Blue skies in late June made for excellent haying weather, and when combined with the moisture from earlier in the year we see hay crops like the one pictured above, that came off an un-improved feed ground. A good grass year indeed.
Early June precipitation layered on the nice moisture received during April and May producing abundant grass and hay growth across the county. Over the past few weeks we've heard from several area residents who proclaimed this to be one of the best grass years they've seen – indeed the grass has really taken off following the cold start to the spring. Two track roads now need to be mowed to prevent grass from plugging up radiators and creating fire hazards as the grass dries. This stands in stark contrast to the last two years, where prairie grasses basically didn't grow enough to be an issue.
Broadus steadily received small amounts of moisture throughout June, as on a weekly basis town had between .1 and .25" of rain from the 13th on. Earlier in the month, between June 4th and 7th, Broadus received 1.45".
Those storms totaled 2.40" overall for the month, slightly above the long term average of 2.37" for June.
Broadus now sits just above the long term average for precip through the first six months of the year, with 9.03" from Jan 1 through June 30. The average for that time period is 8.69". The highest amount of moisture recorded in Broadus through the end of June was in 2018, with 14.45". The lowest amount recorded in the first six months of the year was in 1988, with 3.56".
Temperatures for the month were near average, within a degree of the long term average in high, low, and overall monthly average. The high for the month came on the 27th through the 29th, with 98 recorded each day. The low for the month was 36, the night of June 1st.
Looking around at other local weather stations, the Biddle 8 miles SW station has received 9.09" of moisture this year as of June 30, just above their long term average of 8.83". That station received 2.40" of moisture in June, compared to an average of 2.33". Their high of 98 fell on June 29; the low was 35, on June 1.
The Moorhead 9 miles NE station had 2.27" of moisture in June compared to an average of 2.17" for that month. Their high was 95, on June 28, the low was 34, on June 3. That station had 7.45" of moisture thus far in the year, slightly below the long term average of 7.63". A storm on July 2nd dropped 0.33" on the station, kicking their total up above the long term average.
The Sonnette 7 miles SW station recorded 8.96" through the first six months of the year, trailing the long term average of 9.67". That station had 1.56" of moisture through June 25th, where data ends for the month. This compares to an average of 2.69" in June. The high for the month was 90, on June 18, with a low of 32, on June 1.
Fort Howes on Otter Creek had 2.22" of moisture in June. Their high temp for the month was 94, on June 28, and the low was 32, on June 1.
That station had a maximum wind gust of 54 mph, on June 3rd, while 12 mph was the lowest daily high wind gust. Four days in June the wind blew over 40 mph, and an additional eight days with winds gusting between 30 and 40 mph.
The Volborg station, which only records precipitation, had 2.63" of precip in June.
The Powderville 8 miles NNE station received 2.34" of moisture in June, compared to an average of 2.68". Their high was 93, on June 28th, and the low was 39, on June 2nd.
That station leads the area in moisture through the first six months of the year, with 10.10" through the end of June. The average through that time period is 8.91". Their driest year, 1988, had 1.39" through that same time period.
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