Crop Weather Report

Montana Crop Weather Report

Issue: 09-21
For the Week Ending: August 2, 2009
Released: August 3, 2009
For more information contact: Alena Ogg or Steve Anderson at 1-800-835-2612.

Completed and Summarized by:
USDA, NASS, Montana Field Office

In conjunction with: MSU Extension Agents
and USDA County Service Centers

Weather Summary

Temperatures were slightly cooler and more moisture was received across the state last week. Thompson Falls had the high temperature at 98 degrees. Cooke City had the low at 30 degrees. Rogers Pass received the greatest amount of precipitation during the week with 2.89 inches. Topsoil moisture is 39 percent adequate and surplus, up from last year's 19 percent. Subsoil moisture is 35 percent adequate and surplus, up from last year's 28 percent. The number of days suitable for field work was 5.5, down from last years 6.6 days. The weather outlook for August 10th through August 16th is for above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation east of the divide. West of the divide is looking at near normal temperatures and above normal precipitation. Normal temperatures for this period in Montana are highs in the upper 70s to the upper 80s, and lows from 40 to 60.

Soil Moisture Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Topsoil Moisture
Very Short	20	13	36	35
Short	41	47	45	44
Adequate	38	39	19	21
Surplus	1	1	0	0
Subsoil Moisture
Very Short	19	17	33	32
Short	46	49	39	41
Adequate	35	34	28	27
Surplus	0	0	0	0

Field Work Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Days Suitable for Field Work
Days	5.5	6.6	6.6	6.7

Field Crops Report

The first cutting of alfalfa and other hay is nearly complete at 98 and 94 percent, respectively. Several crops have progressed into harvest season. Winter wheat harvest is 11 percent complete and crop condition is 56 percent good and excellent.

Crop Progress Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Boot Stage
Durum Wheat	100	93	100	97
Blooming
Dry Peas	95	92	100	NA
Headed
Barley	90	88	94	96
Durum Wheat	99	91	93	94
Spring Wheat	95	91	99	99
Turning
Barley	38	31	66	79
Canola	78	49	53	NA
Durum Wheat	46	23	76	63
Flaxseed	75	20	95	64
Oats	92	51	82	83
Spring Wheat	57	29	82	83
Winter Wheat	94	93	98	99
Hay- First Cutting
Alfalfa	98	95	98	99
Other Hay	94	85	93	96
Hay- Second Cutting
Alfalfa	6	1	11	25
Other Hay	5	0	3	14
Harvested
Barley	1	0	7	14
Canola	19	NA	4	NA
Dry Peas	20	7	31	NA
Flaxseed	20	0	15	NA
Oats	11	1	NA	NA
Winter Wheat	11	4	14	49

Crop Condition Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Winter Wheat
Very Poor	3	4	1	2
Poor	11	12	7	8
Fair	30	36	33	29
Good	48	41	42	43
Excellent	8	7	17	18
Barley
Very Poor	2	2	2	6
Poor	11	10	7	11
Fair	25	33	39	31
Good	48	44	41	41
Excellent	14	11	11	11
Spring Wheat
Very Poor	5	5	7	9
Poor	11	12	12	13
Fair	47	31	36	30
Good	30	47	41	41
Excellent	7	5	4	7
Durum Wheat
Very Poor	13	5	16	8
Poor	8	10	25	21
Fair	57	41	34	28
Good	18	31	24	36
Excellent	4	13	1	7

Livestock Report

Range and pasture feed conditions decreased from 39 percent good and excellent last week to 31 percent this week. Many areas of the state are receiving little moisture and are drying out. The five year average is 38 percent good to excellent.

Range & Livestock Table	This Week		Last Week		Last Year		5 Yr Avg
Range and Pasture Feed Condition
Very Poor	7		6		8		12
Poor	19		15		22		18
Fair	43		40		37		32
Good	27		34		25		30
Excellent	4		5		8		8
Range & Livestock Table	This Week	Last Week		Last Year		5 Yr Avg
Range and Pasture Feed Condition
Very Poor	7	6		8		12
Poor	19	15		22		18
Fair	43	40		37		32
Good	27	34		25		30
Excellent	4	5		8		8

