A Cool Bix 7 Weekend

It's a busy weekend in the Quad Cities -- Bix 7 weekend, of course!  This is the 39th year for the 7 mile road race through the streets and hills of Davenport.  Normally the end of July brings temperatures in the middle 80s along with humidity.  That's definitely not the case this year.  Take a gander at this forecast:

The average high for July 27th is 85° and the average low is 65°.  As you can see from the graphic, we are going to be anything but average.  In fact, we will be within 3° of a record low temperature.  The record minimum high temperature for tomorrow is 65°.

Since we're on the topic of temperatures, the highest temperature at race time (8AM) for the Bix 7 happened in 1997 with a temperature of 83°, and adding humidity made it very uncomfortable for runners.  The coolest temperature at race time occurred recently in 2004 with a temperature of 61°, so that may very well be in jeopardy come Saturday morning.

If you're running the race, good luck!  Expect the below average temperatures to remain through the middle part of next week.