16 



AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



CLIMATE DATA 



Precipitation and Number of Days Between Freezing Temperatxu-es-1968 and 1969 



Precipitation, Inches 



COUNTY 



& 

 DISTRICT 



STATIONS 



1968 



Deer Lodge Fast Anaconda 15.27 



Flathead Kalispell 19.95 



Granite Phillipsburg 14,58 



Lake St. Ignatius 19.63 



Lincoln Fortine 21.34 



Mineral Superior 18.79 



Missoula .Missoula 12.85 



Powell Ovando 17.87 



Ravalli Hamilton 11.22 



Sanders Thompson Falls 23.92 



N. WEST Averages " 2 1 .56 



Blaine Chinook 12.44 



Chouteau Ft. Benton 15.46 



Glacier Cut Bank 13.18 



HiU Havre 13.01 



Liberty Joplin 1 N 9.22 



Phillips Malta 10.70 



Pondera Valier 13.25 



Teton Fairfield 13.57 



Toole Dunkirk 12.40 



N. CENTRAL Averages' 14.10 



Daniels Scobey 12.10 



Dawson Glendive 14.31 



Garfield Jordan 9.57 



McCone Vida 13.71 



Richland Savage 13.96 



Roosevelt Culbcrtson 16.36 



•Sheridan Medicine Lake 12.78 



VaUey Glasgow 7.65 



N. EAST Averages ' 1 2.6 1 



Broadwater Town send 13.66 



Cascade Great Falls 16.36 



Fergus Lewistown 19.26 



Golden VaUey Barber 16.05 



Judith Basin Stanford 17.62 



Lewis & Clark Helena 13.17 



Meagher White Sul. Sprgs 11.92 



Musselshell Roundup 16.56 



Petroleum Flatwillow 16.66 



Wheatland Harlowton 14.95 



CENTRAL Averages ' / 1 5.96 



Beaverhead Dillon 9.87 



Gallatin Bozeman 23.56 



Jefferson Whitehall 10.64 



Madison Virgina City 18.86 



Silver Bow Butte 12.87 



S. WEST Averages' 17.06 



Big Horn Crow Agency 21.01 



Carbon Red Lodge 27.74 



Park Livingston 19.36 



Stillwater Columbus 14.30 



Sweet Grass Big Timber 18.40 



Treasure Hvsham 15.04 



Yellowstone Billings 16.62 



S. CENTRAL Averages^. 



.19.01 



Carter Ekalaka 20.22 



Custer Miles City 17.62 



Fallon Plevna 15.07 



Powder River Broadus 16.71 



Prairie MUdred 13.82 



Rosebud Forsyth 12.50 



Wibaux Wibaux 13.85 



S. EAST Averages 15.73 



Annual 



Growing Season 

 April through September 



1969 



Normals 



1968 



1969 



10.21 

 14.14 

 13.26 

 15.16 

 16.94 

 13.82 

 13.17 

 16.12 

 12.18 

 19.20 



17.77 



10.88 



13.05 

 8.74 

 8.33 

 6.42 



11.36 

 7.90 



10.18 

 6.69 



11.10 



14.12 

 14.68 

 14.95 

 20.05 

 14.83 

 14.28 

 13.45 

 10.48 



14.51 



11.23 

 12.41 

 14.22 

 11.32 

 13.99 

 10.02 

 12.40 

 11.47 

 12.17 

 11.12 



13.42 



11.28 

 23.40 

 11.58 

 20.13 

 15.61 



17.12 



16.19 

 21.76 

 15.18 

 11.17 

 15.43 

 12.88 

 14.73 



15.94 



14.34 

 15.18 

 14.78 

 11.71 

 13.23 

 14.73 

 13.83 



13.83 



13.22 

 15.42 

 14.97 

 15.10 

 17.63 

 16.35 

 12.83 

 15.95 

 12.22 

 20.80 



18.66 



12.52 



14.57* 



11.53 



11.89 



10.91* 



11.84 



12.76 



11.72 



11.61 



12.56 



13.72* 



12.73 



10.31 



15.24 

 13.41 

 12.84 

 12.77 

 12.27 



12.64 



10.81* 



14.07 



16.52 



12.53* 



14.96 



10.85 



18.46 



10.93 



12.57 



12.74* 



14.12 



11.34 

 17.38 

 9.63t 

 13.95 

 11.48 



14.41 



14.44 



20.02 



13.38 



13.26 



14.36 



11.99* 



13.23 



14.49 



13.22 



12.17 



12.60 



13.88* 



12.36 



