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Condition Monitoring Report  
Station Number: MT-LY-2
Station Name: Chester 0.3 ESE
Report Date: 6/2/2025
Submitted: 6/02/2025 10:26 AM
Scale Bar: Severely Dry
Description:
Rainfall less than a tenth of an inch for the past week.    Temperatures reached the upper 80s and lower 90s on Thursday and Saturday which was 18 to 22 degrees above normal.  May rainfall 1.11 inch was 66 percent of normal. Precipitation for the Spring months (Mar-May) has been around 2 inches or only 60 percent of normal.  Water year precipitation 3.57 inches is only 44 percent of normal.  Pastures, dryland hay, and winter wheat stressed from excessive heat and lack of moisture. Potential yields being reduced.  Tiber Reservoir is a little over 4 feet lower than normal.  Marias River flow averaged around 40 percent of normal for the past week.   
Categories: General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality