PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
553 AM MDT WED AUG 1 2007

...BILLINGS JULY 2007 SUMMARY...

JULY 2007 WAS MUCH HOTTER THAN NORMAL. THE MONTHLY MEAN
TEMPERATURE WAS 79.1 DEGREES...WHICH COMES IN SECOND FOR HIGHEST
MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...FALLING ONLY TO JULY 1936 WHEN THE
MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 81.0 DEGREES. THE NORMAL
TEMPERATURE FOR JULY IS 72.0 DEGREES.

THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 93.4 DEGREES...WHICH TIES 1960
FOR SECOND HIGHEST AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF ALL TIME. THE
NUMBER ONE SPOT IS 96.3 DEGREES SET IN 1936. THE NORMAL HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR JULY IS 85.8 DEGREES. 

THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE IN JULY WAS 64.7...WHICH IS THE
SECOND WARMEST AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF ALL TIME. THE
WARMEST AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE IS 65.7 DEGREES SET IN JULY
OF 1936. THE NORMAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR JULY IS 58.3 DEGREES.

THERE WERE 22 DAYS IN JULY WITH A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 90
DEGREES OR HIGHER...WHICH IS FOURTH ALL TIME. THE MOST 90 DEGREE OR
HIGHER DAYS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY WAS 28 SET BACK IN 1936. THERE
WERE 12 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER IN JULY
2007...WHICH TIES 2006 FOR THIRD ALL TIME. 1960 HOLDS THE RECORD
FOR CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90 DEGREES OF HIGHER WITH 17. 

THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE DID NOT FALL BELOW 65 DEGREES FOR 10
CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN JULY 2007...WHICH SET AN ALL TIME RECORD. THE
OLD RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 65 DEGREES OR WARMER MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES WAS 9...SET IN 1960.

DESPITE THE HEAT...ONLY ONE DAY IN JULY 2007 SET A RECORD MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON JULY 6TH REACHED 104
DEGREES...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 100 DEGREES SET IN 1985.

ONLY 6 DAYS IN JULY 2007 RECEIVED MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION...HOWEVER
THAT WAS ENOUGH TO END UP ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. 1.63 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION FELL WHICH WAS 0.35 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS MAKES
JULY 2007 THE 18TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD.

RECORDS FOR BILLINGS LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BEGAN IN 1934.

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