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Austin Turkey Trot weather
November 26, 2026 · Austin, TX · traditional start around 8:30 AM (America/Chicago) — not yet confirmed for 2026. What the start usually feels like, year by year — and a live start-time read once the race confirms its schedule and race week arrives.
Countdown
91 days to race day
The live race-day forecast unlocks 85 days from now, when November 26, 2026 enters the 7-day forecast window. Until then, live hourly data is not available; the history below shows what race morning usually looks like.
The 2026 schedule hasn't been published yet — both the date and start time shown here are carried from earlier editions and aggregators. We'll switch on the live start-time read when the race posts its schedule.
Typical start temp
50°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
54°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
10%
2 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Austin Thanksgiving mornings swing widely with cold-front timing — freezing to warm-humid, occasional rain. 2020 virtual-only; first edition 1991, so earlier slots predate the race. 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 the race confirms its schedule and race week arrives.
Median start temp
50°F
p75 (a warm year): 54°F
Median dew point
42°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
10%
2 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
71°F
in 2010
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50°F | 36°F | 4 mph | dry | 65°F |
| 2024 | 53°F | 38°F | 14 mph | dry | 66°F |
| 2023 | 45°F | 37°F | 4 mph | dry | 58°F |
| 2022 | 64°F | 63°F | 3 mph | 0.7 mm | 66°F |
| 2021 | 67°F | 65°F | 7 mph | 0.2 mm | 69°F |
| 2020 | 49°F | 40°F | 3 mph | dry | 76°F |
| 2019 | 50°F | 39°F | 7 mph | dry | 55°F |
| 2018 | 53°F | 48°F | 2 mph | dry | 63°F |
| 2017 | 35°F | 31°F | 5 mph | dry | 69°F |
| 2016 | 46°F | 43°F | 3 mph | dry | 74°F |
| 2015 | 69°F | 67°F | 10 mph | dry | 74°F |
| 2014 | 45°F | 35°F | 9 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2013 | 33°F | 29°F | 4 mph | dry | 54°F |
| 2012 | 54°F | 52°F | 6 mph | dry | 79°F |
| 2011 | 51°F | 49°F | 0 mph | dry | 70°F |
| 2010 | 71°F | 67°F | 11 mph | dry | 79°F |
| 2009 | 42°F | 32°F | 8 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2008 | 59°F | 58°F | 3 mph | dry | 72°F |
| 2007 | 41°F | 28°F | 14 mph | dry | 50°F |
| 2006 | 50°F | 49°F | 5 mph | dry | 78°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 5-miler
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
- The Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 W Riverside Dr (organizer-stated venue; building-polygon geocode — the start is on the street outside, block-level approximate).
- Traditional start (not confirmed for 2026)
- 8:30 AM (America/Chicago) — 2025 schedule, carried (2026 unpublished): TIMED 5-mile 8:30 AM CT (first mass start), kids K 8:45, wheelchair start 9:10 (NOTE: after the first mass start), UNTIMED 5-mile 9:15 (a separate later gun), 1-mile 9:50.
- Field size
- 2025 timed results per MyChipTime (scout-verified; event coverage of the timed set unverified). The organizer separately claims 20,000+ participants across all events, most untimed — never conflate the scopes.
- Registration
- RunSignUp; 2026 registration opens ~Sept 1. 100% of proceeds to Caritas of Austin (sole beneficiary since 1991)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Austin Turkey Trot (officially the "ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot") 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.