Table 1. Official observers at the Colby weather
station since its beginning in 1888.

Beginning	Ending	Observer	Location
6-01-1888	7-31-1889	C. E. Bennett	Unknown
5-07-1892	12-01-1905	C. Buschow	Unknown
12-01-1905	1-09-1911	R. M. Chelf	Unknown
1-09-1911	5-02-1911	E. V. Snell	Unknown
5-02-1911	9-30-1935	G. H. Kinkle	4th and Garfield
10-01-1935	4-01-1957	J. B. Kuska	585 N. Court
4-01-1957	8-31-1967	W. W. Harris	Experiment Station
9-01-1967	11-16-1970	R. I. Ibbetson	Experiment Station
11-17-1970	12-08-1971	G. E. Warrington	Experiment Station
12-09-1971	7-31-1972	M. D. Hinrichs	Experiment Station
8-01-1972	7-31-1975	J. Tuma	Experiment Station
8-01-1975	12-31-1975	D. Bordovsky	Experiment Station
1-01-1976	2-28-1985	H. D. Sunderman	Experiment Station
3-01-1985	Present	Staff members	NWREC¹
¹ With a reorganization in 1986, the Colby Branch Experiment Station became a part of the Northwest Research-Extension Center.

Dust storm approaching downtown Colby during the spring of 1935.