Montana Snow Precipitation Update
United States Natural Resources Water and Climate Center
Department of Conservation Portland, Oregon
Agriculture Service
S N O W - P R E C I P I T A T I O N U P D A T E
Based on Mountain Data from NRCS SNOTEL Sites
As of MONDAY: JULY 15 , 2024
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BASIN ELEV. SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT TOTAL PRECIPITATION
Data Site Name (Ft) % %
Current Median Median Current Median Med
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MONTANA
KOOTENAI RIVER BASIN
Banfield Mountain 5600 -M .0 * 28.4 33.4 85
Bear Mountain 5400 .0 .0 * 72.0 84.6 85
Garver Creek 4250 -M .0 * -M 24.0 *
Grave Creek 4300 -M .0 * 42.0 43.4 97
Hand Creek 5035 -M .0 * 20.8 24.9 84
Hawkins Lake 6450 -M .0 * 40.2 42.3 95
Poorman Creek 5100 -M .0 * 54.5 72.0 76
Stahl Peak 6030 -M .0 * 50.9 56.3 90
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Basin Index (%) * 87
FLATHEAD RIVER BASIN
Ashley Divide 4820 -M -M * 15.4 -M *
Badger Pass 6900 .0 .0 * 32.0 44.7 72
Bassoo Peak 5150 .0 -M * 15.7 -M *
Bisson Creek 4920 -M .0 * 25.8 28.6 90
Blacktail Mtn 5650 .0 .0 * 18.1 21.6 84
Emery Creek 4350 -M .0 * 33.2 36.7 90
Flattop Mtn. 6300 .0 .0 * 57.1 69.5 82
Grave Creek 4300 -M .0 * 42.0 43.4 97
Hand Creek 5035 -M .0 * 20.8 24.9 84
Kraft Creek 4750 -M .0 * 27.4 33.8 81
Moss Peak 6780 -M .0 * 50.9 56.1 91
Noisy Basin 6040 -M .0 * -M 64.2 *
North Fork Jocko 6330 -M .0 * 46.4 61.6 75
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * 31.4 -M *
Sleeping Woman 6150 .1 .0 * 27.0 31.6 85
Stahl Peak 6030 -M .0 * 50.9 56.3 90
Stuart Mountain 7400 .1 .0 * -M 44.0 *
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Basin Index (%) * 85
UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
Barker Lakes 8250 -M .0 * 24.8 28.6 87
Basin Creek 7180 .0 .0 * 11.2 19.7 57
Black Pine 7210 .0 .0 * 18.1 22.4 81
Combination 5600 -M .0 * 11.4 16.7 68
Copper Bottom 5200 -M .0 * 14.4 21.8 66
Copper Camp 6950 .0 .0 * 28.2 37.0 76
Lubrecht Flume 4680 -M .0 * 11.8 16.9 70
Nevada Ridge 7020 -M .0 * 18.2 25.0 73
N Fk Elk Creek 6250 .0 .0 * 13.5 23.2 58
North Fork Jocko 6330 -M .0 * 46.4 61.6 75
Peterson Meadows 7200 -M .0 * 21.5 22.4 96
Skalkaho Summit 7250 .0 .0 * 24.5 33.1 74
Stuart Mountain 7400 .1 .0 * -M 44.0 *
Warm Springs 7800 -M .0 * 28.1 35.9 78
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Basin Index (%) * 75
BITTERROOT RIVER BASIN
Daly Creek 5780 -M .0 * 20.5 22.0 93
Lolo Pass 5240 .0 .0 * 33.6 42.8 79
Moose Creek 6200 -M .0 * 20.9 27.6 76
Nez Perce Camp 5650 .0 .0 * 27.4 29.2 94
Saddle Mtn. 7940 .0 .0 * 22.0 32.8 67
Skalkaho Summit 7250 .0 .0 * 24.5 33.1 74
Twelvemile Creek 5600 .0 .0 * 37.0 43.2 86
Twin Lakes 6400 -M .0 * 49.7 59.6 83
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Basin Index (%) * 81
LOWER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
Bear Mountain 5400 .0 .0 * 72.0 84.6 85
Hoodoo Basin 6050 .0 .0 * 45.7 57.0 80
Humboldt Gulch 4250 -M .0 * 33.6 48.4 69
Lookout 5190 .0 .0 * 33.0 46.8 71
Mosquito Ridge 5260 .6 .0 * 45.8 53.4 86
Poorman Creek 5100 -M .0 * 54.5 72.0 76
