2006 Summer Driest June, July and August on Record at Glasgow

Public Information Statement

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 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
 848 PM MDT FRI SEP 1 2006
 
 ...DRIEST SUMMER ON RECORD IN GLASGOW...
 
 JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST OF 2006 WAS THE DRIEST SUMMER ON RECORD FOR
 GLASGOW. GLASGOW HAD 1.73 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE 3 MONTH
 PERIOD. THE NORMAL RAIN FALL FOR SUMMER IN GLASGOW IS 5.23 INCHES.
 
 THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS THE SUMMER OF 1930 WHEN 1.90 INCHES OF
 RAIN FELL AT GLASGOW. THE ONLY OTHER SUMMER WITH LESS THAN 2
 INCHES OF RAIN WAS IN 1979 WHEN 1.99 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.
  
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 TLSJR

August Weather Summary

 AUGUST WEATHER SUMMARY
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MONTANA
 530 PM MDT SAT SEP 2 2006
 
 THIS PAST AUGUST WAS WARMER AND MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL. THE AVERAGE 
 TEMPERATURE OF 71.7 DEGREES WAS 2.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THE 
 AVERAGE HIGH WAS 86.7 DEGREES...WHILE THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 56.6 
 DEGREES.  THE HOTTEST WAS 100 OBSERVED ON THE 8TH...WHILE THE 
 COOLEST WAS 49 ON THE 2ND...6TH...AND 31ST. 
 
 AUGUST OF 2006 WAS THE WARMEST AUGUST SINCE 2001...AND THE 12TH  
 MONTH IN A ROW WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.  THERE WERE A TOTAL 
 OF 13 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE...AND 1 
 DAY WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES.  ONE TEMPERATURE RECORD 
 WAS TIED THIS MONTH.  ON THE 8TH THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 68 DEGREES 
 TIED WITH 1964 AND 2003 FOR THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE ON THAT DATE.
 
 AUGUST WAS VERY DRY WITH ONLY 48 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL.  
 IT WAS THE DRIEST AUGUST SINCE 2001...AND WAS THE 8TH DRIEST AUGUST 
 SINCE 1970.  
 
 FOR THE METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER...WHICH IS THE THREE MONTH PERIOD OF 
 JUNE THROUGH AUGUST...IT WAS THE DRIEST SUMMER ON RECORD.  ONLY 1.73 
 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ALL SUMMER.  THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 
 1.93 INCHES DURING THE SUMMER OF 1930.  IT WAS THE WARMEST SUMMER 
 SINCE 1988...AND THE 5TH WARMEST SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1893. 
 
 THE SUMMER ENDED WITH A TOTAL OF 40 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 
 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE.  THIS TIED WITH 1961 AND 2003 FOR THE 3RD 
 GREATEST NUMBER OF 90 DEGREE DAYS SINCE 1936.  1936 STILL HOLDS THE 
 ALL-TIME RECORD WITH 56.  THERE WERE 8 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE 
 OF 100 DEGREES OR ABOVE.  THIS TIED WITH 1947 AS THE 4TH GREATEST 
 NUMBER OF 100 DEGREE DAYS SINCE 1936.  AGAIN...1936 STILL HOLDS THE 
 ALL-TIME RECORD WITH 22. 
 
 AUGUST WAS A BIT LESS WINDY THAN NORMAL.  FIFTEEN DAYS HAD GUSTS 
 GREATER THAN 30 MPH AND ON 5 OF THOSE DAYS THE GUSTS WERE OVER 40 
 MPH.  THERE WERE ONLY 3 DAYS WHERE THE HIGHEST GUST FOR THE DAY WAS 
 UNDER 20 MPH.  AVERAGE DAILY SPEEDS WERE OVER 10 MPH ON 17 
 DAYS...LESS THAN 10 MPH ON 14 DAYS. THE PEAK WIND GUST OF THE MONTH 
 WAS 52 MPH...WHICH OCCURRED IN A THUNDERSTORM ON THE 9TH.
 
 THERE WERE ONLY 4 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS...ALTHOUGH NONE WERE 
 SEVERE...AND NO DAYS WITH DENSE FOG. 
 
 
 SHORT FORMAT STATISTICS FOR AUG 2006:
 
 TEMPERATURE                     DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL                
   WARMEST            100 ON 8TH   
   COLDEST            49  ON 2ND, 6TH & 31ST
   AVG HIGH           86.7              + 3.4
   AVG LOW            56.6              + 0.9    
   AVG TEMP           71.7              + 2.2    
 
 DEGREE DAYS
   HEATING              12              -  59 
   SEASON TOTAL         12              -  78 
   COOLING              225             +  43 
   SEASON TOTAL         740             +  275  
 
 PRECIPITATION
   TOTAL               0.48            -  0.77 
   YEAR TOTAL          6.26            -  2.52
   DAYS MEASURABLE     5               -  3  
   MOST IN 24 HRS      0.30 ON 17TH-18TH  
 
 SNOWFALL
   TOTAL                  0               0  
   SEASON TOTAL           0               0  
   DAYS MEASURABLE        0               0
   MOST IN 24 HOURS       0          
   GREATEST DEPTH         0      
 
 WIND IN MPH
   STRONGEST GUST     E  52 MPH ON 9TH 
   AVG SPEED          10.4 MPH         -  0.5
   WINDIEST DAY       16.5 MPH ON 29TH
   CALMEST DAY        3.8  MPH ON 18TH         
 
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