FORT BENTON, MONTANA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation

Station:(243113) FORT BENTON
From Year=1948 To Year=2006
Precipitation Total Snowfall
Mean High Year Low Year 1 Day Max. >=
0.01 in.		 >=
0.10 in.		 >=
0.50 in.		 >=
1.00 in.		 Mean High Year
in. in. - in. - in. dd/yyyy
or
yyyymmdd		 # Days # Days # Days # Days in. in. -
January 0.65 2.38 1969 0.00 1973 0.82 24/1959 7 2 0 0 13.2 48.8 1969
February 0.49 1.80 1958 0.00 1950 0.73 21/1951 6 2 0 0 9.5 36.0 1958
March 0.83 3.32 1981 0.03 2004 1.72 29/1977 7 3 0 0 9.1 29.2 1950
April 1.19 3.25 1975 0.05 1981 1.82 20/1973 8 4 0 0 4.5 30.0 1975
May 2.33 6.85 1953 0.32 2001 2.65 21/1962 10 5 1 0 0.4 5.0 1983
June 2.71 7.07 1975 0.22 1985 3.01 05/1995 11 7 1 0 0.0 0.0 1949
July 1.33 6.48 1993 0.01 1984 2.39 10/1983 7 3 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
August 1.32 4.85 1985 0.01 1955 1.90 15/1968 7 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 1948
September 1.11 3.46 1978 0.04 1955 1.65 12/1978 6 3 1 0 0.2 5.5 1965
October 0.83 2.47 1951 0.03 1965 1.17 23/1954 5 3 0 0 1.8 13.0 1951
November 0.59 2.23 1958 0.00 2004 0.78 04/1958 5 2 0 0 7.4 27.0 1978
December 0.59 1.86 1977 0.00 2001 0.68 21/1966 6 2 0 0 11.3 36.7 1958
Annual 13.99 25.79 1975 7.89 1952 3.01 19950605 85 39 6 1 57.3 127.9 1951
Winter 1.74 4.54 1959 0.28 1995 0.82 19590124 19 6 0 0 34.0 94.3 1969
Spring 4.35 10.20 1981 1.00 2001 2.65 19620521 25 11 2 1 14.0 49.5 1975
Summer 5.36 12.88 1993 2.01 1996 3.01 19950605 24 13 3 1 0.0 0.0 1949
Fall 2.54 5.60 1985 0.58 1960 1.65 19780912 17 8 1 0 9.3 29.5 1985
Table updated on Jul 28, 2006
For monthly and annual means, thresholds, and sums:
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered
Seasons are climatological not calendar seasons
Winter = Dec., Jan., and Feb. Spring = Mar., Apr., and May
Summer = Jun., Jul., and Aug. Fall = Sep., Oct., and Nov. 






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