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Cleveland Turkey Trot weather
November 26, 2026 · Cleveland, OH · scheduled start 9:30 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 9:30 AM start. Until then, live hourly data is not available; the history below shows what race morning usually looks like.
Typical start temp
40°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
42°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
15%
3 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Lakefront downtown start — the roughest weather profile among the turkey trots: Nov normal snowfall 4.3 in, and the 2025 edition ran through ~2.2 in of snow and ~38 mph gusts with a full field. 2020: only a 179-finisher edition exists (mode unverified) — exclude from normal-field history. 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
40°F
p75 (a warm year): 42°F
Median dew point
35°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
15%
3 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
51°F
in 2020
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33°F | 26°F | 20 mph | dry | 35°F |
| 2024 | 40°F | 36°F | 9 mph | 0.3 mm | 41°F |
| 2023 | 40°F | 36°F | 12 mph | dry | 46°F |
| 2022 | 35°F | 27°F | 8 mph | dry | 58°F |
| 2021 | 47°F | 37°F | 9 mph | dry | 48°F |
| 2020 | 51°F | 49°F | 16 mph | dry | 54°F |
| 2019 | 38°F | 32°F | 16 mph | dry | 40°F |
| 2018 | 26°F | 18°F | 8 mph | dry | 28°F |
| 2017 | 30°F | 24°F | 9 mph | dry | 41°F |
| 2016 | 46°F | 44°F | 11 mph | dry | 48°F |
| 2015 | 50°F | 35°F | 16 mph | dry | 61°F |
| 2014 | 33°F | 30°F | 9 mph | dry | 34°F |
| 2013 | 28°F | 17°F | 10 mph | dry | 32°F |
| 2012 | 41°F | 36°F | 10 mph | dry | 61°F |
| 2011 | 40°F | 38°F | 11 mph | dry | 48°F |
| 2010 | 42°F | 39°F | 16 mph | 2.0 mm | 54°F |
| 2009 | 42°F | 38°F | 13 mph | dry | 48°F |
| 2008 | 31°F | 28°F | 6 mph | dry | 40°F |
| 2007 | 39°F | 37°F | 15 mph | 0.3 mm | 51°F |
| 2006 | 35°F | 30°F | 4 mph | dry | 47°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
- Corner of E 9th St & Lakeside Ave, downtown (official FAQ); coords from the adjacent 1001 Lakeside Ave building — the intersection would not geocode, approximate.
- Scheduled start
- 9:30 AM (America/New_York) — 2026 published: chip-timed 5-Mile and 5K start TOGETHER at 9:30 AM ET (single mass start); the untimed 1-Mile fun walk steps off earlier at 8:45 (an uncounted field, not a wave). No wheelchair/elite gun published.
- Field size
- 2025 timed finishers, re-counted exactly via results-API pagination (2,020 5-Mile + 5,095 5K). The untimed 1-Mile walk is counted nowhere, so total on-course is higher.
- Registration
- open (tiered $25-$50; virtual closes Oct 31; non-refundable)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Cleveland Turkey Trot (officially the "Cleveland 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.