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Houston Turkey Trot weather
November 26, 2026 · Houston, TX · scheduled start 7:30 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 7:30 AM start. Until then, live hourly data is not available; the history below shows what race morning usually looks like.
Typical start temp
50°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
60°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
10%
2 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Houston Thanksgiving mornings are mild and humid — typically 45-65F; fog or a warm-muggy start more likely than cold. 2020 virtual-only. Start-line continuity verified 2024-2026 only — older ERA5 slots may sample a different (unknown) start point. 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
50°F
p75 (a warm year): 60°F
Median dew point
46°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
10%
2 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
74°F
in 2010
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49°F | 36°F | 7 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2024 | 60°F | 47°F | 12 mph | dry | 71°F |
| 2023 | 46°F | 39°F | 3 mph | dry | 55°F |
| 2022 | 66°F | 65°F | 9 mph | 0.6 mm | 70°F |
| 2021 | 68°F | 64°F | 5 mph | 1.6 mm | 71°F |
| 2020 | 55°F | 46°F | 5 mph | dry | 76°F |
| 2019 | 61°F | 42°F | 9 mph | dry | 72°F |
| 2018 | 51°F | 48°F | 3 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2017 | 40°F | 34°F | 4 mph | dry | 66°F |
| 2016 | 49°F | 47°F | 5 mph | dry | 74°F |
| 2015 | 69°F | 68°F | 9 mph | dry | 77°F |
| 2014 | 48°F | 37°F | 9 mph | dry | 66°F |
| 2013 | 33°F | 29°F | 4 mph | dry | 56°F |
| 2012 | 50°F | 50°F | 5 mph | dry | 78°F |
| 2011 | 48°F | 46°F | 6 mph | dry | 69°F |
| 2010 | 74°F | 71°F | 12 mph | dry | 81°F |
| 2009 | 44°F | 35°F | 9 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2008 | 60°F | 60°F | 4 mph | dry | 78°F |
| 2007 | 44°F | 31°F | 14 mph | dry | 55°F |
| 2006 | 45°F | 44°F | 7 mph | dry | 74°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
- Outside Dillard's at the Galleria, Post Oak Blvd (official FAQ); building geocode, approximate — the chute is on Post Oak Blvd tens of meters away. Pre-2024 BakerRipley-era venue unverified.
- Scheduled start
- 7:30 AM (America/Chicago) — 2026 published: 10K 7:30 AM CT is the first mass start; 5K 8:00, kids 1K 9:00; finish cutoff 10:30. No wheelchair gun published (2025 scored a single-finisher 10K Wheelchair contest with no separate documented start).
- Field size
- 2025: exactly 8,948 timed finishers across all scored contests (RaceResult list API, rows counted — 5K 6,401 + 10K 2,546 + wheelchair 1). Registrant total unpublished and higher (2025 sold out).
- Registration
- open (sells out — "sold out last 2 years"; donations to Be An Angel)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Houston Turkey Trot (officially the "Houston Methodist 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.