Crop Weather Report

Montana Crop Weather Report

Issue: 09-27
For the Week Ending: September 13, 2009
Released: September 14, 2009
For more information contact: Christel Pachl 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 experienced above normal temperatures with limited precipitation for the week ending September 13th. Highs were in the 70s to low 90s, and lows were mostly in the 20s and 30s. Miles City and Wolf Point shared the high temperature of 97 degrees, and Wisdom had the low temperature of 18 degrees. Baker received the greatest amount of weekly precipitation with 0.89 of an inch. Topsoil moisture is 44 percent adequate and surplus, down from last week's 45 percent, as well as last year's 62 percent but above the five-year average of 34 percent. Subsoil moisture is 44 percent adequate and surplus, up from last week's 43 percent, same as last year's 44 percent but above the five-year average of 25 percent. The number of days suitable for field work decreased to 6.6 days from the previous week's 6.8 days.

Montana temperatures are forecasted to be above normal, and precipitation is forecasted to be below normal for September 21st to the 27th. Normal temperatures for this period in the state are highs ranging from the middle 60s to the middle 70s and lows in the 30s to the upper 40s.

Soil Moisture and Field Work Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Topsoil Moisture
Very Short	15	12	11	29
Short	41	43	27	37
Adequate	42	44	57	31
Surplus	2	1	5	3
Subsoil Moisture
Very Short	15	11	22	38
Short	41	46	34	37
Adequate	44	43	42	24
Surplus	0	0	2	1
Days Suitable for Field Work
Days	6.6	6.8	4.2	5.8

Field Crops Report

Winter wheat seeding is 25 percent complete, ahead of last year's progress of 6 percent and the five year average of 18 percent. Consecutive weeks of dry warm weather have allowed spring wheat and barley harvest to almost catch up with last year's pace, but durum wheat harvest is well behind last year's pace.

Crop Progress Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Turning
Durum Wheat	97	93	100	97
Hay- Second Cutting
Alfalfa	93	84	93	94
Other Hay	70	56	78	86
Harvested
Barley	80	58	80	92
Dry Beans	43	32	64	52
Dry Peas	95	91	98	n/a
Durum Wheat	45	24	82	79
Lentils	94	85	89	n/a
Oats	95	89	89	94
Spring Wheat	73	58	85	91
Planted
Winter Wheat	25	2	6	18

Crop Condition Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Durum Wheat
Very Poor	2	2	n/a	n/a
Poor	9	10	n/a	n/a
Fair	31	29	n/a	n/a
Good	37	36	n/a	n/a
Excellent	21	23	n/a	n/a
Sugar Beets
Very Poor	2	0	1	4
Poor	3	0	8	10
Fair	18	20	16	24
Good	35	35	63	49
Excellent	42	45	12	13

Livestock Report

Range and pasture feed conditions have declined slightly from last week with 25 percent good to excellent compared to 29 percent the previous week.

Range & Livestock Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Range and Pasture Feed Condition
Very Poor	6	6	7	15
Poor	24	20	20	23
Fair	45	45	38	37
Good	22	24	29	21
Excellent	3	5	6	4
Livestock Moved From Summer Ranges
Cattle and Calves	21	14	21	22
Sheep and Lambs	27	13	25	20