Sleeping Woman 6150 .1 .0 * 27.0 31.6 85
Stuart Mountain 7400 .1 .0 * -M 44.0 *
Sunset 5540 -M .0 * 32.5 47.4 69
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Basin Index (%) * 78
JEFFERSON RIVER BASIN
Albro Lake 8300 .0 .0 * 23.5 33.2 71
Barker Lakes 8250 -M .0 * 24.8 28.6 87
Basin Creek 7180 .0 .0 * 11.2 19.7 57
Beagle Springs 8850 .0 .0 * 15.3 19.2 80
Bloody Dick 7600 .1 .0 * 16.8 22.1 76
Calvert Creek 6430 -M .0 * 13.3 16.5 81
Clover Meadow 8600 .0 .0 * 26.8 27.0 99
Darkhorse Lake 8945 -M .0 * 32.3 40.4 80
Divide 7800 -M .0 * 18.0 20.2 89
Frohner Meadow 6480 -M .0 * 16.9 20.2 84
JL Meadow 8800 .0 -M * -M -M *
Lakeview Ridge 7400 .0 .0 * 20.3 23.0 88
Lemhi Ridge 8100 -M .0 * 17.3 21.6 80
Lower Twin 7900 -M .0 * 28.2 35.1 80
Moose Creek 6200 -M .0 * 20.9 27.6 76
Mule Creek 8300 -M .0 * 17.8 26.1 68
Rocker Peak 8000 -M .0 * 18.6 26.0 72
Saddle Mtn. 7940 .0 .0 * 22.0 32.8 67
Short Creek 7000 -M .0 * 16.2 14.9 109
Slagamelt Lakes 8620 .0 -M * 34.0 -M *
White Elephant 7710 .1 .0 * 37.6 41.2 91
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Basin Index (%) * 80
MADISON RIVER BASIN
Albro Lake 8300 .0 .0 * 23.5 33.2 71
Beaver Creek 7850 -M .0 * 25.2 30.6 82
Black Bear 8170 .0 .0 * 47.3 49.9 95
Canyon 7870 -M -M * 18.9 -M *
Carrot Basin 9000 -M .0 * 34.7 40.8 85
Clover Meadow 8600 .0 .0 * 26.8 27.0 99
Lone Mountain 8880 -M .0 * 27.5 28.9 95
Lower Twin 7900 -M .0 * 28.2 35.1 80
Madison Plateau 7750 .0 .0 * 30.0 35.4 85
Tepee Creek 8000 -M .0 * 19.4 23.0 84
West Yellowstone 6700 -M .0 * 18.6 21.0 89
Whiskey Creek 6800 .0 .0 * 25.9 29.8 87
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Basin Index (%) * 87
GALLATIN RIVER BASIN
Beaver Creek 7850 -M .0 * 25.2 30.6 82
Brackett Creek 7320 .0 .0 * 31.6 41.1 77
Carrot Basin 9000 -M .0 * 34.7 40.8 85
Lick Creek 6860 -M .0 * 27.5 26.0 106
Lone Mountain 8880 -M .0 * 27.5 28.9 95
Sacajawea 6550 -M .0 * 31.7 39.4 80
Shower Falls 8100 -M .0 * 39.0 41.0 95
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Basin Index (%) * 88
HELENA VALLEY
Boulder Mountain 7950 -M .0 * 27.7 33.8 82
Frohner Meadow 6480 -M .0 * 16.9 20.2 84
Nevada Ridge 7020 -M .0 * 18.2 25.0 73
Tizer Basin 6880 .0 .0 * 17.3 21.4 81
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Basin Index (%) * 80
SMITH, JUDITH, AND MUSSELSHELL RIVER BASINS
Boulder Mountain 7950 -M .0 * 27.7 33.8 82
Crystal Lake 6050 -M .0 * 36.6 34.6 106
Daisy Peak 7600 .1 .0 * 18.7 21.4 87
Deadman Creek 6450 -M .0 * 20.3 22.2 91
Elk Peak 7600 -M -M * -M -M *
Onion Park 7410 -M .0 * 24.0 29.3 82
Pickfoot Creek 6650 .0 -M * 20.1 -M *
Spur Park 8100 -M .0 * 25.9 29.4 88
Stringer Creek 6550 -M .0 * 22.4 26.0 86
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Basin Index (%) * 89
SUN, TETON AND MARIAS RIVER BASINS
Badger Pass 6900 .0 .0 * 32.0 44.7 72
Dupuyer Creek 5750 -M .0 * 19.0 23.4 81
Mount Lockhart 6400 -M .0 * 29.5 36.2 81
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * 31.4 -M *
Waldron 5600 -M .0 * 20.7 25.2 82
Wood Creek 5960 .1 .0 * 16.3 24.2 67
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Basin Index (%) * 76
ST. MARYS RIVER BASIN
