STATE OF MONTANA 



CLIMATE DATA'/ 



Precipitation and Length of Period Between Freezing Temperatures 1952-1953 



County 



Station 



J3'0 



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 C u D 

 0) 0) <v 



Precipitation, Inches 



Annual 



Growing Season* 



Beaverhead Dillon 59 



Big Horn Crow Agency 73 



Blaine .....Chinook 57 



Broadwater Townsend 30 



Carbon Red Lodge 59 



Carter Ekalaka -57 



Cascade Great Falls 63 



Chouteau Fort Benton 33 



Custer .Miles City 16 



Daniels Scobey 26 



Dawson - Glendive 65 



Deer Lodge East Anaconda 49 



Fallon Plevna 42 



Fergus Le^wistowrn 58 



Flathead ..Kalispell 57 



Gallatin Bozeman _ 78 



Garfield Jordan „ 36 



Glacier _. ...Cut Bank 46 



Golden Valley - Barber 9 



Granite Philipsburg ....50 



HiU Havre 74 



Jefferson Whitehall 1 9 



Judith Basin Stanford 27 



Lake Poison 44 



Lewis and Clark Helena 74 



Liberty Joplin 21 



Lincoln Fortine 48 



Madison Virginia City _ 43 



McCone Vida 23 



Meagher. ...White Sul. Spr. 20 



Mineral Superior 39 



Missoula Missoula 74 



Musselshell Roundup 33 



Park , Livingston 53 



Petroleum Flatwillow 41 



Phillips Malta ...48 



Pondera Valier 17 



Powder River Broadus 23 



Powell Ovando 55 



Prairie Mildred 45 



Ravalli 



Richland 



-Hamilton 

 Savage .. 



