Last year I went back and reviewed all the race results from Ironman Wisconsin (IMMOO). I then took those results and put them into the context of the weather for the day of the race. Why? IMMOO has had some extreme variation in temperatures the last few years: 2005 - really hot, 2006 - cold, with very chilly rain.

You can read that original post from last year here: Ironman Wisconsin Historical Results and Weather

Last year at Ironman Wisconsin (2007), we had excellent weather. You can read my race report here, Gary’s 2007 IMMOO Race Report. No mention of weather, because it wasn’t a major factor in race outcomes.

Here’s the Chart of race results and weather, updated with last year’s information:

year / 10th place finisher / last HI Qualifier / # AG
(male 25 to 29 age group)

2007 / 10:21 / 9:58 / 156
2006 / 10:25 / 10:18 / 201
2005 / 10:50 / 11:10 / 186
2004 / 10:37 / 10:22 / 162
2003 / 10:32 / 10:18 / 173
2002 / 10:21 / 10:20 / 184

Here’s the weather charts, from wunderground.com:

year / mean / max / min

9.9.07 / 63F / 73F / 52F
9.10.06 / 56F / 59F / 53F
9.11.05 / 80F / 91F / 69F
9.12.04 / 71F / 85F / 57F
9.7.03 / 74F / 89F / 59F
9.15.02 / 59F / 71F / 48F

Interesting, if nothing else! I hope those of you heading to Wisconsin in a few weeks have great weather and a great race.