Flattop Mtn. 6300 .0 .0 * 57.1 69.5 82
Many Glacier 4900 -M .0 * 37.2 41.4 90
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Basin Index (%) * 85
MILK RIVER BASIN
Rocky Boy 4700 -M .0 * 27.6 20.9 132
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Basin Index (%) * 132
UPPER YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN
Beartooth Lake 9360 .0 .0 * 25.5 30.1 85
Box Canyon 6670 .0 .0 * -M 20.2 *
Brackett Creek 7320 .0 .0 * 31.6 41.1 77
Burnt Mtn 5880 -M .0 * 21.9 22.8 96
Canyon 7870 -M -M * 18.9 -M *
Cole Creek 7850 -M .0 * 17.9 24.6 73
East Boulder Mine 6335 -M .0 * 24.2 24.7 98
Evening Star 9200 .0 .0 * 35.2 39.6 89
Fisher Creek 9100 -M .0 * 40.0 46.6 86
Monument Peak 8850 -M .0 * -M 33.8 *
Northeast Entrance 7350 .0 .0 * 19.4 20.4 95
Parker Peak 9400 .0 .0 * 31.8 29.1 109
Placer Basin 8830 -M .0 * 30.3 31.4 96
Porcupine 6500 -M .0 * 21.9 22.8 96
Sacajawea 6550 -M .0 * 31.7 39.4 80
Shower Falls 8100 -M .0 * 39.0 41.0 95
S Fork Shields 8100 -M .0 * 34.0 36.8 92
Sylvan Lake 8420 -M .0 * 31.5 34.6 91
Thumb Divide 7980 .1 .0 * 23.2 26.0 89
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 -M .0 * 34.3 38.1 90
White Mill 8700 .0 .0 * 27.8 33.2 84
Wolverine 7650 .0 .0 * 17.8 19.2 93
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Basin Index (%) * 90
BIGHORN RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Bald Mtn. 9380 .0 .0 * 22.2 27.2 82
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 -M .0 * 17.5 17.4 101
Blackwater 9780 .0 .0 * 31.7 32.4 98
Bone Springs Div 9350 .0 .0 * 19.7 25.3 78
Burroughs Creek 8750 -M -M * 14.8 -M *
Castle Creek 8400 -M .0 * 10.5 15.0 70
Cold Springs 9630 .0 .0 * 15.8 18.4 86
Deer Park 9700 -M .0 * 28.3 26.2 108
Evening Star 9200 .0 .0 * 35.2 39.6 89
Grave Springs 8550 .1 .0 * 16.1 16.4 98
Hobbs Park 10100 .0 .0 * 25.4 24.3 105
Kirwin 9550 -M .0 * 21.6 21.5 100
Little Warm 9370 .0 .0 * 19.1 19.4 98
Marquette 8760 -M .0 * 25.0 21.1 118
Middle Powder 7760 -M .0 * 17.9 18.6 96
Owl Creek 8975 -M .0 * 13.8 14.7 94
Powder River Pass 9480 -M .0 * 20.4 23.7 86
Shell Creek 9580 .0 .0 * 21.9 24.2 90
South Pass 9040 -M .0 * 24.9 24.3 102
St. Lawrence Alt 8620 .0 -M * 15.7 -M *
Sylvan Lake 8420 -M .0 * 31.5 34.6 91
Sylvan Road 7120 .0 .0 * 19.2 23.6 81
Timber Creek 7950 -M .0 * 18.2 17.8 102
Togwotee Pass 9580 -M .0 * 27.1 33.8 80
Townsend Creek 8700 -M .0 * 20.9 21.6 97
Younts Peak 8350 .0 .0 * 20.8 22.6 92
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Basin Index (%) * 93
TONGUE RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Big Goose 7990 -M .0 * 20.7 21.3 97
Bone Springs Div 9350 .0 .0 * 19.7 25.3 78
Burgess Junction 7880 -M .0 * 21.4 21.8 98
Dome Lake 8880 .0 .0 * 24.4 24.6 99
Little Goose 8870 .0 .0 * 24.1 23.4 103
Sucker Creek 8880 -M .0 * 27.4 26.2 105
Tie Creek 6870 -M .0 * 20.9 22.5 93
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Basin Index (%) * 96
POWDER RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 -M .0 * 17.5 17.4 101
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9860 -M .0 * 26.4 25.8 102
Grave Springs 8550 .1 .0 * 16.1 16.4 98
Hansen Sawmill 8360 -M .0 * 16.6 18.8 88
