Will Missoula Hit This Extra Sweaty Temperature Record?

If there's one weather record most of us would rather never see, it's probably for heat.

But at least this hot weather record that could potentially be tied in Missoula today will come at the END of a heatwave, and not start a new one.

Unless thunderstorms and clouds get in the way, Missoula is expected to hit just over 100 degrees again today, tying the record for the most consecutive triple-digit days.

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Fortunately, this doesn't happen often

With the National Weather Service forecasting a high of 101 in Missoula on Wednesday, it completes a string of five days at 100 degrees, or higher, that started on Saturday.

After reaching 98 degrees last Friday, thermometers have made a habit of triple digits every afternoon. Saturday and Sunday both reached 101. It was 101 on Monday,

short of the scorching record of 105 dating to 1936. Tuesday was also 101 at the official temperature location at Missoula Montana Airport, which fell short of the 103-degree daily record set during a very hot July in 2003.

If Wednesday hits the forecast high, which it should make unless we get a thunderstorm cooldown, it would mark the 5th consecutive day of triple-digit heat. That ties the record set between July 12th and July 16th, 2007. And it matches 1936, 5-day "scorch", when Missoula topped 100 five times between July 19th and July 23rd.

Kalispell has also been setting some daily records during this heatwave, and also hitting 100, which happens more infrequently.

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Hot, but 2007 was more severe

In addition to the five-day triple-digit record, Missoula's all-time high-temperature record of 107 was set on July 6th, 2007, the day after it had reached 102. In all, a blistering 11 days topped the "century mark" that year.

Just to put that in perspective, as hot as it's been this month, the average temperature this month has been just over 93 degrees, compared to 96.5 degrees in July 2007, 91.4 degrees in Jul 2003, and 91.2 degrees in 2003.