Weather Information for the Week ending 09/13/2009

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	87	35	57	53	-6	0.03	-0.25	7.15	-0.38	95	18.72	+5.45	141
Anaconda	79	33	55	38	-9	0.00	-0.28	11.33	+2.95	135	19.89	+7.13	156
Clinton	83	36	59	67	+33	0.05	-0.22	7.18	+0.04	101	13.93	-0.72	95
Corvallis	82	35	58	60	-1	0.00	-0.28	3.92	-3.01	57	8.98	-2.19	80
Creston	84	36	58	57	+14	0.00	-0.42	6.66	-4.45	60	14.84	-4.47	77
Deer Lodge	79	29	53	22	-14	0.00	-0.28	6.38	-1.21	84	9.74	-0.26	97
Drummond	85	30	56	44	-3	0.03	-0.25	6.03	-1.53	80	12.92	+0.85	107
Hamilton	83	36	58	57	+2	0.00	-0.28	5.11	-1.97	72	12.32	-0.52	96
Kalispell	83	32	55	40	-1	0.00	-0.28	7.82	-0.92	89	15.32	-1.23	93
Missoula	85	37	59	67	+8	0.10	-0.18	5.78	-1.75	77	11.89	-1.38	90
Olney	81	28	50	13	-18	0.05	-0.23	7.74	-2.45	76	18.49	-3.53	84
Polson	78	39	59	66	-4	0.00	-0.32	5.61	-3.43	62	11.20	-4.26	72
St Ignatius	81	36	59	62	-4	0.03	-0.32	6.05	-3.54	63	14.36	-1.42	91
Seeley Lake	82	29	54	28	-15	0.00	-0.34	6.85	-1.60	81	22.28	+2.25	111
Sula	82	26	54	28	-3	0.00	-0.28	9.04	-0.25	97	15.74	+0.39	103
Superior	88	36	60	71	-4	0.09	-0.19	7.01	-0.43	94	16.87	+1.10	107
Swan Lake	83	32	56	44	+12	0.00	-0.49	8.01	-3.12	72	22.97	-4.72	83
Thompson Falls	88	39	60	74	-10	0.15	-0.13	7.36	-1.55	83	20.50	-1.93	91
West Glacier	82	33	55	37	-5	0.00	-0.42	10.56	-1.52	87	25.99	-1.71	94
NORTH CENTRAL
Chester	89	31	59	63	+5	0.05	-0.16	7.19	-0.57	93	12.58	+2.44	124
Chinook	92	37	61	74	+12	0.00	-0.35	6.76	-2.46	73	9.92	-2.34	81
Choteau	76	32	54	30	-35	0.00	-0.26	7.69	-0.37	95	10.26	+0.44	104
Cut Bank	79	36	58	56	+9	0.00	-0.31	3.74	-5.76	39	5.11	-6.81	43
Ft Assinniboine	94	39	62	83	+10	0.02	-0.28	7.80	-1.31	86	11.79	-0.54	96
Fort Benton	91	32	59	65	-14	0.03	-0.26	7.57	-1.83	81	11.60	-1.44	89
Goldbutte	80	33	59	64	+12	0.00	-0.35	6.10	-3.72	62	8.76	-4.17	68
Harlem	79	38	60	69	+4	0.00	-0.35	6.37	-1.95	77	9.65	-1.12	90
Havre	95	37	62	89	+23	0.03	-0.25	6.06	-1.78	77	8.78	-2.16	80
Malta	93	41	64	97	+35	0.05	-0.23	7.29	-1.97	79	11.33	-0.86	93
Rudyard	90	35	60	68	+5	0.10	-0.11	6.76	-0.83	89	10.31	+0.90	110
Shelby	79	34	58	59	+6	0.00	-0.27	6.75	-1.87	78	9.71	-1.85	84
Turner	92	40	62	84	+23	0.05	-0.29	6.32	-1.98	76	8.67	-1.86	82
Valier	76	37	58	55	-10	0.00	-0.28	7.70	-1.65	82	10.69	-0.95	92
NORTHEAST
Bredette	84	43	62	89	+20	0.25	-0.04	10.15	+0.26	103	14.76	+2.48	120
Culbertson	92	24	62	88	+15	0.13	-0.23	10.32	+0.29	103	14.48	+1.80	114
Glasgow	93	42	64	102	+31	0.10	-0.13	7.24	-0.93	89	10.44	-0.27	97
Glendive	96	42	65	105	+20	0.12	-0.23	10.12	+0.48	105	13.55	+0.73	106
Jordan	93	37	62	88	+15	0.36	+0.07	8.27	-0.62	93	11.87	-0.31	97
Nashua	88	39	63	92	+3	0.10	-0.18	7.31	-1.49	83	10.93	-0.12	99
Opheim	82	36	59	62	+14	0.06	-0.25	7.65	-1.99	79	10.53	-1.22	90
Plentywood	87	40	63	95	+33	0.19	-0.16	9.68	+0.03	100	14.05	+1.67	113
St Marie	88	40	62	86	+15	0.20	-0.03	6.87	-1.30	84	8.51	-2.20	79
Scobey	89	32	61	80	+28	0.05	-0.16	10.42	+0.63	106	14.58	+2.55	121