12.07* 



13.80* 



12.79 



10.77 



11.90 



10.75 



14.28 



13.81 



9.77 



8.39 



9.67 



7.94 



9.47 



11.44 



9.55 

 11.71 

 11.88 

 10.62 

 8.71 

 9.54 

 11.63 

 11.52 

 10.80 



11.63 



9.25 

 11.48 



7.35 



11.59 



11.89 



13.48 



9.87 



6.17 



10.57 



10.35 

 11.78 

 15.38 

 12.95 

 15.12 

 9.99 

 9.52 

 14.02 

 14.25 

 11.93 



12.63 



6.80 

 15.71 



7.96 

 13.25 



9.71 



11.49 



14.97 

 18.36 

 14.04 

 11.54 

 12.59 

 12.14 

 11.13 



13.64 



15.39 

 12.59 

 10.71 

 12.23 

 11.02 

 9.85 

 11.59 



12.02 



5.95 

 7.49 

 8.34 

 9.03 

 10.41 

 5.14 

 6.98 

 9.01 

 6.07 

 7.32 



8.55 



7.33 

 8.05 

 7.33 

 5.53 

 5.16 

 7.91 

 6.19 

 8.19 

 4.45 



7.72 



9.86 

 11.71 

 11.81 

 14.41 

 12.52 

 11.22 

 10.67 



7.24 



11.33 



7.42 

 8.12 

 8.35 

 8.16 

 10.12 

 7.71 

 7.71 

 8.89 

 8.71 

 7.55 



8.95 



8.78 

 15.86 



8.73 

 14.09 

 12.80 



11.04 



11.89 

 13.02 

 13.81 



8.73 

 12.23 



9.30 

 10.47 



11.09 



11.09 

 11.06 

 11.25 

 8.83 

 11.20 

 12.10 

 10.57 



10.68 



8.43 

 8.09 

 9.74 

 9.31 

 9.19 

 7.57 

 7.34 

 7.80 

 6.67 

 8.18 



8.57 



9.25 

 10.13* 

 9.12 

 8.61 

 9.03* 

 8.84 

 10.26 

 9.32 



9.51 



10.47* 



9.91 



7.81 



10.81 



10.82 



10.26 



10.35 



9.26 



9.91 



7.99* 

 9.72 



12.02 

 9.68* 



11.19 

 7.49 



11.19 

 8.22 

 9.53 

 9.81* 



9.90 



8.12 

 10.90 

 7.52t 

 9.53 

 8.33 



9.11 



9.32 

 13.39 

 9.09 

 9.51 

 10.06 

 8.72* 

 8.73 



9.77 



10.32 

 9.04 

 9.70 



10.31* 

 9.56 

 9.36* 



11.41* 



9.46 



Number of Days 

 Between Dates of 



Temperature of 

 32^, Last in 

 Spring and 

 First in Fall ! 



Normal* 1968 



1969 



Avg. 



98 



121 



6 



113 



99 



124 



144 



3 



99 

 124 



135 

 125 

 123 

 136 



96 

 135 

 123 

 123 



83 



125 

 136 

 120 

 125 

 125 

 106 

 134 

 135 



81 

 124 

 124 

 120 



99 

 139 



81 

 125 

 125 

 103 



98 

 66 

 81 

 95 



47 



125 

 65 

 66 

 125 

 111 

 129 

 159 



120 

 135 

 114 

 125 

 120 

 136 

 119 



94 



65 



38 



85 



64 



124 



117 



38 



134 



134 



139 

 84 

 94 



128 

 94 



118 

 94 

 94 

 64 



93 

 160 

 116 



96 

 150 



59 



88 

 136 



83 

 116 



82 

 103 



94 

 81 

 113 

 94 

 93 



93 

 83 

 77 

 69 

 61 



82 



93 



117 



93 



114 



119 



111 

 163 

 114 

 102 

 103 

 117 

 85 



116 

 135 



55 

 119 



39 



85 

 112 



39 

 122 

 115 



119 

 127 

 108 

 138 

 115 

 131 

 114 



104 



116 

 139 

 108 



131 

 114 

 107 

 124 



135 

 107 

 108 

 104 

 134 



97 

 129 

 122 



96 



99 

 107 



94 

 81 



125 

 104 

 116 



123 

 121 

 132 



122 

 150 

 118 

 128 

 119 

 130 



t In this comparison the "first in fall" is the first freezing temperature after June 30. 



8 Normal for period 1931-1960. 



' Average of all stations including some which are not listed on this table. 



* Average for period of record ending 1967. 



t Average for Whitehall airport 1938-1959. 