Weather Information for the Week ending 08/02/2009

Station ID						Precipitation
	Temperature			GDDs		This Week		April 1 to Date			October 1 to Date
	Hi	LOW	AVG	B50	DFN	Total	DFN	Total	DFN	%NRM	Total	DFN	%NRM
NORTHWEST
Alberton	95	46	69	137	+11	0.11	-0.10	5.09	-0.83	86	16.66	+5.00	143
Anaconda	87	41	63	93	-12	0.77	+0.46	8.71	+2.25	135	17.27	+6.43	159
Clinton	93	48	69	134	+43	0.79	+0.58	5.12	-0.52	91	11.87	-1.28	90
Corvallis	93	47	69	132	+6	0.03	-0.18	2.61	-2.72	49	7.67	-1.90	80
Creston	92	46	69	138	+33	0.12	-0.23	5.72	-3.29	63	13.90	-3.31	81
Deer Lodge	88	40	62	82	-9	0.43	+0.13	5.27	-0.52	91	8.63	+0.43	105
Drummond	93	41	65	108	+3	0.41	+0.13	3.70	-2.13	63	10.59	+0.25	102
Hamilton	94	47	68	129	+10	0.46	+0.25	3.51	-1.97	64	10.72	-0.52	95
Kalispell	90	45	68	130	+25	0.74	+0.46	6.52	-0.53	92	14.02	-0.84	94
Missoula	95	50	70	144	+18	0.59	+0.38	3.02	-2.90	51	9.13	-2.53	78
Olney	90	36	62	89	+5	0.63	+0.28	6.16	-2.09	75	16.91	-3.17	84
Polson	92	50	68	125	-8	0.51	+0.23	4.05	-3.13	56	9.64	-3.96	71
St Ignatius	95	48	71	149	+20	0.33	+0.05	4.79	-2.99	62	13.10	-0.87	94
Seeley Lake	90	40	64	100	+2	0.71	+0.43	5.16	-1.34	79	20.59	+2.51	114
Sula	88	41	64	97	+20	0.61	+0.33	6.77	-0.65	91	13.47	-0.01	100
Superior	97	49	74	169	+32	0.22	-0.03	5.07	-0.61	89	14.93	+0.92	107
Swan Lake	92	42	65	109	+25	0.00	-0.31	6.02	-2.61	70	20.98	-4.21	83
Thompson Falls	98	52	75	176	+29	0.29	+0.06	5.60	-1.63	77	18.74	-2.01	90
West Glacier	90	42	67	122	+17	0.95	+0.60	9.07	-0.66	93	24.50	-0.85	97
NORTH CENTRAL
Chester	90	40	67	118	-8	0.18	-0.10	6.34	+0.11	102	11.73	+3.12	136
Chinook	93	41	65	107	-31	0.27	-0.05	5.37	-1.95	73	8.53	-1.83	82
Choteau	87	41	64	97	-27	1.46	+1.18	6.42	+0.16	103	8.99	+0.97	112
Cut Bank	90	41	64	99	+1	0.19	-0.16	3.61	-3.67	50	4.98	-4.72	51
Ft Assinniboine	93	42	66	111	-29	0.52	+0.17	6.50	-0.83	89	10.49	-0.06	99
Fort Benton	93	47	67	120	-27	1.39	+1.11	6.78	-0.59	92	10.81	-0.20	98
Goldbutte	91	37	63	92	-13	0.25	-0.07	5.03	-2.42	68	7.69	-2.87	73
Harlem	92	41	66	111	-25	0.26	-0.04	5.00	-1.78	74	8.28	-0.95	90
Havre	95	40	67	120	-18	0.32	+0.04	4.82	-1.38	78	7.54	-1.76	81
Malta	89	43	68	125	-15	0.03	-0.29	5.65	-1.95	74	9.69	-0.84	92
Rudyard	92	44	67	117	-9	0.37	+0.09	5.15	-0.83	86	8.70	+0.90	112
Shelby	91	45	66	114	+7	0.18	-0.10	5.29	-1.45	78	8.25	-1.43	85
Turner	90	41	65	105	-19	0.27	+0.00	4.66	-2.17	68	7.01	-2.05	77
Valier	85	47	65	106	-13	1.26	+0.98	6.99	-0.21	97	9.98	+0.49	105
NORTHEAST
Bredette	82	43	63	92	-49	0.38	-0.06	6.84	-1.25	85	11.45	+0.97	109
Culbertson	82	43	65	103	-51	0.47	+0.09	6.04	-2.18	73	10.20	-0.67	94
Glasgow	88	45	66	117	-35	0.28	-0.07	5.10	-1.45	78	8.30	-0.79	91
Glendive	86	46	66	111	-57	0.35	+0.00	6.53	-1.12	85	9.96	-0.87	92
Jordan	93	39	66	114	-47	0.20	-0.11	6.53	-0.72	90	10.13	-0.41	96
Nashua	87	42	67	121	-45	0.28	-0.11	5.46	-1.71	76	9.08	-0.34	96
Opheim	86	36	61	81	-35	0.46	+0.07	5.69	-2.26	72	8.57	-1.49	85
Plentywood	84	38	63	95	-45	0.25	-0.14	6.39	-1.38	82	10.76	+0.26	102
St Marie	84	47	66	112	-40	0.15	-0.20	4.93	-1.62	75	6.57	-2.52	72
