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Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot weather
November 26, 2026 · Dallas, TX · scheduled start 8:30 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 8:30 AM start. Until then, live hourly data is not available; the history below shows what race morning usually looks like.
Typical start temp
44°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
48°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
10%
2 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Mid-40s F typical at the 8:30 gun (Nov 26 normals at Love Field: high 64.2F / low 44.4F); 8 of the last 10 race mornings dry, rain during the 2019 and 2022 editions. 2020 virtual-only. 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
44°F
p75 (a warm year): 48°F
Median dew point
37°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 | 46°F | 34°F | 4 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2024 | 46°F | 35°F | 13 mph | dry | 56°F |
| 2023 | 39°F | 29°F | 7 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2022 | 56°F | 55°F | 3 mph | 3.6 mm | 59°F |
| 2021 | 52°F | 33°F | 17 mph | dry | 68°F |
| 2020 | 42°F | 37°F | 6 mph | dry | 73°F |
| 2019 | 46°F | 37°F | 5 mph | 0.2 mm | 51°F |
| 2018 | 38°F | 36°F | 3 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2017 | 35°F | 33°F | 4 mph | dry | 67°F |
| 2016 | 42°F | 41°F | 5 mph | dry | 70°F |
| 2015 | 67°F | 64°F | 12 mph | dry | 72°F |
| 2014 | 39°F | 27°F | 6 mph | dry | 58°F |
| 2013 | 29°F | 22°F | 4 mph | dry | 53°F |
| 2012 | 55°F | 45°F | 9 mph | dry | 76°F |
| 2011 | 45°F | 43°F | 5 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2010 | 71°F | 65°F | 7 mph | dry | 74°F |
| 2009 | 38°F | 33°F | 6 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2008 | 44°F | 38°F | 3 mph | dry | 70°F |
| 2007 | 38°F | 28°F | 12 mph | dry | 47°F |
| 2006 | 48°F | 41°F | 7 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 8-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
- Dallas City Hall plaza — start on Young St (official course page; City Hall building geocode, the Young St line is ~150 m north).
- Scheduled start
- 8:30 AM (America/Chicago) — 2026 published: wheelchair division 8:25 AM CT, official mass start (5K & 8-Mile TOGETHER) 8:30, additional untimed wave 9:00. CAUTION: the registration platform header displays the 9:00 second wave, not the gun; the ~900-person timed corral opens 7:30.
- Field size
- 2025 TIMED participants (MyChipTime "7229 Total Participants"). The oft-cited 25,000+ total on-course field appears on NO official page found — unverified organizer-scale folklore; both scopes carried deliberately.
- Registration
- open (timed/untimed/youth/virtual + Diaper Dash; only the ~900-person timed-corral limit shown; rain-or-shine, no refunds)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot (officially the "Dallas YMCA 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.