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Mile High United Way Turkey Trot weather
November 26, 2026 · Denver, CO · scheduled start 9:00 AM (America/Denver). 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
33°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
40°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
0%
0 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Late-Nov Denver mornings: 20s-30s F at 9 AM, possible snow/ice, dry sunny years common. 2020 edition virtual (COVID). 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
33°F
p75 (a warm year): 40°F
Median dew point
20°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
0%
0 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
50°F
in 2017
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34°F | 22°F | 1 mph | dry | 54°F |
| 2024 | 15°F | 10°F | 6 mph | dry | 32°F |
| 2023 | 36°F | 24°F | 6 mph | dry | 39°F |
| 2022 | 32°F | 22°F | 2 mph | dry | 41°F |
| 2021 | 28°F | 8°F | 8 mph | dry | 58°F |
| 2020 | 31°F | 15°F | 5 mph | dry | 45°F |
| 2019 | 20°F | 15°F | 3 mph | dry | 26°F |
| 2018 | 31°F | 16°F | 8 mph | dry | 53°F |
| 2017 | 50°F | 32°F | 9 mph | dry | 72°F |
| 2016 | 40°F | 13°F | 12 mph | dry | 50°F |
| 2015 | 24°F | 21°F | 7 mph | dry | 27°F |
| 2014 | 42°F | 24°F | 10 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2013 | 32°F | 22°F | 3 mph | dry | 50°F |
| 2012 | 43°F | 20°F | 4 mph | dry | 55°F |
| 2011 | 42°F | 16°F | 9 mph | dry | 70°F |
| 2010 | 18°F | -11°F | 7 mph | dry | 36°F |
| 2009 | 35°F | 21°F | 9 mph | dry | 60°F |
| 2008 | 34°F | 24°F | 2 mph | dry | 41°F |
| 2007 | 19°F | 11°F | 2 mph | dry | 28°F |
| 2006 | 41°F | 20°F | 7 mph | dry | 63°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 4-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
- South High School, 1700 E Louisiana Ave, at Washington Park (official: "The course starts at South High School"). School-address geocode, approximate.
- Scheduled start
- 9:00 AM (America/Denver) — Wave 1 of the 4-mile at 9:00 AM MT; waves 2/3 at 9:30/10:00 (capacity-limited); the Lil Gobbler kids mile follows 10:15. Only the 4-Mile is timed. No wheelchair/elite early gun found in sources checked.
- Field size
- PARTICIPANTS, 2025, per press (scout-carried) — NOT a timed-finisher count: includes the untimed kids mile and walkers; only the 4-Mile is timed.
- Registration
- open (Race Roster; on-site registration Thanksgiving morning; benefits Mile High United Way)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Mile High United Way Turkey Trot (officially the "Mile High United Way 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.