Crop Weather Report

Montana Crop Weather Report

Issue: 09-22
For the Week Ending: August 9, 2009
Released: August 10, 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

Montana had above normal temperatures with heavy widespread rainfall in many areas across the state last week. Thompson Falls had the high temperature for the second week in a row at 97 degrees. Sula had the low at 29 degrees. Rapelje received the greatest amount of precipitation with 2.84 inches during the week. Topsoil moisture is 72 percent adequate and surplus, up from last year's 22 percent. Subsoil moisture is 50 percent adequate and surplus, up from last year's 25 percent. The number of days suitable for field work was 4.8, down from last years 6.6 days. Montana is looking at above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation for the week of August 17th through the 23rd. Normal temperatures for this period in Montana are highs in the upper 80s and lows in the upper 30s to 60 degrees.

Soil Moisture Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Topsoil Moisture
Very Short	10	20	31	38
Short	18	41	47	41
Adequate	67	38	22	20
Surplus	5	1	0	1
Subsoil Moisture
Very Short	13	19	33	37
Short	37	46	42	40
Adequate	49	35	25	23
Surplus	1	0	0	0

Field Work Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Days Suitable for Field Work
Days	4.8	5.5	6.6	6.5

Field Crops Report

Spring wheat, durum wheat, and barley harvested are behind last year at 1 percent, 1 percent, and 3 percent complete, respectively. In 2008, they were 11 percent, 15 percent, and 12 percent complete, respectively. Some fields have reported hail damage with the recent storms. While the moisture received in some areas has kept producers out of the field, it should improve crop conditions.

Crop Progress Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Blooming
Dry Peas	99	95	100	NA
Headed
Barley	96	90	97	99
Turning
Barley	62	38	86	89
Canola	79	78	56	NA
Durum Wheat	53	46	85	74
Flaxseed	80	75	100	70
Oats	95	92	91	92
Spring Wheat	70	57	94	92
Winter Wheat	95	94	100	100
Hay- First Cutting
Other Hay	96	94	97	99
Hay- Second Cutting
Alfalfa	17	6	29	42
Other Hay	20	5	8	29
Harvested
Barley	3	1	12	27
Canola	20	19	16	NA
Dry Peas	21	20	68	NA
Durum Wheat	1	NA	15	15
Flaxseed	21	20	62	NA
Lentils	15	14	46	NA
Oats	13	11	25	33
Spring Wheat	1	0	11	24
Winter Wheat	42	11	41	69

Crop Condition Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Winter Wheat
Very Poor	3	3	2	NA
Poor	12	11	8	NA
Fair	36	30	33	NA
Good	40	48	36	NA
Excellent	9	8	21	NA
Barley
Very Poor	2	2	2	6
Poor	9	11	8	12
Fair	23	25	39	31
Good	49	48	36	39
Excellent	17	14	15	12
Spring Wheat
Very Poor	6	5	8	10
Poor	11	11	16	15
Fair	31	47	40	31
Good	40	30	31	36
Excellent	12	7	5	8
Durum Wheat
Very Poor	5	13	23	13
Poor	9	8	25	21
Fair	43	57	30	28
Good	28	18	21	32
Excellent	15	4	1	6

Livestock Report
Range and pasture feed conditions are expected to increase with the moisture received last week. Currently, conditions are rated 37 percent good and excellent, up from last weeks 31 percent.

Range & Livestock Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Range and Pasture Feed Condition
Very Poor	7	7	8	12
Poor	16	19	19	19
Fair	40	43	35	32
Good	32	27	25	29
Excellent	5	4	13	8

