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POPULATION (2005): County 21,000; Prineville 8,600
CROOK COUNTY ESTABLISHED: Oct. 24, 1882
COUNTY AREA: 2,991 sq. miles
FROST-FREE DAYS: 80-90
MAIN CROPS: alfalfa, wheat, hay, mint, and sugar beets
SPECIALTY CROPS: garlic and carrot seed
ELEVATIONS (feet): Prineville - 2,864 Powell Butte - 3,120 Paulina - 3,680
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High & Low Average Temperatures 1990-99
1990
- December -15 degrees, July -87 degrees
1991 - January -19 degrees, August -90 degrees
1992 - December -16 degrees, August -90 degrees
1993 - January -11 degrees, August -83 degrees
1994 - November -14 degrees, July -92 degrees
1995 - December -24 degrees, July -84 degrees
1996 - February -24 degrees, July -91 degrees
1997 - January -25 degrees, July -84 degrees
1998 - December -5 degrees, June -100 degrees
1999 - December -20 degrees, July 86 degrees
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Yearly Rainfall 1990-99
1990
- 7.03 inches
1991 - 9.99 inches
1992 - 11.61 inches
1993 - 9.98 inches
1994 - 6.53 inches
1995 - 15.21 inches
1996 - 14.24 inches
1997 - 9.22 inches
1998 - 14.77 inches
1999 - 6.62 inches
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