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FOREST DISTRIBUTION 



Table 1. Distribution of precipitation in Montana, 

 nished by the Wsather Bureau. 



From data fur- 



Place 



Total 

 Precipi- 

 tation, 

 Inches, 

 Annual 

 Mean 



Length 



of 



Record, 



Tears 



Altitude, 

 Feet 



Average 



Snowfall, 



Inches 



Length 



of 



Record, 



Tears 



AVestern Montana 

 (Pacific Slope) 



Missoula 



Ovando 



Troy 



Hamilton 



Philipsburg 



Snowshoe - 



Kalispell 



Saltese 



Plains 



Butte 



Southwesteru Montana 

 ( Atlantic Slope I i 



Bozemau | 



Boulder I 



Dillon i 



Fort Logan ! 



Harlowton I 



Helena 



Red Lodge 



Virginia City 



Yellowstone Park ' 



North Central Montana 

 (Atlantic Slope) ' 



Adel I 



Babb I 



Fort Benton I 



Great Falls j 



Havre ' 



Lewlstown 



Northeastern Mdn.'aiui 



Chinook 



Glasgow I 



Glendive 



Jordan 



Poplar 



Valentine | 



Southeastern Montana 



Billings 



Crow Agoncy | 



Ekalaka 



Miles City 



Wibaux 



15.S4 

 18.30 

 24.22 

 10.71 

 15.55 

 69.70 

 1.0.73 

 37.63 

 13.00 

 13.0S 



18.60 

 10.00 

 17.20 

 13.01 

 15..00 

 13.21 

 20.8.'5 

 1.J.03 

 18.1)7 



20.14 



22.42 

 13.38 

 10.48 

 13.63 

 10.77 



12.56 

 12.61 

 l.-).48 

 11.69 

 13.59 

 12.72 



14.96 

 14..56 

 13.41 

 12.7.-. 

 14.19 



33 

 10 

 15 



11 



7 



4 



13 



5 



10 

 14 



33 

 17 

 10 

 30 

 17 

 29 

 6 

 23 

 19 



30 

 24 

 30 

 14 



14 

 15 

 20 

 o 

 17 



16 



30 

 12 

 32 

 14 



3212 

 4101 

 18S0 

 357.5 

 .5275 

 4500 

 2965 

 361 Ml 

 2475 

 5716 



2020 



2371 

 2674 



3115 

 3041 1 



24 



69.8 



56.3 



37.8 



42.2 



270.9 

 42.1 



142.3 

 28.6 

 55.2 



23 

 9 



11 

 T 

 6 

 3 



10 

 5 



11 



14 



