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Bix 7 weather
July 25, 2026 · Davenport, IA · scheduled start 8:00 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.
This edition has run
The 2026 Bix 7 is behind us
The next edition typically follows the race's pattern — Last Saturday of July (2021 ran the 4th Saturday). We'll flip this page to the new date (and the live start-time read for race week) when the race confirms its schedule. The history below keeps the long view.
Race-morning weather history
Late-July Iowa heat and humidity up Brady Street hill; 2020 in-person edition cancelled. 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
70°F
p75 (a warm year): 74°F
Median dew point
65°F
at the start hour
Rain at the start
5%
1 of 20 measured years
Warmest start
78°F
in 2006
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| Year | Start temp | Dew point | Wind | Precip (start hr) | Day's high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74°F | 73°F | 7 mph | 10.6 mm | 86°F |
| 2024 | 66°F | 62°F | 5 mph | dry | 83°F |
| 2023 | 72°F | 70°F | 8 mph | dry | 86°F |
| 2022 | 65°F | 60°F | 1 mph | dry | 82°F |
| 2021 | 66°F | 61°F | 4 mph | dry | 77°F |
| 2020 | 74°F | 69°F | 6 mph | dry | 89°F |
| 2019 | 75°F | 64°F | 10 mph | dry | 90°F |
| 2018 | 63°F | 58°F | 3 mph | dry | 78°F |
| 2017 | 65°F | 62°F | 7 mph | dry | 78°F |
| 2016 | 69°F | 68°F | 6 mph | dry | 81°F |
| 2015 | 75°F | 71°F | 7 mph | dry | 89°F |
| 2014 | 70°F | 65°F | 3 mph | dry | 82°F |
| 2013 | 58°F | 53°F | 11 mph | dry | 64°F |
| 2012 | 68°F | 63°F | 4 mph | dry | 82°F |
| 2011 | 75°F | 71°F | 4 mph | dry | 88°F |
| 2010 | 72°F | 71°F | 7 mph | dry | 82°F |
| 2009 | 65°F | 62°F | 9 mph | dry | 79°F |
| 2008 | 72°F | 69°F | 8 mph | dry | 81°F |
| 2007 | 70°F | 65°F | 8 mph | dry | 82°F |
| 2006 | 78°F | 72°F | 4 mph | dry | 93°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 7-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
- Brady St at 4th St, downtown (base of Brady Street Hill)
- Scheduled start
- 8:00 AM (America/Chicago) — Official 2026: Bix 7 and Quick Bix both 8:00 AM CT, runners in place by 7:45; single mass start with a seeded elite corral. No earlier wheelchair gun published.
- Field size
- ~7,910 participants across the Bix 7 and the companion Quick Bix (recent edition; exact year unlabeled in source)
- Registration
- open
Wyndo is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Bix 7 (officially the "Quad-City Times Bix 7") 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.