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Thanksgiving Day Race weather
November 26, 2026 · Cincinnati, OH · scheduled start 9:00 AM (America/New_York). 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
43°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
15%
3 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Cincinnati Thanksgiving mornings typically 25-45F — cold rain or the odd flurry. 2020 virtual and still counted as an edition. Deep-history slots are calendar Thanksgivings, not guaranteed race days (a few uncounted years exist, unaccounted). 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): 43°F
Median dew point
32°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
15%
3 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
58°F
in 2010
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31°F | 20°F | 9 mph | dry | 37°F |
| 2024 | 39°F | 37°F | 8 mph | dry | 44°F |
| 2023 | 35°F | 33°F | 6 mph | dry | 54°F |
| 2022 | 33°F | 27°F | 5 mph | dry | 65°F |
| 2021 | 47°F | 40°F | 9 mph | 0.7 mm | 52°F |
| 2020 | 51°F | 48°F | 6 mph | 0.2 mm | 56°F |
| 2019 | 37°F | 27°F | 6 mph | dry | 42°F |
| 2018 | 33°F | 31°F | 5 mph | dry | 49°F |
| 2017 | 28°F | 25°F | 3 mph | dry | 45°F |
| 2016 | 51°F | 50°F | 6 mph | dry | 52°F |
| 2015 | 50°F | 37°F | 9 mph | dry | 67°F |
| 2014 | 31°F | 25°F | 8 mph | dry | 33°F |
| 2013 | 21°F | 14°F | 4 mph | dry | 36°F |
| 2012 | 37°F | 34°F | 5 mph | dry | 65°F |
| 2011 | 40°F | 40°F | 3 mph | dry | 51°F |
| 2010 | 58°F | 55°F | 11 mph | 0.5 mm | 61°F |
| 2009 | 39°F | 29°F | 7 mph | dry | 48°F |
| 2008 | 26°F | 23°F | 3 mph | dry | 52°F |
| 2007 | 43°F | 37°F | 13 mph | dry | 63°F |
| 2006 | 32°F | 26°F | 3 mph | dry | 56°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 10k
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
- TQL Stadium, 1501 Central Parkway, West End (2026 official venue; geocode matches the registration platform's own pin). NOT Paycor Stadium/The Banks.
- Scheduled start
- 9:00 AM (America/New_York) — 2026 published: 10K and 5K share a single 9:00 AM ET gun at TQL Stadium; the kids fun run goes EARLIER at 8:30 (do not mistake it for the road-race gun). No wheelchair/elite start published.
- Field size
- 2025: 8,845 timed finishers = 10K 4,138 + 5K 4,707 (OnlineRaceResults row counts, summed; kids run excluded). An organizer "11,000+ registered" claim could not be found on any current official page — unverified.
- Registration
- open (tiered; no lottery/qualifier found)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Thanksgiving Day Race (officially the "Cincinnati Thanksgiving Day Race") 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.