Middle Powder 7760 -M .0 * 17.9 18.6 96
Powder River Pass 9480 -M .0 * 20.4 23.7 86
Soldier Park 8720 -M .0 * 16.8 18.4 91
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Basin Index (%) * 95
Missouri River Basin ab Ft. Peck
Albro Lake 8300 .0 .0 * 23.5 33.2 71
Badger Pass 6900 .0 .0 * 32.0 44.7 72
Barker Lakes 8250 -M .0 * 24.8 28.6 87
Basin Creek 7180 .0 .0 * 11.2 19.7 57
Beagle Springs 8850 .0 .0 * 15.3 19.2 80
Beaver Creek 7850 -M .0 * 25.2 30.6 82
Black Bear 8170 .0 .0 * 47.3 49.9 95
Bloody Dick 7600 .1 .0 * 16.8 22.1 76
Boulder Mountain 7950 -M .0 * 27.7 33.8 82
Brackett Creek 7320 .0 .0 * 31.6 41.1 77
Calvert Creek 6430 -M .0 * 13.3 16.5 81
Canyon 7870 -M -M * 18.9 -M *
Carrot Basin 9000 -M .0 * 34.7 40.8 85
Clover Meadow 8600 .0 .0 * 26.8 27.0 99
Crystal Lake 6050 -M .0 * 36.6 34.6 106
Daisy Peak 7600 .1 .0 * 18.7 21.4 87
Darkhorse Lake 8945 -M .0 * 32.3 40.4 80
Deadman Creek 6450 -M .0 * 20.3 22.2 91
Divide 7800 -M .0 * 18.0 20.2 89
Dupuyer Creek 5750 -M .0 * 19.0 23.4 81
Elk Peak 7600 -M -M * -M -M *
Frohner Meadow 6480 -M .0 * 16.9 20.2 84
JL Meadow 8800 .0 -M * -M -M *
Lakeview Ridge 7400 .0 .0 * 20.3 23.0 88
Lemhi Ridge 8100 -M .0 * 17.3 21.6 80
Lick Creek 6860 -M .0 * 27.5 26.0 106
Lone Mountain 8880 -M .0 * 27.5 28.9 95
Lower Twin 7900 -M .0 * 28.2 35.1 80
Madison Plateau 7750 .0 .0 * 30.0 35.4 85
Moose Creek 6200 -M .0 * 20.9 27.6 76
Mount Lockhart 6400 -M .0 * 29.5 36.2 81
Mule Creek 8300 -M .0 * 17.8 26.1 68
Nevada Ridge 7020 -M .0 * 18.2 25.0 73
Onion Park 7410 -M .0 * 24.0 29.3 82
Pickfoot Creek 6650 .0 -M * 20.1 -M *
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * 31.4 -M *
Rocker Peak 8000 -M .0 * 18.6 26.0 72
Sacajawea 6550 -M .0 * 31.7 39.4 80
Saddle Mtn. 7940 .0 .0 * 22.0 32.8 67
Short Creek 7000 -M .0 * 16.2 14.9 109
Shower Falls 8100 -M .0 * 39.0 41.0 95
Slagamelt Lakes 8620 .0 -M * 34.0 -M *
Spur Park 8100 -M .0 * 25.9 29.4 88
Stringer Creek 6550 -M .0 * 22.4 26.0 86
Tepee Creek 8000 -M .0 * 19.4 23.0 84
Tizer Basin 6880 .0 .0 * 17.3 21.4 81
Waldron 5600 -M .0 * 20.7 25.2 82
West Yellowstone 6700 -M .0 * 18.6 21.0 89
Whiskey Creek 6800 .0 .0 * 25.9 29.8 87
White Elephant 7710 .1 .0 * 37.6 41.2 91
Wood Creek 5960 .1 .0 * 16.3 24.2 67
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Basin Index (%) * 84
Yellowstone River Basin ab Glendive
Bald Mtn. 9380 .0 .0 * 22.2 27.2 82
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 -M .0 * 17.5 17.4 101
Beartooth Lake 9360 .0 .0 * 25.5 30.1 85
Big Goose 7990 -M .0 * 20.7 21.3 97
Blackwater 9780 .0 .0 * 31.7 32.4 98
Bone Springs Div 9350 .0 .0 * 19.7 25.3 78
Box Canyon 6670 .0 .0 * -M 20.2 *
Brackett Creek 7320 .0 .0 * 31.6 41.1 77
Burgess Junction 7880 -M .0 * 21.4 21.8 98
Burnt Mtn 5880 -M .0 * 21.9 22.8 96
Burroughs Creek 8750 -M -M * 14.8 -M *
Canyon 7870 -M -M * 18.9 -M *
Castle Creek 8400 -M .0 * 10.5 15.0 70
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9860 -M .0 * 26.4 25.8 102
Cold Springs 9630 .0 .0 * 15.8 18.4 86
Cole Creek 7850 -M .0 * 17.9 24.6 73
Deer Park 9700 -M .0 * 28.3 26.2 108
Dome Lake 8880 .0 .0 * 24.4 24.6 99
East Boulder Mine 6335 -M .0 * 24.2 24.7 98
