STATE OF MONTANA 



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CLIMATE DATA 

 Precipitation and Length of Growing Season For Selected Stations, 1946, 1947 



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County Station 



Beaverhead Dillon 53 



Big Horn Crow Agency 67 



Blaine Chinook 51 



Broadwater Town send 24 



Carbon Red Lodge 53 



Carter Ekalaka 51 



Cascade Great B-alls 57 



Chouteau Near (jeraldine..38 



Custer Miles City 10 



Daniels Scobey 20 



Dawson Glendive 5!i 



Deer Lodge East Anaconda. 43 



Fallon Plevna 36 



Fergus Lewis town 52 



Flathead Kalispell 51 



Gallatin -...Bozeman 72 



Garfield Jordan 30 



Glacier Cut Bank 40 



Golden Valley... Barber 3 



Granite Philipsburg 44 



Hill Havre 68 



Jefferson Boulder 32 



Judith Basin Stanford 21 



Lake Poson 38 



Lewis & Clark. ..Helena .68 



Liberty Chester 22 



Lincoln For tine 42 



McCone Circle 47 



Madison Virginia City 37 



Meagher White Sul. Spr. .14 



Mineral .Superior 33 



Missoula 3Iissoula 68 



Musselshell Roundup 27 



Park .Living'ston 47 



Petroleum Flat willow 3 5 



Phillips :Malta 42 



Pondera .Valier 11 



Powder River....Broadus 17 



Powell Ovando 49 



Prairie Mildred 3 9 



Ravalli Hamilton 43 



Richland Savage 43 



Roosevelt Poplar 65 



Rosebud Rock Spiings--..33 



Sanders Thomp. Falls 37 



Sheridan Outlook 30 



Silver Bow Butte .54 



Stillwater iiai)elje 12 



Sweet Grass Big Timber 45 



Teton Fairfield 21 



Toole Dunkirk 36 



Treasure Jlysham 2 



Valley Glasgow 52 



Wheatland Harlow ton 33 



Wibaux Wibaux 28 



Yellowstone Billings City 48 



Precipitatii)n, Inches 



Length of 

 Growing Season 



1946 



10.96 

 19.46 

 9.78. 

