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San Antonio Food Bank Turkey Trot weather
November 26, 2026 · San Antonio, 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
48°F
median of 20 years
A warm year
55°F
75th percentile start temp
Rain at the start
10%
2 of 20 measured years
Race-morning weather history
San Antonio Thanksgiving mornings typically 40s-60s F; both warm-humid and post-front chilly starts are common. 2020 virtual — no in-person race that slot. 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
48°F
p75 (a warm year): 55°F
Median dew point
44°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
10%
2 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
70°F
in 2010
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48°F | 36°F | 6 mph | dry | 65°F |
| 2024 | 53°F | 38°F | 15 mph | dry | 65°F |
| 2023 | 46°F | 40°F | 5 mph | dry | 59°F |
| 2022 | 62°F | 62°F | 2 mph | dry | 68°F |
| 2021 | 67°F | 65°F | 5 mph | 0.9 mm | 70°F |
| 2020 | 52°F | 40°F | 4 mph | dry | 76°F |
| 2019 | 49°F | 44°F | 7 mph | 0.2 mm | 58°F |
| 2018 | 52°F | 47°F | 2 mph | dry | 59°F |
| 2017 | 35°F | 25°F | 4 mph | dry | 73°F |
| 2016 | 46°F | 44°F | 4 mph | dry | 74°F |
| 2015 | 69°F | 67°F | 7 mph | dry | 76°F |
| 2014 | 48°F | 35°F | 10 mph | dry | 67°F |
| 2013 | 34°F | 29°F | 3 mph | dry | 56°F |
| 2012 | 55°F | 55°F | 5 mph | dry | 79°F |
| 2011 | 47°F | 46°F | 4 mph | dry | 72°F |
| 2010 | 70°F | 66°F | 9 mph | dry | 81°F |
| 2009 | 43°F | 32°F | 7 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2008 | 61°F | 60°F | 2 mph | dry | 74°F |
| 2007 | 44°F | 28°F | 13 mph | dry | 52°F |
| 2006 | 48°F | 47°F | 4 mph | dry | 79°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
- Commander's House at H-E-B Arsenal, 622 S. Flores St, Southtown (official venue, stable 2019-2026 for in-person editions; address-point geocode). NOT the Food Bank's campus address.
- Scheduled start
- 8:30 AM (America/Chicago) — 2026 published: "begins promptly at 8:30 AM" CT; the start line closes 8:45 and the "8:30-11:30 AM" banner is the event window, not the gun. Historically a shotgun start; no waves documented any year.
- Field size
- 2025: exactly 8,448 chip-timed finishers (IAAP/ChuckScore results file, rows counted). No untimed division — walkers are chip-timed. Fast growth: 3,899 (2022) → 5,922 (2024) → 8,448 (2025).
- Registration
- open (every registration supports the San Antonio Food Bank)
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the San Antonio Food Bank Turkey Trot (officially the "San Antonio Food Bank Turkey Trot 5K Run & Walk, presented by H-E-B") 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.