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Dana Point Turkey Trot weather
November 26, 2026 · Dana Point, CA · scheduled start 7:00 AM (America/Los_Angeles). 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 7:00 AM start. Until then, live hourly data is not available; the history below shows what race morning usually looks like.
Typical start temp
58°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
60°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
15%
3 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
ERA5 at the start point, Thanksgiving mornings 2006-2025: 7 AM temps 44-67F (median 54F), measurable morning precip in 4 of 20 years, marine-layer overcast in 7 of 20 — cool mornings clearing late, occasionally rainy. 2020 was virtual (no on-course 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 race week arrives.
Median start temp
58°F
p75 (a warm year): 60°F
Median dew point
53°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
15%
3 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
66°F
in 2017
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60°F | 54°F | 6 mph | dry | 75°F |
| 2024 | 59°F | 58°F | 2 mph | dry | 73°F |
| 2023 | 61°F | 51°F | 5 mph | dry | 68°F |
| 2022 | 55°F | 51°F | 4 mph | dry | 76°F |
| 2021 | 59°F | 32°F | 8 mph | dry | 75°F |
| 2020 | 58°F | 53°F | 4 mph | dry | 67°F |
| 2019 | 55°F | 49°F | 12 mph | 0.5 mm | 56°F |
| 2018 | 61°F | 57°F | 6 mph | 0.4 mm | 66°F |
| 2017 | 66°F | 59°F | 5 mph | dry | 83°F |
| 2016 | 58°F | 51°F | 6 mph | dry | 77°F |
| 2015 | 56°F | 47°F | 2 mph | dry | 61°F |
| 2014 | 60°F | 53°F | 7 mph | dry | 82°F |
| 2013 | 58°F | 50°F | 6 mph | dry | 66°F |
| 2012 | 57°F | 56°F | 5 mph | dry | 67°F |
| 2011 | 56°F | 53°F | 8 mph | dry | 61°F |
| 2010 | 50°F | 44°F | 4 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2009 | 58°F | 42°F | 7 mph | dry | 77°F |
| 2008 | 60°F | 58°F | 1 mph | 0.2 mm | 62°F |
| 2007 | 57°F | 54°F | 1 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2006 | 58°F | 57°F | 2 mph | dry | 69°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
- Dana Point Harbor Drive near Street of the Golden Lantern / Heritage Park (start flag on the official 2026 course map; street-segment geocode, approximate to a couple hundred meters).
- Scheduled start
- 7:00 AM (America/Los_Angeles) — Five separate guns: 10K 7:00 AM PT (first mass start), 5K races at 8:30/9:30/10:00 (the 10:00 one is the untimed "Walk the Trot"), kids mile 10:30. No wheelchair/elite gun published.
- Field size
- 2025 finishers per the RunSignup Top-100 list (aggregator, results-derived; re-verified live 2026-08-27). Athlinks 2025 carries only three timed courses — treat as timed finishers only.
- Registration
- open (Race Roster; per-start sub-events; no cap/sellout language found)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Dana Point Turkey Trot (officially the "Dana Point Turkey Trot presented by Dana Point Harbor Partners") 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.