Scobey	85	35	62	88	-35	0.35	-0.07	6.68	-1.14	85	10.84	+0.78	108
Sidney	82	45	64	102	-52	0.50	+0.14	6.36	-1.77	78	10.11	-1.46	87
Wolf Point	88	40	65	109	-57	0.45	+0.13	5.09	-1.89	73	6.96	-2.65	72
CENTRAL
Cascade	87	37	62	84	-7	0.81	+0.51	5.08	-3.01	63	8.82	-2.76	76
Grass Range	86	44	64	102	-21	0.59	+0.17	9.81	+0.30	103	15.28	+1.52	111
Great Falls	91	48	66	115	-7	1.52	+1.17	8.35	+0.63	108	12.96	+0.86	107
Harlowton	93	42	63	89	-30	0.89	+0.54	6.58	-1.49	82	10.40	-1.00	91
Helena	93	49	68	130	-3	1.34	+1.06	4.34	-1.59	73	8.10	-0.95	90
Lewistown	89	41	63	90	-22	0.80	+0.38	8.03	-1.42	85	11.33	-3.36	77
Martinsdale	88	37	62	89	-2	0.48	+0.12	6.12	-1.50	80	10.55	-0.37	97
Neihart	83	37	61	77	-21	1.01	+0.56	8.76	-2.29	79	15.43	-1.97	89
Rogers Pass	87	42	63	89	-23	2.89	+2.53	7.04	-2.22	76	12.73	-1.69	88
Roundup	94	42	68	127	-27	0.27	-0.07	6.25	-1.28	83	10.59	-0.18	98
Ryegate	88	41	60	73	-50	0.46	+0.11	8.23	+0.96	113	12.24	+1.81	117
Stanford	85	45	65	106	-15	0.80	+0.38	6.16	-3.33	65	10.65	-3.27	77
Townsend	92	45	66	112	-14	0.20	-0.08	5.95	+0.04	101	9.20	+0.82	110
Valentine	94	41	65	106	-27	0.34	-0.06	7.56	-0.18	98	11.72	+0.59	105
Wht Sulphur Spr	82	38	60	72	-33	0.79	+0.51	7.75	+0.47	106	14.76	+3.91	136
SOUTHWEST
Boulder	84	42	63	88	-24	0.69	+0.36	7.57	+1.27	120	11.57	+2.46	127
Bozeman	86	41	63	94	-23	0.37	+0.09	9.94	+1.42	117	15.18	+1.63	112
Butte	84	40	60	74	-24	0.36	+0.08	5.64	-1.02	85	8.70	-1.70	84
Dillon	86	43	64	97	-15	0.20	-0.01	5.88	+0.15	103	8.35	+0.42	105
Ennis	88	35	61	79	-29	0.10	-0.18	5.34	-1.88	74	9.78	-1.30	88
Lakeview	85	42	62	85	+15	0.15	-0.20	7.03	-1.78	80	13.71	-2.41	85
W Yellowstone	85	40	60	71	+1	0.32	-0.03	10.02	+2.17	128	19.38	+0.34	102
Wisdom	90	32	60	68	+12	0.11	-0.16	6.23	+0.41	107	12.09	+2.23	123
SOUTH CENTRAL
Billings	94	50	69	136	-25	0.13	-0.08	4.64	-2.81	62	10.11	-2.51	80
Cooke City	85	30	54	29	-20	0.13	-0.29	8.76	-0.84	91	13.80	-7.78	64
Gardiner	86	42	64	100	-40	0.32	+0.09	5.20	+0.27	105	7.63	-0.45	94
Hardin	94	46	69	138	-30	0.18	+0.00	5.10	-1.09	82	8.34	-1.81	82
Huntley	95	41	66	112	-35	0.74	+0.46	7.25	-0.16	98	13.02	+1.27	111
Hysham	89	46	66	116	-38	1.36	+1.10	9.08	+1.78	124	14.91	+3.73	133
Joliet	90	45	64	97	-43	0.36	+0.15	5.99	-1.81	77	11.37	-1.94	85
Livingston	92	40	64	97	-36	0.84	+0.56	9.00	+0.51	106	11.78	-1.15	91
Nye	89	39	64	102	-10	1.07	+0.73	8.10	-1.91	81	15.31	+0.07	100
Rapelje	92	43	65	106	-34	0.54	+0.19	7.07	-1.03	87	11.69	-1.06	92
SOUTHEAST
Albion	92	44	63	90	-57	0.40	+0.05	8.82	-0.13	99	16.00	+4.03	134
Baker	91	41	65	104	-50	0.36	+0.01	8.79	+0.83	110	12.09	+0.14	101
Broadus	91	43	67	118	-43	0.24	-0.02	5.57	-2.04	73	11.96	+0.27	102
Ekalaka	86	40	63	90	-64	0.23	-0.09	6.99	-2.70	72	14.68	+0.17	101
Miles City	94	46	69	135	-41	0.14	-0.14	6.29	-1.41	82	9.26	-1.94	83
Plevna	84	37	63	94	-60	0.49	+0.14	8.77	+0.81	110	13.06	+1.11	109
Compiled by AWIS Inc. based on NWS data. DFN-Departure from normal 1971-2000. GDD-Growing degree days

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