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Project Water Supply

Normal

13.5 in  

Maximum  -  1980

19.4 in  

Minimum   -  1973

9.0 in  

Missoula, Montana 1961-1990

  

      Temperature

Mean Annual

44 °F  

Daily Maximum  -  1953

105 °F  

Daily Minimum   -  1957

-33 °F  

Missoula, Montana 1948-1996

  

Growing Season

142 days  

Elevation of irrigable area

3,100.0 ft  

      Bitterroot River

Drainage area above diversion point

2,814 mi2  

Annual discharge

  

   Maximum  -  1899

3,582,147 acre-ft  

   Minimum   -  1992

980,593 acre-ft  

   Average    -  1898-1996

1,724,196 acre-ft  

                              Streamflows:  Bitterroot River near Missoula, Montana (USGS)
 

Project Water Quality
 

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