AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



CLIMATE DATA 



Precipitation and Length of Period Between Freezing Temperatures — 1950, 1951 



County 



Station 



cpo 2 



c y d 



Precipitation, Inches 



Annual 



Growing Season* 



Beaverhead Dillon 57 



Big Horn Crow Agency -.71 



Blaine Chinook 55 



Broadwater Townsend 28 



Carbon Red Lodge 57 



Carter- _ 



Cascade 



Chouteau...- 



Custer 



Daniels 



Ekalaka 55 



Great Falls 61 



Fort Benton 31 



Miles City U 



Scobey _ .....24 



Dawson Glendive 63 



Deerlodge East Anaconda 47 



Fallon Plevna 40 



Fergus Lewislown 56 



Flathead KaUspell 55 



Gallatin 



Garfield 



Glacier 



Golden Valley 



Granite Philipsburg 



Bozeman 76 



Jordan .34 



Cut Bank 44 



Barber _ 7 



.48 



Hill Havre 72 



Jefferson Whitehall 1 7 



Judith Basin Stanford 25 



Lake Poison 42 



Lewis and Clark Helena .72 



Liberty Joplin 1 9 



Lincoln Fortine 46 



Madison Virginia City ...41 



McCone Vida 21 



Meagher ...White Sul. Spr. 18 



Mineral Superior 37 



Missoula Missoula 72 



Musselshell Roundup 31 



Park ...Livingston 51 



Petroleum FlatwiUow 39 



Phillips Malta 46 



Pondera Valier 15 



Powder River Broadus 21 



Powell Ovando 53 



Prairie Mildred 43 



1950 



9.81 

 16.71 

 14.04 

 10.50 

 22.38 



14.39 

 16.55 

 17.69 

 13.66 

 16.77 



a/ 



14.49 

 12.18 

 15.88 

 20.08 



18.19 

 10.01 

 9.23 

 11.55 

 13.38 



13.49 

 9.04 

 18.32 

 17.76 

 12.40 



a/ 

 20.77 

 13.31 

 20.56 

 20.39 



23.42 

 14.18 

 11.52 

 17.39 

 12.23 



10.75 

 11.71 

 13.38 

 16.50 

 12.09 



1951 Normal 1950 



1951 Normal 



Number of days 



Between Freezing 



Temperatures, 



Last in Spring 



<S first in Fall 



9.04 

 14.04 



a. 



a/ 



21.69 



12.55 

 21.59 

 22.57 

 14.91 

 21.90 



9.90 

 12.35 

 12.32 

 14.86 

 21.87 



20.20 

 11.06 

 17.28 

 14.92 

 18.81 



17.04 

 8.25 

 14.15 

 20.68 

 12.03 



a/ 

 26.27 



a, 

 12.29 



21.14 



20.03 

 15.02 

 10.05 

 14.97 

 12.32 



11.44 

 18.25 

 13.11 

 17.65 

 12.31 



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 



7.96 

 12.02 

 10.10 



7.54 

 15.64 



10.53 

 1 1.69 

 12.86 

 9.65 

 12.08 



15.26 

 8.08 

 8.70 



10.99 

 9.30 



11.51 

 7.77 

 6.96 

 8.66 

 8.15 



9.85 

 7.55 

 13.79 

 7.39 

 7.35 



8.57 



7.14 



8.38 



15.36 



11.42 



8.72 

 7.09 

 9.05 

 11.64 

 9.32 



7.94 

 9.47 

 9.20 

 6.83 

 9.97 



5.73 

 8.53 

 a 



8.98 

 15.54 



9.27 

 14.78 

 14.40 

 12.24 

 12.45 



7.38 



6.31 



8.84 



10.09 



11.75 



10.43 



8.97 



14.15 



10.83 



9.62 



13.42 

 6.53 

 8.98 



13.16 

 8.39 



9.52 

 16.25 

 a 



7.46 

 10.95 



7.47 

 7.72 

 7.41 

 7.49 

 9.08 



8.05 



16.01 



8.51 



8.26 



10.23 



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 



1 1.00 

 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 



1950 



95 

 99 

 97 

 98 

 94 



112 

 113 



98 

 113 



97 



144 



96 



77 

 100 

 103 



72 

 72 

 97 

 25 



1 14 

 101 

 97 

 121 

 101 



97 

 75 

 95 

 71 

 93 



100 

 104 

 112 

 97 

 112 



72 

 95 

 129 

 16 

 69 



1951 



65 



101 



106 



92 



67 



104 

 109 

 109 

 116 

 103 



142 

 110 

 99 

 101 

 118 



98 

 107 



81 

 100 



63 



118 

 90 

 100 

 137 

 104 



108 



67 



96 

 107 



75 



93 

 111 

 107 

 104 

 107 



106 



81 

 104 



12 

 131 



Ravalli Hamilton _ 47 



Richland Savage 47 



Roosevelt Poplar 69 



Rosebud Forsyth 24 



Sanders Thompson Falls 41 



Sheridan Medicine Lake 36 



Silver Bow Butte 58 



Stillwater Columbus 21 



Sweet Grass Big Timber 49 



Teton J. Fairfield 25 



Toole 



Treasure 



Valley 



Wheatland . 

 Wibaux 



.Dunkirk 40 



. Hysham 6 



Glasgow 56 



Harlowton 37 



...... Wibaux 32 



Yellowstone Billings City ...52 



State 



15.62 

 19.93 

 14.40 

 12.82 

 27.25 



17.20 

 12.74 

 14.58 

 14.48 

 9.94 



10.25 

 11.63 

 19.02 



a/ 



a/ 



12.86 



15.87 



13.22 

 11.89 

 a/ 

 11.62 

 23.65 



9.32 

 12.14 

 13.66 

 14.93 

 14.11 



16.21 

 a, 

 13.28 



a/ 



11.40 

 11.48 



16.31 



11.17 

 13.46 

 12.85 

 13.39 

 19.54 



12.84 

 11.32 

 13.59 

 14.76 

 11.50 



11.85 

 11.61 

 13.01 

 12.07 

 15.52 

 14.38 



7.90 



17.40 



12.53 



7.90 



8.13 



14.69 



7.77 



10.18 



11.19 



8.05 



7.11 



8.15 



15.03 



a,' 



13.86 

 8.64 



14.86 10.18 



4.87 

 9.41 

 7.69 

 9.02 

 8.87 



7.39 

 6.85 

 9.14 

 9.86 

 11.88 



11.98 

 8.05 

 8.44 

 a/ 

 9.08 

 8.10 



10.36 



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



* April through September. 

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

 a/ Incomplete. 



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 



114 

 143 

 113 



107 



69 

 93 

 97 

 110 

 94 



71 



112 



113 



96 



71 



112 



96 



111 

 130 

 106 

 104 

 138 



112 



12 



93 



103 



114 



109 

 107 

 107 

 101 

 87 

 92 



100 