Evening Star 9200 .0 .0 * 35.2 39.6 89
Fisher Creek 9100 -M .0 * 40.0 46.6 86
Grave Springs 8550 .1 .0 * 16.1 16.4 98
Hansen Sawmill 8360 -M .0 * 16.6 18.8 88
Hobbs Park 10100 .0 .0 * 25.4 24.3 105
Kirwin 9550 -M .0 * 21.6 21.5 100
Little Goose 8870 .0 .0 * 24.1 23.4 103
Little Warm 9370 .0 .0 * 19.1 19.4 98
Marquette 8760 -M .0 * 25.0 21.1 118
Middle Powder 7760 -M .0 * 17.9 18.6 96
Monument Peak 8850 -M .0 * -M 33.8 *
Northeast Entrance 7350 .0 .0 * 19.4 20.4 95
Owl Creek 8975 -M .0 * 13.8 14.7 94
Parker Peak 9400 .0 .0 * 31.8 29.1 109
Placer Basin 8830 -M .0 * 30.3 31.4 96
Porcupine 6500 -M .0 * 21.9 22.8 96
Powder River Pass 9480 -M .0 * 20.4 23.7 86
S Fork Shields 8100 -M .0 * 34.0 36.8 92
Sacajawea 6550 -M .0 * 31.7 39.4 80
Shell Creek 9580 .0 .0 * 21.9 24.2 90
Shower Falls 8100 -M .0 * 39.0 41.0 95
Soldier Park 8720 -M .0 * 16.8 18.4 91
South Pass 9040 -M .0 * 24.9 24.3 102
St. Lawrence Alt 8620 .0 -M * 15.7 -M *
Sucker Creek 8880 -M .0 * 27.4 26.2 105
Sylvan Lake 8420 -M .0 * 31.5 34.6 91
Sylvan Road 7120 .0 .0 * 19.2 23.6 81
Thumb Divide 7980 .1 .0 * 23.2 26.0 89
Tie Creek 6870 -M .0 * 20.9 22.5 93
Timber Creek 7950 -M .0 * 18.2 17.8 102
Togwotee Pass 9580 -M .0 * 27.1 33.8 80
Townsend Creek 8700 -M .0 * 20.9 21.6 97
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 -M .0 * 34.3 38.1 90
White Mill 8700 .0 .0 * 27.8 33.2 84
Wolverine 7650 .0 .0 * 17.8 19.2 93
Younts Peak 8350 .0 .0 * 20.8 22.6 92
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Basin Index (%) * 92
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-M = Missing data
* = Data may not provide a valid measure of conditions.
Units = inches for the Current and Median (or Average) Snow Water Equivalent and
Total Precipitation values
If the Basin Index (%) value is flagged as potentially
invalid, care should be taken to evaluate if the value is representative
of conditions in the basin.
The SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT Percent of Median (or Average) represents the snow water
equivalent found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin compared to
the Median (or Average) value for those sites on this day.
The TOTAL PRECIPITATION Percent of Median (or Average) represents the total precipitation
(beginning October 1st) found at selected SNOTEL sites in or near the basin
compared to the Median (or Average) value for those sites on this day.
Contact your state water supply staff for assistance.
Medians and averages are calculated for the period 1991-2020.
Provisional data, subject to revision.
* Site -- Either: (a) the current value is missing; (b) the median or
average for the day is not available or is zero; or (c) for snow water
equivalent, the median or average for the day is less than 10% of the maximum
median or average value for the year.
* Basin - More than half of the stations for a basin with medians (or averages) report missing or invalid data
The basin index is calculated as the sum of the valid current values
divided by the sum of the corresponding medians or averages and the resulting fraction
multiplied by 100.
