 | 16°C (61°F) | 14°C (57°F)–18°C (65°F) | 86% | 19 km/h | 0.0 mm | Overcast |
| 3 Feb 2024 | 7°C (45°F) | 3°C (37°F)–12°C (54°F) | 84% | 11 km/h | 0.0 mm | Clear |
| 4 Feb 2023 | 0°C (32°F) | -2°C (28°F)–5°C (40°F) | 75% | 7 km/h | 0.0 mm | Clear |
| 5 Feb 2022 | -3°C (27°F) | -5°C (24°F)–0°C (32°F) | 72% | 9 km/h | 0.0 mm | Clear |
| 6 Feb 2021 | 3°C (37°F) | 0°C (31°F)–7°C (45°F) | 76% | 8 km/h | 0.0 mm | Overcast |
| 8 Feb 2020 | 6°C (42°F) | 5°C (40°F)–8°C (46°F) | 82% | 10 km/h | 1.9 mm | Light drizzle |
| 9 Feb 2019 | -1°C (31°F) | -2°C (28°F)–1°C (34°F) | 57% | 15 km/h | 0.0 mm | Overcast |
| 3 Feb 2018 | 0°C (32°F) | -2°C (28°F)–4°C (38°F) | 58% | 9 km/h | 0.0 mm | Overcast |
| 4 Feb 2017 | -1°C (30°F) | -3°C (26°F)–2°C (36°F) | 57% | 10 km/h | 0.0 mm | Mainly clear |
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. The half marathon starts at 07:00.
Kit and pacing
What it means
Dress for the cold start
Mornings are usually around 1°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 19°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).