Feb. 16 – On this day in Montana history in 1936 the news was filled with the annual  statewide weather report of W.E. Maughn, meteorologist at the Helena Weather Bureau. Maughn noted that while 1934 received much more publicity for the drought, that 1935 was even dryer. The average rainfall for the state in 1935 was 10.89 inches which was 4.38 inches below what was considered normal then. The hottest temperature recorded in 1935 was 111 degrees at Glendive, and the coldest minus 48 on the Upper Yaak River.