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Kirkwood Webster Turkey Day Run weather
November 26, 2026 · Kirkwood, MO · 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
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
Mid-30s F typical at the 7:30 gun (St. Louis Nov 26 normals: high 49.9F / low 33.5F); occasional hard freeze or rain/snow mix. 2020 virtual-only; pre-2020 editions exist but are unverified year-by-year. 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
30°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
10%
2 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
58°F
in 2015
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30°F | 20°F | 9 mph | dry | 40°F |
| 2024 | 33°F | 30°F | 8 mph | dry | 39°F |
| 2023 | 32°F | 23°F | 6 mph | dry | 57°F |
| 2022 | 43°F | 38°F | 3 mph | 1.0 mm | 52°F |
| 2021 | 41°F | 38°F | 11 mph | dry | 58°F |
| 2020 | 44°F | 38°F | 5 mph | dry | 51°F |
| 2019 | 32°F | 27°F | 4 mph | dry | 37°F |
| 2018 | 30°F | 28°F | 6 mph | dry | 62°F |
| 2017 | 29°F | 20°F | 6 mph | dry | 58°F |
| 2016 | 42°F | 34°F | 5 mph | dry | 46°F |
| 2015 | 58°F | 50°F | 14 mph | dry | 67°F |
| 2014 | 30°F | 26°F | 7 mph | dry | 34°F |
| 2013 | 22°F | 11°F | 8 mph | dry | 46°F |
| 2012 | 47°F | 44°F | 9 mph | dry | 67°F |
| 2011 | 41°F | 40°F | 5 mph | dry | 56°F |
| 2010 | 49°F | 49°F | 6 mph | 1.2 mm | 60°F |
| 2009 | 38°F | 30°F | 11 mph | dry | 44°F |
| 2008 | 26°F | 23°F | 4 mph | dry | 57°F |
| 2007 | 35°F | 31°F | 11 mph | dry | 37°F |
| 2006 | 34°F | 30°F | 5 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 3-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
- Downtown Kirkwood; official race address is the Kirkwood Farmers' Market on E Argonne Dr (OSM marketplace geocode, approximate — the painted line's street position is unpublished).
- Scheduled start
- 7:30 AM (America/Chicago) — First mass start is the 3-Mile at 7:30 AM CT; the 6-Mile follows at 8:10 (2026 event rows published; identical structure every in-person year 2021-2025). Virtual events carry the same nominal times — not real guns. No wheelchair/elite start listed.
- Field size
- 2025 finishers per Athlinks (scout-verified; results hosted off the registration platform). Untimed component unknown; registrant totals unknown.
- Registration
- open (RunSignUp, $25 per event; virtual through Thanksgiving Day)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Kirkwood Webster Turkey Day Run (officially the "Kirkwood Webster Turkey Day Run") 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.