Missoula Weather Forecast Office

The Missoula office of the U.S. Weather Bureau was established on November 1, 1935, in the Montana Building at 101 Broadway. On November 1, 1938, the office moved one block to the Federal Building. From July 1, 1939, to October 1, 1941, weather observations were also recorded by Civil Aeronautics Administration personnel at Hale Field; this station moved to the Missoula County Airport effective October 1, 1941. The two weather stations were consolidated when the Weather Bureau office moved to the Missoula County Airport on December 1, 1944.

The Weather Bureau was established in 1870. It was under the authority of the Army Signal Service/Signal Corps until 1891, when it was transferred to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 1940 the Weather Bureau was transferred to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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