July Weather Summary
National Weather Service Glasgow Montana

…2ND  WARMEST MONTH OF ALL-TIME AT GLASGOW…
…2ND WARMEST YEAR TO DATE AT GLASGOW…

This past July was much warmer and much drier than normal.  The average temperature 
of 77.2 degrees was 7 degrees above normal.  The average high was 93.6 degrees…while 
the average low was 60.7 degrees.  The hottest was 101 observed on 6 days…while the 
coolest was 53 on the 17th and 21st.

July of 2006 was the second warmest month at Glasgow since records began in 1893.  
Only July of 1936 was hotter.  There were a total of 24 days with a high temperature 
of 90 degrees or above…which is the 2nd most 90 degree days ever observed in July…and 
only surpassed by 1936 which recorded 29 days with a high temperature of  90 degrees.  
There were a total of 7 days with a high temperature 100 degrees...which was the most 
since 1936…and tied with July 1930 and 1931 and June 1988 as the 5th most 100 degree 
days ever observed during any month at Glasgow.

Every day with the exception of the 31st had a high temperature of 85 degrees of warmer…
which was the 2nd longest such streak on record…and only surpassed by a 39 day stretch 
from July 12th through August 19th of 2003.

July was the 11th month in row with to be warmer than normal…dating back to September 
of last year.  For the year so far…2006 is off to an unusually warm start.  For the 7 
month period…January through July it is the 2nd warmest year on record…only surpassed 
by 1987.

Despite the intense heat only one temperature record was tied.  On the 12th the low 
of 69 degrees tied with 1897 for the warmest minimum temperature.

In addition to the heat it was also a very dry month…with only 33 hundredths of an inch 
of rain.  July is normally the 2nd wettest month of the year at Glasgow…with most of the 
precipitation occurring from thunderstorms.  This past July was the 11th driest July on 
record…and the 5th driest in the last 50 years.

July was a bit less windy than normal.  Seventeen days had gusts greater than 30 mph and 
on 6 of those days gusts were over 40 mph.  There were only 2 days where the highest gust 
for the day was under 20 mph.  Average daily speeds were over 10 mph on 16 days…less than 
10 mph on 15 days.  The peak wind gust of the month was 47 mph…which occurred in a 
thunderstorm on the 12th.

There were 8 days with thunderstorms…although none were severe…and no days with dense fog.


Short Format Statistics for Jul 2006:

Temperature                              Departure from normal
  Warmest            101 on 6 days     
  Coldest             53 on  17th and 21st
  Avg high          93.6                         + 9.8
  Avg low           60.7                         + 4.1
  Ave Temp          77.2                         + 7.0

Degree days       
  Heating              0                          - 19
  Seasonal Total      34                         - 106
  Cooling            385                         + 200
  Seasonal total     472                         + 232				

Precipitation
   Total             0.33                       - 1.45		
   Years total       5.78                       - 1.75
   Days measurable   5                             - 3
   Most in 24 hours  0.15 on 1st

Snowfall
  Total               0                              0
  Season total        0                              0
  Days measurable     0                              0 
  Most in 24 hours    0                              0
  Greatest depth      0

Wind in MPH
   Strongest gust     NW 47 mph on 12th
   Avg speed          10.4 mph
   Windiest day       16.7 mph on 29th
   Calmest day        4.9 mph


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Simonsen/Bogel	
 		

Public Information Statement

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
 123 PM MDT TUE AUG 1 2006
 
 ...JULY 2006 ONE OF THE WARMEST MONTHS ON RECORD AT GLASGOW...
 
 TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY ONLY CLIMBED INTO THE 70S AND 80S ACROSS
 NORTHEAST MONTANA...MARKING THE END OF WHAT WAS ONE OF THE WARMEST
 MONTHS ON RECORD AT GLASGOW. BELOW IS A LIST OF NOTABLE EVENTS AT
 GLASGOW FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. 
 
 ...JULY 2006 SECOND WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD AT GLASGOW...
 
 THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR GLASGOW DURING THE MONTH OF JULY WAS
 77.2 DEGREES. THIS MAKES IT THE SECOND WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD.
 THE WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD AT GLASGOW WAS JULY 1936...WITH AN
 AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 81.2 DEGREES. BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF THE 6
 WARMEST MONTHS ON RECORD AT GLASGOW.
 
 JULY 1936   - 81.2 DEGREES
 JULY 2006   - 77.2 DEGREES
 AUGUST 1971 - 77.1 DEGREES
 JUNE 1988   - 76.8 DEGREES 
 AUGUST 1983 - 76.5 DEGREES 
 JULY 1947   - 76.5 DEGREES
 
 ...STRETCH OF CONSECUTIVE 85 DEGREE DAYS IN GLASGOW ENDS AT 30
 DAYS...
 
 ON MONDAY...THE TEMPERATURE FAILED TO REACH 85 DEGREES AT THE
 GLASGOW AIRPORT. THIS ENDS A STRETCH OF 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WHERE
 THE TEMPERATURE REACHED AT LEAST 85 DEGREES AT GLASGOW. THIS IS
 THE SECOND LONGEST SUCH STRETCH ON RECORD. BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF
 THE 6 LONGEST STRETCHES OF CONSECUTIVE 85 DEGREES DAYS ON RECORD
 FOR GLASGOW.
 
 JULY 12TH THROUGH AUGUST 19TH 2003 - 39 DAYS
 JULY 1ST THROUGH JULY 30TH 2006    - 30 DAYS
 JULY 9TH THROUGH AUGUST 5TH 1929   - 28 DAYS 
 JULY 17TH THROUGH AUGUST 9TH 1893  - 24 DAYS 
 AUGUST 1ST THROUGH AUGUST 23 1971  - 23 DAYS 
 JULY 6TH THROUGH JULY 28TH 1960    - 23 DAYS
 
 ...GLASGOW AIRPORT REACHES 90 DEGREES 24 TIMES IN JULY...
 
 DURING THE MONTH OF JULY...THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO AT LEAST 90
 DEGREES 24 TIMES AT GLASGOW. THIS IS THE SECOND MOST 90 DEGREE
 DAYS RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF JULY. THE MOST 90 DEGREE DAYS
 RECORDED IN JULY WAS 29 IN 1936.
 
 ...GLASGOW AIRPORT REACHES 100 DEGREES 7 TIMES IN JULY...
 
 DURING THE MONTH OF JULY...THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO AT LEAST 100
 DEGREES 7 TIMES AT GLASGOW. THIS IS THE MOST 100 DEGREE DAYS
 RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF JULY SINCE 1936. THE MOST 100
 DEGREE DAYS RECORDED IN JULY WAS 17 IN 1936.
 
 YEAR TO DATE THIS HAS BEEN THE SECOND WARMEST START TO A YEAR ON
 RECORD. THE ONLY YEAR THAT STARTED WARMER THAN 2006 WAS 1987.
  
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 JJZ