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Fort Worth YMCA Turkey Trot weather
November 26, 2026 · Fort Worth, 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
43°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
ERA5 at the start coords, last 20 Thanksgivings at 8 AM: 31.2F (2013) to 69.1F (2010), median ~44F — classic DFW cold-front variance; morning precip 2010/2019/2022. 2020 virtual; pre-2025 slots are NOT at the current downtown start (4-6 mi away). 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
43°F
p75 (a warm year): 48°F
Median dew point
36°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 | 44°F | 36°F | 3 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2024 | 44°F | 33°F | 12 mph | dry | 54°F |
| 2023 | 40°F | 31°F | 8 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2022 | 56°F | 55°F | 3 mph | 1.1 mm | 59°F |
| 2021 | 50°F | 29°F | 16 mph | dry | 68°F |
| 2020 | 43°F | 37°F | 7 mph | dry | 74°F |
| 2019 | 43°F | 37°F | 8 mph | 1.8 mm | 49°F |
| 2018 | 39°F | 37°F | 1 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2017 | 35°F | 26°F | 4 mph | dry | 70°F |
| 2016 | 40°F | 38°F | 4 mph | dry | 72°F |
| 2015 | 67°F | 63°F | 13 mph | dry | 71°F |
| 2014 | 38°F | 27°F | 4 mph | dry | 58°F |
| 2013 | 29°F | 23°F | 5 mph | dry | 54°F |
| 2012 | 57°F | 47°F | 10 mph | dry | 77°F |
| 2011 | 44°F | 42°F | 4 mph | dry | 63°F |
| 2010 | 71°F | 64°F | 13 mph | dry | 73°F |
| 2009 | 37°F | 31°F | 5 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2008 | 44°F | 33°F | 4 mph | dry | 70°F |
| 2007 | 37°F | 26°F | 10 mph | dry | 46°F |
| 2006 | 48°F | 40°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 5k
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
- General Worth Square, 916 Main Street (official FAQ; park-centroid geocode, approximate). Start moved here in 2025 — pre-2025 editions started 4-6 mi away.
- Scheduled start
- 8:30 AM (America/Chicago) — 2026 published: single combined 8:30 AM CT gun for the timed 5K and 8K (headline races); the untimed 1K kids Gobbler Trot fires earlier at 7:45 (a fun run, not a wave). No wheelchair/elite gun published. Per-distance guns differed nearly every prior year.
- Field size
- 2025 timed finishers per RaceResult timing (scout-verified). The 1K Gobbler Trot is officially untimed and excluded.
- Registration
- open (RunSignUp; closes race day 11:59pm; VIP package first 400)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Fort Worth YMCA Turkey Trot (officially the "Fort Worth YMCA Turkey Trot presented by Texas Health and Moritz Dealerships") 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.