United Airlines NYC Half weather.
Typically 2°C on race morning; dry every year. Race morning (07:00 to 11:00 local time) in New York on race day in each of the last 10 years; the 2027 race is on 21 Mar 2027.
- Typical
- 2°C (36°F)
- race-morning average
- Coolest
- -7°C (19°F)
- lowest reading, 07:00–11:00
- Warmest
- 14°C (57°F)
- highest reading, 07:00–11:00
- Wet years
- 0 of 10
- rain, drizzle or worse
- Humidity
- 62%
- typical
- Wind
- 15 km/h
- typical, at 10 m
Race morning, 07:00–11:00
Year by year
| Race day | Average | Low–high | Humidity | Wind | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Mar 2026 | 3°C (37°F) | 1°C (34°F)–5°C (40°F) | 62% | 8 km/h | 0.0 mm | Overcast |
| 16 Mar 2025 | 12°C (54°F) | 11°C (52°F)–14°C (57°F) | 98% | 15 km/h | 0.0 mm | Overcast |
| 17 Mar 2024 | 11°C (51°F) | 9°C (48°F)–13°C (55°F) | 71% | 16 km/h | 0.0 mm | Clear |
| 12 Mar 2023 | 2°C (35°F) | -1°C (30°F)–5°C (42°F) | 74% | 11 km/h | 0.0 mm | Clear |
| 13 Mar 2022 | -4°C (26°F) | -6°C (22°F)–-1°C (30°F) | 49% | 22 km/h | 0.0 mm | Clear |
| 14 Mar 2021 | 6°C (42°F) | 1°C (34°F)–9°C (49°F) | 45% | 15 km/h | 0.0 mm | Clear |
| 15 Mar 2020 | 6°C (42°F) | 3°C (38°F)–8°C (46°F) | 61% | 9 km/h | 0.0 mm | Mainly clear |
| 17 Mar 2019 | 1°C (33°F) | -2°C (28°F)–3°C (37°F) | 54% | 15 km/h | 0.0 mm | Clear |
| 11 Mar 2018 | 0°C (32°F) | -3°C (26°F)–3°C (37°F) | 65% | 16 km/h | 0.0 mm | Clear |
| 12 Mar 2017 | -6°C (21°F) | -7°C (19°F)–-4°C (25°F) | 45% | 19 km/h | 0.0 mm | 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 07:30.
Kit and pacing
What it means
Dress for the cold start
Mornings are usually around 2°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 18°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).