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Drumstick Dash weather
November 26, 2026 · Indianapolis, IN · scheduled start 9:00 AM (America/Indiana/Indianapolis). 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
35°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
42°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
10%
2 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Indianapolis Thanksgiving mornings typically 25-45F; cold rain the usual factor, snow possible. 2020 entirely virtual. Distances were longer before 2023. 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
35°F
p75 (a warm year): 42°F
Median dew point
31°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
10%
2 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
57°F
in 2010
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28°F | 19°F | 11 mph | dry | 34°F |
| 2024 | 35°F | 33°F | 8 mph | dry | 38°F |
| 2023 | 35°F | 31°F | 8 mph | dry | 53°F |
| 2022 | 33°F | 27°F | 6 mph | dry | 59°F |
| 2021 | 47°F | 44°F | 10 mph | 1.1 mm | 53°F |
| 2020 | 46°F | 44°F | 8 mph | dry | 52°F |
| 2019 | 34°F | 25°F | 6 mph | dry | 38°F |
| 2018 | 30°F | 28°F | 6 mph | dry | 47°F |
| 2017 | 29°F | 26°F | 6 mph | dry | 45°F |
| 2016 | 43°F | 41°F | 8 mph | dry | 49°F |
| 2015 | 52°F | 41°F | 12 mph | dry | 60°F |
| 2014 | 27°F | 21°F | 9 mph | dry | 31°F |
| 2013 | 20°F | 12°F | 8 mph | dry | 36°F |
| 2012 | 41°F | 39°F | 7 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2011 | 42°F | 40°F | 8 mph | dry | 47°F |
| 2010 | 57°F | 55°F | 7 mph | 5.9 mm | 59°F |
| 2009 | 37°F | 31°F | 10 mph | dry | 43°F |
| 2008 | 22°F | 19°F | 4 mph | dry | 50°F |
| 2007 | 39°F | 35°F | 13 mph | dry | 45°F |
| 2006 | 29°F | 25°F | 3 mph | dry | 56°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 4.3 miles
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
- Broad Ripple Ave at the Broad Ripple Park entrance, 1426 Broad Ripple Ave (official FAQ; address-point geocode, approximate). NOT the platform race address 1115 Broad Ripple Ave (staging, ~250 m west).
- Scheduled start
- 9:00 AM (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) — Both distances share one 9:00 AM gun (2026 JSON-LD; corral system exists but no per-corral times are published). The homepage "9:00AM-12:30PM" is the event window, not a second gun; the kids mascot dash time is unpublished.
- Field size
- 2025: exactly 10,300 in-person timed result rows (RunSignup results API, paged: 4,594 4.3-Mile + 5,706 2.6-Mile; 21 virtual excluded). Press claims 15,000+ participants — unverifiable; registrant totals unpublished.
- Registration
- open (tiered, closes 9:30 race morning; proceeds to Wheeler Mission homelessness programs)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Drumstick Dash (officially the "Wheeler Mission Drumstick Dash, co-presented by Huntington Bank and Lucas Oil") 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.