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Run to Feed the Hungry weather
November 26, 2026 · Sacramento, CA · scheduled start 8:15 AM (America/Los_Angeles). 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 8:15 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
49°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
5%
1 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
Late-Nov Sacramento mornings: cold (40s F), tule-fog risk, occasional rain. 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
43°F
p75 (a warm year): 49°F
Median dew point
38°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
5%
1 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
54°F
in 2018
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42°F | 42°F | 3 mph | dry | 52°F |
| 2024 | 36°F | 32°F | 4 mph | dry | 60°F |
| 2023 | 45°F | 40°F | 2 mph | dry | 72°F |
| 2022 | 41°F | 33°F | 3 mph | dry | 70°F |
| 2021 | 41°F | 37°F | 3 mph | dry | 63°F |
| 2020 | 47°F | 27°F | 12 mph | dry | 66°F |
| 2019 | 42°F | 39°F | 4 mph | dry | 52°F |
| 2018 | 54°F | 50°F | 8 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2017 | 53°F | 51°F | 2 mph | dry | 67°F |
| 2016 | 37°F | 35°F | 2 mph | dry | 57°F |
| 2015 | 39°F | 27°F | 4 mph | dry | 55°F |
| 2014 | 44°F | 42°F | 1 mph | dry | 68°F |
| 2013 | 45°F | 36°F | 2 mph | dry | 70°F |
| 2012 | 51°F | 44°F | 5 mph | dry | 66°F |
| 2011 | 50°F | 43°F | 4 mph | 0.8 mm | 56°F |
| 2010 | 33°F | 24°F | 3 mph | dry | 51°F |
| 2009 | 40°F | 36°F | 3 mph | dry | 66°F |
| 2008 | 52°F | 49°F | 1 mph | dry | 63°F |
| 2007 | 40°F | 31°F | 4 mph | dry | 67°F |
| 2006 | 49°F | 43°F | 4 mph | dry | 60°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
- J Street at Sacramento State (Race Roster venue "6000 J Street"); geocode of the campus address, approximate — the start arch is on J Street at the campus edge.
- Scheduled start
- 8:15 AM (America/Los_Angeles) — 10K mass start 8:15 AM PT; 5K 9:00 AM (2026 Race Roster listing). Distance is chosen on race morning, not at registration. No earlier wheelchair/elite gun found in sources checked (absence not exhaustively verified).
- Field size
- REGISTRANTS, 2025 (first sellout in event history), per archived KCRA day-of coverage — NOT a finisher count: the field is largely untimed with morning-of distance choice.
- Registration
- open (Race Roster; benefits Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services; 2025 sold out)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Run to Feed the Hungry (officially the "Run to Feed the Hungry") 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.