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Sweet Grass, Montana

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Climate
Notable people
In popular culture
Notes

Sweet Grass (also Sweetgrass^[1]) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Toole County, Montana, United States, on the Canada–US border. It is the northern terminus of Interstate 15, an important route connecting western Canada, the western United States, and Mexico.

In 2004, a joint border facility opened at the Sweetgrass port of entry and Coutts, Alberta, housing both Canadian and American federal authorities.^[2]

Climate

Sweet Grass has a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) that closely borders a humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb).

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|Oct high F = 57
|Nov high F = 40
|Dec high F = 31
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|Feb record high F = 70
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|Apr record high F = 84
|May record high F = 91
|Jun record high F = 96
|Jul record high F = 105
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|Sep record high F = 95
|Oct record high F = 88
|Nov record high F = 74
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|year record high F= 105
|Jan record low F = −39
|Feb record low F = −35
|Mar record low F = −29
|Apr record low F = −7
|May record low F = 16
|Jun record low F = 30
|Jul record low F = 35
|Aug record low F = 30
|Sep record low F = 12
|Oct record low F = −12
|Nov record low F = −26
|Dec record low F = −44
|year record low F= −44
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|Jan precipitation inch = 0.30
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.23
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.58
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.00
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|Jun precipitation inch = 3.13
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.96
|Aug precipitation inch = 1.94
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.45
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.62
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.45
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.30
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|Feb snow inch = 8.3
|Mar snow inch = 8.9
|Apr snow inch = 6.6
|May snow inch = 2.3
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|Jul snow inch = 0.1
|Aug snow inch = 0.1
|Sep snow inch = 2.6
|Oct snow inch = 4.2
|Nov snow inch = 7.4
|Dec snow inch = 9.1
|year snow inch=
|source =^[3]
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Notable people

Earl W. Bascom (1906-1995), "Father of Modern Rodeo" and Hall of Fame Cowboy, artist, sculptor, actor, inventor, cowboyed in the 1920s on a ranch on Kicking Horse Creek once owned by his cousin C.M. Russell
Charles M. Russell (1864-1926), cowboy artist and sculptor ranched on Kicking Horse Creek near the Sweetgrass Hills

In popular culture

The town is referenced in the Marias Pass Approach/Route for TRS2006, via two portals on a BNSF Railway line that goes up to Sweet Grass.
Referenced to in "Alberta Bound" by Paul Brandt. ("... and so I cranked up the radio cause there’s just a little more to go for I’d cross the border at that Sweet Grass sign.")

Notes

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2. ^http://www.gsa.gov/gsa/cm_attachments/GSA_DOCUMENT/Sweet_Grass_Release_R2-uP9X_0Z5RDZ-i34K-pR.doc
3. ^

4 : Census-designated places in Montana|Census-designated places in Toole County, Montana|Unincorporated communities in Montana|Unincorporated communities in Toole County, Montana

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