The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-27
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b Agricultural Departnent Issues Its
Monthly Bulletin.
The wedther bureau of the agricultu-
raj department has issued its monthly
bulletin concerning the climatology of
Montana. and other matters Of inter-
est. The bulletin says:
the monthly mean OF the atmosphe-
ric pressure (reduced to sea level and
80 degrees Fahr.) ~ slightly above
the normal for October: at Helena Il
was 30.1s inches; Havre. 1907 inches;
Miles City. 30.08 inches. The highest
pressure recorded. 30.57 inches, occurr-
ed on the 18th at Miles City. and the
lowest. 2s.4s inches. on the 14th at
-Havre.
The monthly mean temperature Of
Montana for October. 1888. was 391.
The highest monthly mean vas 43.4 at
Darby. in Ravalli county. and the least
35.e at Cascade, in Meagher county.
Highest recorded temperature. 75 de-
grees on the 22d at Crow agency. and
the lowest. . degrees on the 9Th at
Fort Logan. The range OF temperature
for the state during the month was
n degrees: the greatest local daily
ranee being so degrees at. Darby on
the 26th.
The mean temperature for the state
was 39.1 degrees. which was about 5 de-
grees daily below the normal. Every
station throughout h state reported q
deficiency in temperature for October.
The greatest deficiency. Sc degrees. oc-
Cured at Radersburg. and the least,
I6 degrees, at st. Ignatius.
The month was exceptionally cold; at
Havre the mean temperature was the
lowest IN record for any previous Oc-
tober. extending over a period OF 10
years, with the exception of October.
1881, when II was 30 degrees: at Helena
the record for October was lower than
the present only on two years.. during
the past 10 years, namely. 80 degrees
that II is the coolest October of its Ave
years of record. The departure from
the normal was more marked east of
the mountains than on the western
side.
The warmest part Of the state was
hat portion laying west Of b Rocky
mountains. and also the southeast por-
ton of the state: the coolest being In
the northern part OF the state. and also
an area in the central portion. includ-
ing portions of Cascade, Fergus,
Meagher. Broadwater and Lewis and
Clarke counties.
The average rainfall for the state for
October, 1895. was LAT inches. which 10
about 0.38 inches above the normal. The
greatest monthly precipitation, 2.s2
inches, occurred at Glendive. and the
greatest amount that fell in any "a
hours was Leo inches M, st. Paul's. The
following stations report slight deficien-
cies In precipitation: Glenwood. Great
Falls, Martinsdale. Missoula and Utica;
all other stations report an excess; the
reatest excess occurred at Glendive,
being liz inches: at Havre the pre-
cipitation for the month was ZIG inches.
which war three times the amount OF
the normal. During the first week In
October a storm area passed over Mon
tana, causing an unusually heavy fall
of snow in Northern Montana: there
was also heavy snowfall on the 23d and
oath, which prevailed principally In the
eastern and southern parts OF the
state. The greatest depth of snow that
fell In any "a hours was 16 inches at
st. Paul's on the End; other heavy
snowfalls were as follows: Adel, SO
inches on the End; Dupuyer. 40 inches
on the LIST; Kipp. As inches on the LIST
and 81 inches on the 23d; Livingston.
40 on the oath; M~arysville. 80 inches
on the 23d: Poplar. 60 inches on the
eth; Shelby. 100 on the LIST; Utica. 40
inches on the 23d; Yale, 40 inches on
the oath.
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