Sidney	93	40	65	105	+23	0.19	-0.16	8.14	-1.85	81	11.89	-1.54	89
Wolf Point	97	38	65	104	+23	0.00	-0.31	6.98	-1.68	81	8.85	-2.44	78
CENTRAL
Cascade	80	27	54	34	-9	0.00	-0.35	6.99	-3.11	69	10.73	-2.86	79
Grass Range	83	37	59	61	+2	0.18	-0.11	12.25	+0.68	106	17.72	+1.90	112
Great Falls	88	40	61	79	+23	0.05	-0.23	9.41	-0.44	96	14.02	-0.21	99
Harlowton	89	32	57	52	-5	0.26	-0.02	10.10	-0.04	100	13.92	+0.45	103
Helena	83	41	62	85	+23	0.03	-0.25	6.23	-1.43	81	9.99	-0.79	93
Lewistown	89	37	59	68	+15	0.32	-0.03	9.72	-2.16	82	13.02	-4.10	76
Martinsdale	78	30	54	29	-13	0.00	-0.28	8.76	-0.88	91	13.19	+0.25	102
Neihart	78	33	55	34	-14	0.00	-0.49	10.67	-3.31	76	17.34	-2.99	85
Rogers Pass	79	33	57	51	+2	0.00	-0.40	9.52	-2.22	81	15.21	-1.69	90
Roundup	93	36	63	89	+10	0.08	-0.22	9.80	+0.54	106	14.14	+1.64	113
Ryegate	90	38	58	60	+4	0.13	-0.15	9.56	+0.40	104	13.57	+1.25	110
Stanford	80	38	58	56	-7	0.02	-0.33	8.10	-3.81	68	12.59	-3.75	77
Townsend	82	35	59	68	+5	0.00	-0.26	7.40	-0.29	96	10.65	+0.49	105
Valentine	93	35	60	73	+16	0.23	-0.05	9.94	+0.36	104	14.10	+1.13	109
Wht Sulphur Spr	80	32	55	38	-9	0.07	-0.22	9.04	+0.11	101	16.05	+3.55	128
SOUTHWEST
Boulder	79	31	56	41	-5	0.00	-0.28	9.15	+1.00	112	13.15	+2.19	120
Bozeman	86	37	60	74	+20	0.00	-0.36	11.32	+0.86	108	16.56	+1.07	107
Butte	78	30	55	42	+7	0.00	-0.28	8.53	+0.07	101	11.59	-0.61	95
Dillon	85	37	59	65	+16	0.00	-0.22	7.01	-0.20	97	9.48	+0.07	101
Ennis	83	29	56	44	-4	0.00	-0.28	7.09	-1.93	79	11.53	-1.35	90
Lakeview	80	32	58	54	+28	0.00	-0.44	8.13	-2.97	73	14.81	-3.60	80
W Yellowstone	79	31	56	42	+24	0.07	-0.28	11.69	+1.93	120	21.05	+0.10	100
Wisdom	80	18	49	10	-6	0.00	-0.24	8.33	+0.99	113	14.19	+2.81	125
SOUTH CENTRAL
Billings	93	46	65	110	+27	0.09	-0.19	5.94	-2.81	68	11.41	-2.51	82
Cooke City	71	24	48	0	-10	0.09	-0.40	11.77	-0.70	94	16.81	-7.64	69
Gardiner	83	37	60	72	+0	0.00	-0.23	5.54	-0.62	90	7.97	-1.34	86
Hardin	95	39	65	108	+13	0.00	-0.28	6.09	-1.18	84	9.33	-1.90	83
Huntley	96	33	62	84	+14	0.06	-0.27	8.81	-0.14	98	14.58	+1.29	110
Hysham	91	39	62	88	+4	0.12	-0.19	10.52	+1.80	121	16.35	+3.75	130
Joliet	91	38	60	73	+8	0.13	-0.20	7.20	-2.19	77	12.58	-2.32	84
Livingston	89	32	59	69	+7	0.00	-0.35	10.99	+0.56	105	13.77	-1.10	93
Nye	89	33	60	69	+10	0.04	-0.38	9.14	-3.00	75	16.35	-1.02	94
Rapelje	84	36	59	66	-4	0.03	-0.25	10.80	+1.00	110	15.42	+0.97	107
SOUTHEAST
Albion	90	42	63	91	+25	0.86	+0.65	12.24	+1.51	114	19.42	+5.67	141
Baker	93	46	64	102	+25	0.89	+0.55	11.67	+1.79	118	14.97	+1.10	108
Broadus	90	43	66	114	+30	0.00	-0.21	6.83	-2.01	77	13.22	+0.30	102
Ekalaka	84	43	63	94	+16	0.53	+0.18	8.73	-2.78	76	16.42	+0.09	101
Miles City	97	47	67	122	+29	0.00	-0.28	8.33	-0.96	90	11.30	-1.49	88
Plevna	88	40	64	98	+21	0.28	-0.06	11.04	+1.16	112	15.33	+1.46	111
Compiled by AWIS Inc. based on NWS data. DFN-Departure from normal 1971-2000. GDD-Growing degree days

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