Weather History of Griz/Cat Football Games

The 2011 game is being played in Bozeman, Montana.

Link to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service in Great Falls, Montana.

National Weather Service Missoula, Climate Team

Listed below are the Averages and Extremes for November 19 in Bozeman.

Climate Data at Bozeman, Mt Nov 19
(records dating back to 1948)
Warmest Temperature	67
	1989
Average Temperature	29
Coldest Morning Temperatures	7 below 1975
	5 below in 2000
Coldest Gametime Temp	2 above 1978
Or Coldest Max Temperature	15 above 1977
Greatest Precipitation	.61”
	1979
Most Snowfall	5.0”
	1979
Greatest Snowfall on the Ground	8"
At Gametime	1959

The following is a list of the weather that occurred on

Griz/Cat or Cat/Griz game days since 1897:

Games were commonly played in Oct and early November until 1993. All Griz-Bobcat games from 1993-present are now the last game of the year around the 3^rd weekend of November. Thus stats below are separated by months of Oct and Nov.

From 1925-1951 all games were played in Butte, Montana.

Griz vs. Bobcat Game Day Weather Stats	Oct	Nov
Warmest Temperature	71	62
City	Butte	Bozeman
Year	1937, 1940	1921
	Oct 23,19	Nov 11
Average Gameday Temperature	58	44
Coldest Max Temperatures	37	9
City	Bozeman	Bozeman
Year	1975	1991
	25-Oct	2-Nov
Most Precip	0.15”	0.74”
	Bozeman	Missoula
	1977	1998
	Oct 29	Nov 21
Most Snowfall	Trace	2"
on game day	Butte	Missoula
	1948	2002
	Oct 16	Nov 23
Most Snow on the Ground	0	4”
on game day		Bozeman
		2003
		Nov 22