 12.2-8- 16.23 

 22.79 22.57 



18.41 

 13.98 

 13.03 

 17.80 

 11.67 



12.99 

 12.35 

 -13.14 

 11.75 

 14.11 



15.71 18.19 

 15.90 13.97 

 17.26 14.53 

 19.9^f — 4:S.29 

 16.10 18.73 



18.58 24.54 

 11.60 7.88 

 14.24 13.00 



12.50-- 

 18.83 



12.31 

 17.19 



9.5S--10.94 

 12.08 11.99 



19.84 16.53 



15.29 21.49 

 12.44- ^-1;16 



7.46 

 22.25 

 11.02 

 20.72 

 23.43 



18.60 

 14.68 

 10.37 

 16.11 

 10.19 



16.59 

 12.43 

 12.17 

 11.79 

 14.3^9- 



12. 4« — 12.83 

 16.10 13.68 

 16.75 11.65 

 19.81 16.69 

 17.69 13.00 



16.84 



17.48 



18.94^- 



12.21 



21.45 



14.89 

 15.37 

 12.58 

 16.05 

 14.87- 



12.60 

 14.17 

 15.67 

 7.42 

 22.63 



15.97 

 12.78 

 15.64 

 11.13 



13. 3S — 12.11 



18.27 8.52 



13.76-1-5.12 



16.41 



13.55 



13.65 



Normal 



Annual 



15.97 

 15.07 

 13.30 

 10.91 

 18.90 



13.39 

 14.85 

 15.33 

 13.79 

 12.55 



14.45 

 13.45 

 14.08 

 16.06 

 15.02 



18.03 

 11.77 

 11.39 

 14.73 

 14.86 



13.90 



11.70 

 14.78 

 14.56 

 11.55 



10.17 

 16.97 

 -15.80 

 13.92 

 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 

 12.96 

 19.54 



12.86 

 11.32 

 13.96 

 14.76 

 11.50 



11.85 

 11.61 

 13.01 

 12.07 

 15.52 

 14.38 



Growing 



Season 



1946 1947 



Normal 

 Growing 

 Season 1946 



7.51 



12.02 



7.18 



8.56 



12.32 



12.53 



9.17 



9.26 



12.94 



14.20 



11.18 



9.82 



11.92 



15.50 



6.76 



10.04 

 8.99 

 9.08 

 7.92 



11.16 



6.34 



8.86 

 14.21 



7.45 

 8.40 



8.60 

 9.89 



13.10 

 9.06 



12.79 



7.3 5 

 6.34 

 8.36 

 7.19 

 9.67 



10.20 

 11.03 

 11.18 

 8.43 

 11.68 



7.74 



13.97 



16.90 



9.23 



5.00 



11.84 



10.34 



8.23 



9.27 



10.44 



9.59 



13.05 



10.76 



11.55 



9.78 



7.87 



Days ■ 



Long- 

 Time 

 1947 Av. 



8.67 

 10.14 



9.36 

 10.86 

 12.73 



10.77 

 7.58 



10.92 

 9.16 



11.76 



16.46 

 9.32 

 11.96 

 11.42 

 11.74 



14.96 

 6.55 



10.01 

 9.92 



10.04 



8.23 



S.78 



13.16 



13.10 



10.13 



6.25 

 12.43 



9.63 

 14.43 

 13.18 



8.30 

 8.46 

 8.37 

 11.87 

 8.64 



10.83 



11.75 



9.05 



8.20 



10.99 



7.82 

 12.81 

 13.19 



6.36 

 10.34 



*12.69 

 10.68 



8.92 

 10.55 



8.72 



8.58 



6.59 

 12.94 



7.29 

 14.05 



9.80 



10.78 

 9.70 



10.09 

 8.12 



12.98 



10.65 



10.64 



10.89 



9.68 



9.86 



10.86 



8.73 



10.73 



12.76 



7.53 



11.68 

 8.76 

 8.79 



11.66 

 9.83 



10.27 

 8.71 



11.00 

 7.94 

 8.30 



8.11 

 8.97 

 11.35 

 9.43 

 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 

 8.94 

 7.97 



10.57 

 8.23 

 9.86 

 9.82 

 9.05 



9.33 



9;54 



8. 88 



12.45 



9.94 



136 

 126 

 136 



121 



139 

 154 

 136 

 147 



142 

 136 

 113 

 130 

 136 



104 

 136 

 121 

 121 

 97 



136 

 121 

 117 

 159 

 141 



110 

 121 

 109 

 104 

 121 



131 

 135 

 136 

 126 

 136 



147 

 136 

 132 

 64 

 123 



130 

 132 

 142 

 138 

 136 



128 

 131 

 127 

 149 

 136 



130 

 137 

 137 

 121 

 139 

 126 



108 

 109 

 146 

 81 

 148 



108 

 114 

 114 

 148 

 119 



151 

 150 

 108 

 112 

 189 



113 

 136 

 109 

 109 

 76 



150 

 74. 

 109 

 198 

 114 



114 



107 



110 



76 



74 



109 

 144 

 137 

 148 

 149 



149 

 112 

 109 

 75 

 136 



109 

 116 

 122 

 136 

 142 



118 

 108 

 113 

 150 

 112 



114 

 109 

 119 

 108 

 109 

 137 



115 

 133 



131 

 110 

 104 



127 

 141 

 144 

 156 

 122 



136 

 120 

 133 

 117 

 150 



118 

 127 

 119 

 114 



87 



133 

 91 

 126, 

 144 

 145 



105 

 106 

 118 

 111 

 108 



109 

 132 

 141 

 129 

 132 



136 

 130 

 141 

 80 

 136 



133 

 130 

 125 

 132 

 129 



122 

 112 



131 

 127 



121 



125 

 101 

 114 

 133 



— April Missing. 