Weather Information for the Week ending 08/09/2009

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	94	50	68	127	+1	1.26	+1.05	6.35	+0.22	104	17.92	+6.05	151
Anaconda	88	43	63	93	-12	1.52	+1.19	10.23	+3.44	151	18.79	+7.62	168
Clinton	92	49	68	131	+46	1.40	+1.19	6.52	+0.67	111	13.27	-0.09	99
Corvallis	92	48	66	111	-11	0.86	+0.65	3.47	-2.07	63	8.53	-1.25	87
Creston	93	48	69	132	+27	0.02	-0.26	5.74	-3.55	62	13.92	-3.57	80
Deer Lodge	89	41	62	82	-5	0.60	+0.25	5.87	-0.27	96	9.23	+0.68	108
Drummond	93	44	63	95	-10	1.90	+1.62	5.60	-0.51	92	12.49	+1.87	118
Hamilton	94	47	67	120	+1	0.98	+0.77	4.49	-1.20	79	11.70	+0.25	102
Kalispell	88	43	68	129	+24	0.19	-0.09	6.71	-0.62	92	14.21	-0.93	94
Missoula	95	49	70	140	+14	2.13	+1.92	5.15	-0.98	84	11.26	-0.61	95
Olney	86	39	63	90	+6	0.14	-0.21	6.30	-2.30	73	17.05	-3.38	83
Polson	93	47	70	139	+6	0.52	+0.24	4.57	-2.89	61	10.16	-3.72	73
St Ignatius	94	49	69	136	+7	0.62	+0.34	5.41	-2.65	67	13.72	-0.53	96
Seeley Lake	89	42	64	101	+3	1.35	+1.07	6.51	-0.27	96	21.94	+3.58	119
Sula	88	29	61	77	+0	1.72	+1.44	8.49	+0.79	110	15.19	+1.43	110
Superior	95	54	71	151	+15	0.67	+0.39	5.74	-0.22	96	15.60	+1.31	109
Swan Lake	91	45	65	109	+25	0.14	-0.21	6.16	-2.82	69	21.12	-4.42	83
Thompson Falls	97	53	72	158	+11	1.21	+0.93	6.81	-0.70	91	19.95	-1.08	95
West Glacier	86	44	67	117	+12	0.13	-0.22	9.20	-0.88	91	24.63	-1.07	96
NORTH CENTRAL
Chester	84	48	64	98	-24	0.11	-0.17	6.45	-0.06	99	11.84	+2.95	133
Chinook	86	50	64	100	-37	0.41	+0.13	5.78	-1.82	76	8.94	-1.70	84
Choteau	81	45	61	79	-42	0.67	+0.39	7.09	+0.55	108	9.66	+1.36	116
Cut Bank	83	44	62	85	-13	0.00	-0.35	3.61	-4.02	47	4.98	-5.07	50
Ft Assinniboine	86	48	64	103	-42	0.39	+0.04	6.88	-0.80	90	10.87	-0.03	100
Fort Benton	87	49	66	114	-29	0.39	+0.05	7.17	-0.54	93	11.20	-0.15	99
Goldbutte	82	40	61	77	-28	0.31	-0.04	5.34	-2.46	68	8.00	-2.91	73
Harlem	81	48	63	96	-39	0.71	+0.47	5.71	-1.31	81	8.99	-0.48	95
Havre	87	47	65	105	-31	0.52	+0.24	5.34	-1.14	82	8.06	-1.52	84
Malta	77	52	65	109	-30	0.59	+0.31	6.24	-1.64	79	10.28	-0.53	95
Rudyard	84	49	64	101	-25	0.88	+0.60	6.03	-0.23	96	9.58	+1.50	119
Shelby	87	47	64	97	-11	0.22	-0.08	5.51	-1.53	78	8.47	-1.51	85
Turner	83	46	62	88	-38	0.69	+0.48	5.35	-1.69	76	7.70	-1.57	83
Valier	83	47	62	89	-31	0.47	+0.12	7.41	-0.14	98	10.40	+0.56	106
NORTHEAST
Bredette	79	45	62	82	-60	0.40	+0.04	7.24	-1.21	86	11.85	+1.01	109
Culbertson	80	43	65	108	-44	0.18	-0.11	6.22	-2.29	73	10.38	-0.78	93
Glasgow	85	51	67	118	-34	0.36	+0.08	5.46	-1.37	80	8.66	-0.71	92
Glendive	81	40	65	104	-62	1.48	+1.13	8.01	+0.01	100	11.44	+0.26	102
Jordan	86	51	67	121	-38	0.76	+0.48	7.29	-0.24	97	10.89	+0.07	101
Nashua	82	51	67	117	-49	0.22	-0.11	5.68	-1.82	76	9.30	-0.45	95
Opheim	80	42	60	71	-48	0.25	-0.07	5.94	-2.33	72	8.82	-1.56	85
Plentywood	78	43	62	87	-52	0.47	+0.12	6.86	-1.26	84	11.23	+0.38	104
St Marie	81	50	64	102	-50	0.19	-0.09	5.12	-1.71	75	6.76	-2.61	72
Scobey	78	42	63	95	-31	0.50	+0.08	7.18	-1.06	87	11.34	+0.86	108
