Daytime highs reached into the 90s in western Montana on Monday and temperatures could hit 105 in the Bitterroot and Missoula valleys this week.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a heat advisory for the Bitterroot, Missoula, Flathead and Mission valleys, the Kootenai/Cabinet region and lower Clark Fork River region that will go into effect at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9 and is expected to last through midnight on Friday. Hot temperatures, in the 90s and 100s, are expected through this upcoming weekend.
The hottest temperatures are expected Tuesday through Thursday, when western Montana could see highs up to 105 degrees, according to NWS reports. Temperatures in southwest Montana are expected to be in the mid-90s, while central Idaho valleys could see temperatures between 105-112 degrees Fahrenheit.
Ten-year-old Abbey Smithson and 6-year-old Bodie Smithson of Reno, Nevada, beat the heat by spending time in the Bitterroot River on Monday, July 8 while enjoying a trip to visit family. Temperatures topped 90 degrees in Hamilton on Monday as a heat wave expected to bring a week of temperatures at or above 90 degrees descends across much of western Montana.
“We’re not really going to be breaking records in the Bitterroot Valley or Missoula,” NWS meteorologist Joe Messina said on Monday. “It’s the prolonged nature of this heat wave that we’re worried about… People should be prepared, not just for hot days, but prolonged hot days.”
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