The year by year data for each game day

YEAR	DATE	LOCATION	Temp	Rain	Snow	Snow
						on ground
1897	25-Nov	Missoula	25	0	0	0
1898	13-Nov	Bozeman	51	0	0	0
1899	1-Dec	Missoula	50	0.1	0	0
1900	18-Oct	Missoula	69	0.05	0	0
1901	17-Oct	Bozeman	70	0	0	0
1902	16-Oct	Missoula	65	0	0	0
1903	15-Oct	Bozeman	58	0	0	0
1904	17-Nov	Missoula	51	0	0	0
1905	NO GAME
1906	NO GAME
1907	NO GAME
1908	20-Nov	Bozeman	61	0	0	0
1909	18-Nov	Missoula	49	0.05	0	0
1910	19-Nov	Missoula	37	T	0	0
1911	NO GAME
1912	21-Nov	Missoula	47	0	0	0
1913	14-Nov	Missoula	39	0	0	0
1914	7-Nov	Missoula	47	0	0	0
1915	NO GAME
1916	4-Nov	Bozeman	65	0	0	0
1917	10-Nov	Missoula	42	0	0	0
1918	NO GAME ww1/influenza outbreak
1919	15-Nov	Bozeman	49	0	0	0
1920	13-Nov	Missoula	29	0.01	T	0
1921	11-Nov	Bozeman	62	0	0	0
1922	11-Nov	Missoula	42	0.16	0	0
1923	17-Nov	Bozeman	54	0	0	0
1924	NO GAME
1925	28-Nov	Butte	42	T	T	0
1926	23-Oct	Butte	59	0	0	0
1927	19-Nov	Butte	45	T	0	0
1928	28-Nov	Butte	27	T	T	0
1929	23-Oct	Butte	57	0	0	0
1930	18-Oct	Butte	58	0	0	0
1931	31-Oct	Butte	62	0	0	0
1932	5-Nov	Butte	49	0	0	0
1933	4-Nov	Butte	27	0	0	0
1934	10-Nov	Butte	60	0	0	0
1935	5-Oct	Butte	67	0	0	0
1936	Oct 24th	Butte	50	0	0	0
1937	Oct 23 Near Rose Bowl Birth – Griz	Butte	71	0	0	0
1938	11-Nov	Butte	24	0.4	2	0
1939	14-Oct	Butte	55	0	0	0
1940	19-Oct	Butte	71	0	0	0
1941	25-Oct	Butte	60	T	0	0
1942	NO GAME WWII
1943	NO GAME WWII
1944	NO GAME WWII
1945	NO GAME WWII
1946	Oct 19 Butte Harbor Bowl – Bobcats SD Copper Bowl - Griz	Butte	51	0	0	0
1947	18-Oct	Butte	64	0	0	0
1948	17-Oct	Butte	38	T	T	0
1949	29-Oct	Butte	44	0	0	0
1950	21-Oct	Butte	45	0.05	0	0
1951	20-Oct	Butte	43	T	T	0
1952	1-Nov	Missoula	38	T	T	0
1953	2-Nov	Bozeman	57	T	0	0
1954	13-Nov	Missoula	48	0	0	0
1955	5-Nov	Bozeman	45	T	0	0
1956	Nov 3 Aluminum Bowl - Bobcats	Missoula	40	0	0	0
1957	9-Nov	Bozeman	46	0	0	0
1958	15-Nov	Missoula	T	0.1	T	0
1959	7-Nov	Bozeman	49	0	0	0
1960	5-Nov	Missoula	41	0	0	0
1961	11-Nov	Bozeman	45	T	T	0
1962	10-Nov	Missoula	44	T	0	0
1963	9-Nov	Bozeman	55	0	0	0
1964	7-Nov	Missoula	42	0	0	0
1965	6-Nov	Bozeman	50	0	0	0
1966	5-Nov	Missoula	43	T	0	0
1967	4-Nov	Bozeman	38	0	0	0
1968	2-Nov	Missoula	39	T	0	0
1969	1-Nov	Bozeman	40	0	0	3
1970	7-Nov	Missoula	44	T	0	0
1971	6-Nov	Bozeman	44	0	0	0
1972	4-Nov	Missoula	46	0.04	0	0
1973	20-Oct	Bozeman	67	0	0	0
1974	2-Nov	Missoula	49	0.12	0	0
1975	25-Oct	Bozeman	37	0	0	0
1976	30-Oct	Missoula	53	0	0	0
1977	29-Oct	Bozeman	58	0.15	0	0
1978	4-Nov	Missoula	61	0.02	0	0
1979	3-Nov	Bozeman	45	0	0	0
1980	1-Nov	Missoula	53	0	0	0
1981	31-Oct	Bozeman	57	0	0	0
1982	30-Oct	Missoula	49	0	0	0
1983	29-Oct	Bozeman	65	0	0	0
1984	3-Nov	Missoula	49	0.18	0	0
1985	26-Oct	Bozeman	59	0	0	0
1986	25-Oct	Missoula	63	0	0	0
1987	31-Oct	Bozeman	65	0	0	0
1988	5-Nov	Missoula	50	T	0	0
1989	4-Nov	Bozeman	54	T	0	0
1990	27-Oct	Missoula	56	0	0	0
1991	2-Nov	Bozeman	9	T	0	0
1992	24-Oct	Missoula	65	0	0	0
1993	13-Nov	Bozeman	33	0.03	0.3	0
1994	19-Nov	Missoula	35	0	0	0
1995	18-Nov	Bozeman	60	0	0	0
1996	23-Nov	Missoula	23	0	0	0
1997	22-Nov	Bozeman	43	0	0	0
1998	21-Nov	Missoula	45	0.74	0	0
1999	20-Nov	Bozeman	49	T	T	T
2000	18-Nov	Missoula	41	0	0	0
2001	17-Nov	Bozeman	59	0	0	0
2002	23-Nov	Missoula	45	0.16	2	0
2003	22-Nov	Bozeman	19	0.06	1	4
2004	20-Nov	Missoula	40	T	T	0
2005	19-Nov	Bozeman	49	T	0	1
2006	18-Nov	Missoula	46	0	0	0
2007	17-Nov	Bozeman	51	0.03	0	0
2008	22-Nov	Missoula	39	0	0	0
2009	21-Nov	Bozeman	50	.08	0	0
2010	20-Nov	Missoula	25	T	T	0