Sidney	80	46	65	106	-48	0.30	-0.02	6.66	-1.79	79	10.41	-1.48	88
Wolf Point	84	48	65	109	-56	0.14	-0.14	5.23	-2.03	72	7.10	-2.79	72
CENTRAL
Cascade	82	46	63	92	+1	1.58	+1.30	6.66	-1.71	80	10.40	-1.46	88
Grass Range	81	49	65	104	-19	1.12	+0.75	10.93	+1.05	111	16.40	+2.27	116
Great Falls	84	47	65	103	-16	0.43	+0.08	8.78	+0.71	109	13.39	+0.94	108
Harlowton	92	42	65	106	-13	1.31	+0.96	7.89	-0.53	94	11.71	-0.04	100
Helena	94	53	69	137	+6	0.89	+0.61	5.23	-0.98	84	8.99	-0.34	96
Lewistown	82	47	64	100	-12	0.47	+0.02	8.50	-1.40	86	11.80	-3.34	78
Martinsdale	87	45	65	107	+16	1.64	+1.29	7.76	-0.21	97	12.19	+0.92	108
Neihart	79	43	60	74	-24	0.35	-0.13	9.11	-2.42	79	15.78	-2.10	88
Rogers Pass	84	43	62	83	-26	1.86	+1.46	8.90	-0.76	92	14.59	-0.23	98
Roundup	89	50	69	134	-17	1.99	+1.68	8.24	+0.40	105	12.58	+1.50	114
Ryegate	87	44	64	101	-24	0.30	-0.05	8.53	+0.91	112	12.54	+1.76	116
Stanford	79	48	64	98	-25	0.78	+0.36	6.94	-2.97	70	11.43	-2.91	80
Townsend	91	46	66	112	-8	0.84	+0.56	6.79	+0.60	110	10.04	+1.38	116
Valentine	87	50	66	113	-20	0.94	+0.59	8.50	+0.41	105	12.66	+1.18	110
Wht Sulphur Spr	82	42	63	90	-13	0.46	+0.18	8.21	+0.65	109	15.22	+4.09	137
SOUTHWEST
Boulder	86	43	63	95	-13	1.04	+0.69	8.61	+1.96	129	12.61	+3.15	133
Bozeman	86	46	65	108	-4	0.37	+0.09	10.27	+1.47	117	15.51	+1.68	112
Butte	85	40	63	89	-3	1.73	+1.42	7.37	+0.40	106	10.43	-0.28	97
Dillon	87	46	65	109	-2	0.51	+0.30	6.39	+0.45	108	8.86	+0.72	109
Ennis	88	41	64	97	-8	0.73	+0.45	6.07	-1.43	81	10.51	-0.85	93
Lakeview	82	41	63	95	+25	0.63	+0.28	7.66	-1.50	84	14.34	-2.13	87
W Yellowstone	85	42	63	90	+23	0.85	+0.52	10.87	+2.69	133	20.23	+0.86	104
Wisdom	84	33	58	56	+0	1.23	+0.95	7.46	+1.36	122	13.32	+3.18	131
SOUTH CENTRAL
Billings	93	52	70	141	-20	1.03	+0.82	5.67	-1.99	74	11.14	-1.69	87
Cooke City	74	32	54	35	-13	1.49	+1.07	10.25	+0.23	102	15.29	-6.71	70
Gardiner	89	45	66	114	-23	0.22	+0.01	5.42	+0.28	105	7.85	-0.44	95
Hardin	92	51	71	152	-16	0.80	+0.66	5.90	-0.43	93	9.14	-1.15	89
Huntley	90	46	68	125	-18	1.19	+0.96	8.44	+0.80	110	14.21	+2.23	119
Hysham	84	53	68	127	-27	0.49	+0.28	9.57	+2.06	127	15.40	+4.01	135
Joliet	92	47	67	120	-13	0.82	+0.61	6.81	-1.20	85	12.19	-1.33	90
Livingston	91	44	68	127	-2	1.37	+1.09	10.37	+1.60	118	13.15	-0.06	100
Nye	86	46	66	116	+4	0.38	+0.09	8.48	-1.82	82	15.69	+0.16	101
Rapelje	87	47	67	116	-22	2.84	+2.54	9.91	+1.51	118	14.53	+1.48	111
SOUTHEAST
Albion	89	48	67	119	-24	1.38	+1.03	10.20	+0.90	110	17.38	+5.06	141
Baker	87	43	67	118	-33	0.95	+0.60	9.74	+1.43	117	13.04	+0.74	106
Broadus	87	50	69	138	-23	0.73	+0.52	6.30	-1.52	81	12.69	+0.79	107
Ekalaka	84	46	65	106	-47	0.76	+0.48	7.75	-2.22	78	15.44	+0.65	104
Miles City	90	54	71	148	-27	1.47	+1.19	7.76	-0.22	97	10.73	-0.75	93
Plevna	84	44	66	116	-35	0.99	+0.64	9.76	+1.45	117	14.05	+1.75	114
Compiled by AWIS Inc. based on NWS data. DFN-Departure from normal 1971-2000. GDD-Growing degree days

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