49 



49 



Roosevelt Poplar 71 



Rosebud Forsyth .... . 26 



Sanders Thompson Falls 43 



Sheridan Medicine Lake 38 



Silver Bow Butte 60 



Stillwater -- Columbus 23 



Sweet Grass Big Timber 51 



Teton _... Fairfield 27 



Toole Dunkirk 42 



Treasure Hysham 8 



Valley Glasgow 58 



Wheatland Harlowton 39 



Wibaux Wibaux 34 



Yellowstone Billings City 54 



STATE** 



1952 



9.46 



8.87 



7.40 



12.45 



19.98 



7.45 

 9.02 

 7.89 

 9.86 

 10.06 



8.04 



9.49 



6.67 



13.26 



11.15 



19.57 

 6.09 

 8.34 



11.04 

 9.60 



7.34 

 7.32 



11.00 



10.38 



8.99 



8.30 

 11.82 

 14.40 



9.24 

 15.58 



11.34 

 8.62 

 6.47 



13.75 

 7.03 



10.02 

 9.24 

 7.87 



10.86 

 8.77 



10.94 



10.68 



9.56 



6.52 



9.74 



8.74 

 1 1.99 



9.17 

 12.87 



7.54 



7.11 

 5.38 

 12.79 

 7.30 

 8.50 

 9.61 



1953 Normal 1952 



9.32 

 15.87 

 12.45 



8.63 

 18.30 



18.11 

 20.75 

 17.55 

 16.61 

 18.56 



16.67 

 8.60 

 15.05 

 22.54 

 14.62 



16.40 

 16.1 1 

 16.08 

 8.11 

 13.29 



14.02 

 7.42 

 15.35 

 12.82 

 11.65 



12.93 

 17.99 

 10.87 

 27.17 

 15.30 



18.58 

 11.36 

 10.69 

 11.51 

 12.15 



14.93 

 16.96 

 13.83 

 15.44 

 20.93 



8.42 

 20.02 

 20.31 

 13.36 

 22.36 



19.12 



9.82 



9.87 



13.44 



15.80 



15.1 1 

 13.42 

 15.33 

 9.38 

 15.49 

 12.12 



10.62 16.15 



15.97 

 15.07 

 13.30 

 10.91 

 18.90 



13.39 

 14.85 

 13.32 

 13.79 

 12.55 



14.45 

 13.45 

 14.08 

 16.06 

 16.35 



18.03 

 11.77 

 11.39 

 14.73 

 14.86 



13.90 

 11.26 

 14.78 

 14.56 

 11.55 



10.99 

 16.97 

 13.92 

 15.47 

 14.18 



15.48 

 12.72 

 12.45 

 14.38 

 12.64 



13.60 

 12.65 

 15.62 

 17.15 

 12.72 



11.17 

 13.46 

 12.85 

 13.39 

 19.54 



12.84 

 11.32 

 13.59 

 14.76 

 11.50 



11.85 

 1 1.61 

 13.01 

 12.07 

 15.52 

 14.38 



14.86 



6.86 

 6.68 

 4.31 

 8.14 

 14.42 



5.52 

 4.69 

 4.76 

 7.20 

 7.00 



5.58 

 7.18 

 5.00 

 10.39 

 7.11 



13.64 

 4.38 

 7.11 

 8.76 

 5.89 



4.91 

 6.34 

 8.57 

 6.15 

 5.33 



5.78 

 8.05 

 9.40 

 6.57 

 10.31 



7.84 

 5.36 

 5.40 

 10.25 

 5.61 



7.94 

 7.14 

 6.30 

 6.19 

 6.88 



8.28 

 8.28 

 6.74 

 5.44 

 5.68 



7.42 

 8.34 

 6.63 

 9.68 

 5.84 



5.70 

 4.25 

 10.03 

 5.06 

 6.27 

 7.48 



7.42 



1953 



6.74 

 9.71 

 9.60 

 6.78 

 12.24 



14.30 

 16.80 

 14.10 

 13.03 

 14.08 



13.28 



4.55 



12.26 



17.28 



8.59 



10.46 



12.88 



13.61 



6.74 



9.15 



1 1.44 

 5.46 



11.92 

 7.53 

 6.38 



10.60 



9.43 



7.02 



21.10 



10.17 



6.06 

 6.07 

 9.29 



8.18 

 10.16 



12.20 

 14.79 

 10.63 

 8.15 

 15.74 



4.30 

 16.78 

 15.96 

 10.08 



7.58 



16.20 

 6.93 

 6.66 

 9.97 



13.84 



12.16 

 9.73 



1 1.89 

 7.61 



12.57 

 9.27 



11.21 



Number oi days 



Bef^ween Freezing 



Temperatures, 



Last in Spring 



& first in Fall 



Normal 1 952 1 953 



10.78 

 9.70 



10.09 

 8.12 



12.98 



10.65 



10.64 



9.73 



9.68 



9.86 



10.86 



8.73 



10.73 



12.76 



8.65 



11.68 

 8.76 

 8.79 



11.66 

 9.83 



10.27 

 8.56 



11.00 

 7.94 

 8.30 



8.85 

 8.97 

 9.43 

 10.77 

 9.39 



7.24 

 7.45 

 8.86 

 9.87 

 9.60 



10.62 

 10.06 

 11.86 

 8.44 

 10.28 



6.51 

 10.63 



9.77 

 10.01 



7.97 



10.44 

 8.23 

 9.85 

 9.82 

 9.05 



9.33 



9.54 



8.88 



12.45 



9.94 



9.91 



14 



126 



147 



84 



37 



1 16 

 166 

 128 

 147 

 75 



127 

 168 



75 

 146 



92 



120 



107 



89 



89 



14 



165 

 38 

 129 

 129 

 127 



74 



18 



107 



126 



24 



93 

 115 

 148 

 126 

 135 



147 

 150 

 117 



7 

 117 



93 

 127 

 114 

 147 

 154 



112 

 71 

 145 

 147 

 166 



117 



128 

 153 

 117 

 147 



70 

 121 

 115 

 121 

 103 



126 

 162 

 123 

 142 

 107 



130 

 131 

 121 

 121 

 120 



120 

 129 

 121 

 104 

 60 



130 

 69 

 123 

 133 

 135 



122 

 51 



164 

 70 



118 

 130 

 123 

 121 

 129 



127 



88 



129 



5 



119 



121 

 129 

 129 

 141 

 134 



129 

 60 

 123 

 121 

 151 



104 

 128 

 129 

 87 

 122 

 133 



V Data supplied by R. A. Dightman, Weather Bureau, Helena, Montana. 

 * April through September. 

 ** Precipitation for all observation stations including others not listed above. 



