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Turkey Trot Chicago weather
November 26, 2026 · Chicago, IL · scheduled start 9:00 AM (America/Chicago). What the start usually feels like, year by year — and a live start-time read once the race is inside the 7-day forecast window.
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 — a start-time read for the scheduled 9:00 AM start. Until then, live hourly data is not available; the history below shows what race morning usually looks like.
Typical start temp
37°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
40°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
5%
1 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Exposed lakefront start with little shelter — wind off Lake Michigan is the defining factor; the 2025 edition ran at 29F with ~18F wind chill. Whether the 2020 edition physically ran could not be verified — deep-history slots are calendar Thanksgivings. 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 race week arrives.
Median start temp
37°F
p75 (a warm year): 40°F
Median dew point
29°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
5%
1 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
52°F
in 2015
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29°F | 17°F | 17 mph | dry | 34°F |
| 2024 | 31°F | 23°F | 11 mph | dry | 39°F |
| 2023 | 38°F | 29°F | 8 mph | dry | 45°F |
| 2022 | 40°F | 34°F | 9 mph | dry | 51°F |
| 2021 | 43°F | 38°F | 15 mph | dry | 50°F |
| 2020 | 43°F | 39°F | 10 mph | dry | 46°F |
| 2019 | 35°F | 26°F | 8 mph | dry | 37°F |
| 2018 | 33°F | 25°F | 11 mph | dry | 39°F |
| 2017 | 34°F | 22°F | 11 mph | dry | 46°F |
| 2016 | 39°F | 35°F | 10 mph | dry | 45°F |
| 2015 | 52°F | 48°F | 15 mph | dry | 59°F |
| 2014 | 26°F | 21°F | 12 mph | dry | 30°F |
| 2013 | 25°F | 12°F | 12 mph | dry | 33°F |
| 2012 | 47°F | 44°F | 15 mph | dry | 60°F |
| 2011 | 42°F | 40°F | 13 mph | dry | 51°F |
| 2010 | 40°F | 39°F | 10 mph | dry | 40°F |
| 2009 | 38°F | 36°F | 15 mph | 0.8 mm | 43°F |
| 2008 | 29°F | 25°F | 3 mph | dry | 44°F |
| 2007 | 32°F | 27°F | 18 mph | dry | 38°F |
| 2006 | 35°F | 29°F | 5 mph | dry | 52°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 8k
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
- Cannon Dr just south of Diversey Pkwy, Lincoln Park (race HQ Diversey Harbor, 2601 N Cannon Dr); lot-point geocode, approximate.
- Scheduled start
- 9:00 AM (America/Chicago) — 5K and 8K start together at 9:00 AM CT in one corral start (corrals open 8:00, close 9:30); the kids race is a separate 11:00 event at the Diversey Harbor lot. The published 2026 schedule is labeled "tentative and subject to change".
- Field size
- 2025 timed finishers: 8K 1,398 + 5K 4,194, per the Athlinks set the official site links (year verified via the Athlinks metadata endpoint: "2025 Life Time Turkey Trot Chicago 5K & 8K", course start 2025-11-27). Excludes the untimed kids race.
- Registration
- open (Let's Do This; deferral option; benefits Greater Chicago Food Depository)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Turkey Trot Chicago (officially the "Life Time Turkey Trot Chicago presented by NOBULL") 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.