RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA, MT
405 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007

FOLLOWING ARE SOME PRELIMINARY CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR JULY 2007 FOR
MISSOULA, KALISPELL AND BUTTE.

************************* MISSOULA ******************************

JULY 2007 ONLY:

ALL TIME RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 107 DEGREES - PREVIOUS RECORD 105
SET IN 1936, 1953, 1960, 1973.
ALL TIME RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 71 - PREVIOUS RECORD 67
SET IN 1985, 1991, 2004.

JULY 2007 WAS NOT ONLY THE HOTTEST JULY ON RECORD, BUT ALSO THE
HOTTEST MONTH ON RECORD BY FAR.

THE DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL AND BY HOW MUCH THE RECORD WAS BROKEN IS
REALLY QUITE EXCEPTIONAL, ESPECIALLY IN SUMMER.

MAXT 96.5 - PREVIOUS RECORD 93.8 (1960) - AVE - 83.6F - DEPT. +12.9
AVGT 78.1 - PREVIOUS RECORD 74.8 (1985) - AVE - 66.9F DEPT. +11.2
MINT 59.8 - PREVIOUS RECORD 56.3 (1985) - AVE - 50.2F DEPT. +9.6
(THE OTHER MINT HIGH RECORDS ARE LIKELY SUSPECT FROM 1936-1947,
EVEN SO, THE MINT THIS MONTH WAS STILL 1.8F WARMER THAN THE WARMEST
MONTH WHEN THE EQUIPMENT WAS LOCATED ON TOP OF A SIX STORY BUILDING
DOWNTOWN MISSOULA)

NUMBER OF DAYS IN JULY:

>= 100 - 11 DAYS - ALMOST DOUBLE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 6.
>= 95 - 20 - 18 DAYS WAS THE OLD RECORD IN 1960.
>= 90 - 30 - OLD RECORD 24 - 1960.

NIGHTS >= 60 - 18 - OLD AIRPORT RECORD - 8 (1985).

YEAR TO DATE TOTALS COMPARED WITH SEASONAL TOTALS:

MAXT
>= 100 - 11 NEARLY DOUBLE THE OLD RECORD OF 6 (1936)
>= 95 - 21 - NEW RECORD - OLD RECORD 20 (1960/2003)
>= 90 - 37 - ONLY 4 AWAY FROM TYING CURRENT RECORD OF 41 (1940)

THE HEAT DIDN`T START ON JULY 1ST.

HIGH OF 98 ON 6/28 TIES THE HOTTEST TEMP IN JUNE

THE PERIOD FEB 1ST TO JULY 31ST HAS BEEN THE WARMEST ON RECORD AT
53.1 - PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 52.9 (1934) NORMAL FOR THIS PERIOD IS
48.7F - 4.4F ABOVE NORMAL.

FROM AUGUST 1ST 2006 TO JULY 31ST 2007, THIS IS THE 2ND WARMEST ON
RECORD AT 47.8 - WARMEST ON RECORD WAS 49.2 (1933-1934) NORMAL FOR
THIS PERIOD IS 44.8F - 3.0F ABOVE NORMAL.

STRINGS:
TIED NUMBER OF DAYS >= 90 IN A ROW AT 18 (1960)
TIED NUMBER OF DAYS >= 100 IN A ROW AT 5 (1936)

ONLY 0.03" OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED IN JULY 2007 MAKING
A RECORD FOR LEAST PRECIPITATION SINCE THE STATION HAS BEEN LOCATED
AT THE AIRPORT. THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW PRECIPITATION WAS 0.09 IN
1985. 0.02" FELL IN 1919 AT THE DOWNTOWN LOCATION, WHICH IS THE
RECORD LOWEST FOR THE MONTH. MEAN FOR THE MONTH IS 1.09".

************************* KALISPELL *****************************

JULY ONLY:

JULY 2007 WAS NOT ONLY THE HOTTEST JULY, BUT ALSO THE HOTTEST
MONTH ON RECORD.
THE SECOND HOTTEST HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES ON RECORD.
CURRENT RECORD IS 104 DEGREES SET IN 1960.

HOTTEST JULY (AND ANY MONTH) ON RECORD:

MAXT 92.0 - PREVIOUS RECORD 91.5 (1960) - AVE - 80.2F DEPT. +11.8
AVGT 71.9 - PREVIOUS RECORD 70.2 (1975) AVE 63.5F DEPT. +8.4
MINT 51.8 - NOT A RECORD - CURRENT RECORD 52.9 (1975) - AVERAGE -
46.7F DEPT +5.1
(OVERNIGHT LOWS PRIOR TO 1950 ARE NOT BEING CONSIDERED DUE TO A LARGE
DIFFERENCE IN STATION LOCATION)

NUMBER OF DAYS IN JULY:

>= 100 - 1 DAY - TIES THE RECORD OF 1 SET IN MULTIPLE YEARS...AND
MOST RECENTLY IN 2003.
>= 95 - 11 - NEW RECORD. 10 DAYS WAS THE OLD RECORD (1960).
>= 90 - 21. TIES OLD RECORD OF 21 (1960).

YEAR TO DATE TOTALS COMPARED WITH SEASONAL TOTALS:

MAXT
>= 100 - 1 CURRENT RECORD - 3 (1961)
>= 95 - 11 CURRENT RECORD - 13 (2003)
>= 90 - 23 CURRENT RECORD - 34 (2003)

************************* BUTTE *********************************

JULY 2007 ONLY:

JULY 2007 WAS NOT ONLY THE HOTTEST JULY ON RECORD, BUT ALSO, THE
HOTTEST MONTH ON RECORD.

MAXT - 88.8 - PREVIOUS RECORD 86.6 (2006) - AVERAGE - 79.8F DEPT.
+9.0
AVGT - 69.8 - PREVIOUS RECORD 68.1 (2006) - AVERAGE - 62.7F DEPT.
+7.1
MINT - 50.7 - PREVIOUS RECORD 49.7 (1998) - AVERAGE - 45.5F DEPT.
+5.2
(OVERNIGHT LOWS PRIOR TO 1931 ARE NOT BEING CONSIDERED DUE TO A
LARGE DIFFERENCE IN STATION LOCATION AND ELEVATION)

NUMBER OF DAYS IN JULY:

>= 90 - 16. NEW RECORD. OLD RECORD 13 (1985)
>= 85 - 26. NEW RECORD. OLD RECORD 19 (1985/2006)

NIGHTS >= 50 - 20. NEW RECORD. OLD RECORD 16 (1978/2006)

YEAR TO DATE TOTALS COMPARED WITH SEASONAL TOTALS:

MAXT
>= 95 - 3 - CURRENT RECORD 6 (2000)
>= 90 - 18 - ONLY 2 AWAY FROM TYING CURRENT RECORD OF 20 (2000)
>= 85 - 30 - 11 AWAY FROM TYING CURRENT RECORD OF 41 (1988)

THE HEAT DIDN`T START ON JULY 1ST.

THE HIGH OF 94 ON 6/28 TIED THE JUNE MONTHLY RECORD AT THE AIRPORT
ALSO REACHED IN 1988.

THE PERIOD FEB 1ST TO JULY 31ST HAS TIED THE WARMEST ON RECORD AT
46.7 - PREVIOUS RECORD (2000). NORMAL FOR THIS PERIOD IS 43.1F - 2.6F
ABOVE NORMAL.