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----FAST CLIMATE
FACTS----
from the National Weather Service Office in Missoula,
Montana
| Temperature |
Missoula
(1893-2003)
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Kalispell
(1899-2003)
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Butte
(1894-2003)
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State
of Montana |
State
of Idaho |
| Latest
30 Year Normal Temperature (1971-2000) |
44.8 |
42.6 |
39.5 |
- |
- |
| Average
Temperature (Jan-Dec) |
44.7 |
43.1 |
39.9 |
- |
- |
| Lowest
Temperature |
-33
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-38
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-52
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-70
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-60 |
| (1/26/57)
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(1/30/50
- 1/31/50) |
(2/9/33)
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Rogers
Pass (1/20/54) |
Island
Park Dam (1/18/43) |
| Highest
Temperature |
105
|
105
|
100
|
117
|
118 |
| 5
times/last occurred (7/10/73) |
(8/4/61)
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(7/22/31)
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Medicine
Lake (7/5/37) |
Orofino
(7/28/34) |
| Precipitation |
Missoula
(1893-2003)
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Kalispell
(1899-2003)
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Butte
(1894-2003)
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State
of Montana |
State
of Idaho |
| Latest
30 Year Normal Precipitation (1971-2000) |
13.82 |
17.21 |
12.78 |
- |
- |
| Average
Precipitation (Jan-Dec) |
13.65 |
16.22 |
12.97 |
- |
- |
| Driest
Month |
Trace |
Trace |
Trace |
- |
- |
| August
1967 |
August
1955 |
October
1987 |
| Driest
Year |
8.16
inches |
10.42
inches |
6.89
inches |
-
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- |
| 1931 |
1944 |
1935 |
- |
-
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| Greatest
24-Hour Precipitation |
2.32
inches
|
2.71
inches
|
3.00
inches |
- |
- |
| (11/5/27)
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(6/29/82)
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(6-9-13) |
| Wettest
Month |
7.38
inches |
6.02
inches |
8.86
inches |
- |
- |
| May 1980 |
July 1983 |
June 1913 |
| Wettest
Year |
21.92
inches |
25.23
inches |
20.55
inches |
- |
- |
| 1998 |
1996 |
1909 |
| Annual
Average Snowfall |
41.4
inches |
64.7
inches |
55.1
inches |
- |
- |
| Greatest
24-hour Snow |
27.5
inches
|
20.1
inches
|
30.0
inches
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- |
- |
| (11/30/1893)
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(12/27/11)
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(10/10/11)
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| Greatest
Monthly Snow |
54.1
inches
|
55.9
inches
|
32.5
inches
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- |
- |
| December
1996 |
February
1936 |
October
1911 |
| Greatest
Annual Snowfall |
106.1
inches
|
148.8
inches
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125.5
inches
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-
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-
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| 1996 |
1996 |
1996 |
- |
-
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| Greatest
Snow Depth |
27.0
inches
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61.0
inches
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27.0
inches
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| (12/29/96)
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(12/30/96)
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(12/29/96)
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