Station Overview Station Location
Station Number MT-PW-3 Latitude 46.99372
Station Name Ovando 2.9 SW Longitude -113.17423
County Powell Elevation (ft) 4057



Month 30 Yr Avg by PRISM Total Prcp Sum Days Covered By All Observations Daily Prcp Sum Daily Observation Count Multiday Prcp Sum Days Covered by Multiday Observations Multiday Observation Count Days With Prcp Days With Trace Total Snowfall Days With Snowfall Days With Snow On Ground
Oct 11 1.10 1.95 16 0.87 9 1.08 7 3 9 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 11 1.35 1.20 17 0.89 10 0.31 7 2 9 1 11.8 9 7
Dec 11 1.51 1.54 16 1.53 10 0.01 6 1 9 1 9.6 6 3
Jan 12 1.45 2.46 15 2.46 15 0.00 0 0 12 3 36.4 9 9
Feb 12 1.06 1.45 14 1.45 14 0.00 0 0 12 1 13.8 11 8
March 12 0.85 2.06 15 2.06 15 0.00 0 0 15 0 13.2 6 10
April 12 0.92 1.15 14 1.08 7 0.07 7 1 6 0 1.0 1 1
May 12 2.07 1.51 12 1.51 12 0.00 0 0 12 0 0.0 0 0
June 12 2.25 1.72 12 1.72 12 0.00 0 0 12 0 0.0 0 0
July 12 1.14 0.19 6 0.19 6 0.00 0 0 6 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 12 1.28 0.45 6 0.45 6 0.00 0 0 6 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 12 1.34 0.02 1 0.02 1 0.00 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 16.32" 15.70" 144 days 14.23" 117 1.47" 27 days 7 109 days 6 days 85.8" 42 days 38 days



Days in Water Year Cell Color Key
        Daily Observation with Prcp         Missing Day
        Multiday Observation         Daily/Multiday Observation Conflict

Day of Year Daily Prcp Multiday Prcp
10/1/2011
10/2/2011 0.04
10/3/2011
10/4/2011
10/5/2011 0.20
10/6/2011
10/7/2011 0.07
10/8/2011 0.05
10/9/2011
10/10/2011
10/11/2011 0.04
10/12/2011
10/13/2011
10/14/2011 **
10/15/2011 **
10/16/2011 0.50
10/17/2011 0.09
10/18/2011
10/19/2011
10/20/2011
10/21/2011 0.04
10/22/2011 **
10/23/2011 0.50
10/24/2011 0.13
10/25/2011 **
10/26/2011 0.08
10/27/2011
10/28/2011
10/29/2011
10/30/2011
10/31/2011 0.21
11/1/2011
11/2/2011 T
11/3/2011
11/4/2011
11/5/2011 **
11/6/2011 **
11/7/2011 0.20
11/8/2011
11/9/2011
11/10/2011
11/11/2011
11/12/2011 0.09
11/13/2011 0.04
11/14/2011 0.13
11/15/2011 0.13
11/16/2011 0.08
11/17/2011 0.13
11/18/2011 0.02
11/19/2011 0.24
11/20/2011 0.03
11/21/2011
11/22/2011
11/23/2011
11/24/2011
11/25/2011 **
11/26/2011 **
11/27/2011 **
11/28/2011 0.11
11/29/2011
11/30/2011
12/1/2011 0.01 **
12/2/2011 **
12/3/2011 **
12/4/2011 **
12/5/2011 **
12/6/2011 0.01
12/7/2011
12/8/2011
12/9/2011
12/10/2011
12/11/2011
12/12/2011
12/13/2011
12/14/2011
12/15/2011 T
12/16/2011 0.02
12/17/2011
12/18/2011
12/19/2011 0.28
12/20/2011
12/21/2011 0.15
12/22/2011
12/23/2011
12/24/2011
12/25/2011
12/26/2011 0.06
12/27/2011
12/28/2011 0.12
12/29/2011 0.55
12/30/2011 0.11
12/31/2011 0.23
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2012
1/2/2012
1/3/2012
1/4/2012
1/5/2012
1/6/2012
1/7/2012
1/8/2012
1/9/2012
1/10/2012 0.13
1/11/2012 0.14
1/12/2012
1/13/2012
1/14/2012
1/15/2012 T
1/16/2012 T
1/17/2012 T
1/18/2012 0.35
1/19/2012 0.40
1/20/2012 0.78
1/21/2012
1/22/2012 0.10
1/23/2012
1/24/2012 0.04
1/25/2012 0.18
1/26/2012 0.05
1/27/2012 0.09
1/28/2012
1/29/2012 0.12
1/30/2012 0.08
1/31/2012
2/1/2012
2/2/2012
2/3/2012
2/4/2012
2/5/2012
2/6/2012
2/7/2012
2/8/2012
2/9/2012 0.06
2/10/2012 0.00
2/11/2012 0.13
2/12/2012
2/13/2012
2/14/2012 0.03
2/15/2012 T
2/16/2012
2/17/2012 0.01
2/18/2012 0.03
2/19/2012 0.02
2/20/2012 0.11
2/21/2012 0.05
2/22/2012 0.40
2/23/2012 0.48
2/24/2012 0.03
2/25/2012 0.10
2/26/2012
2/27/2012
2/28/2012
2/29/2012
3/1/2012
3/2/2012 0.04
3/3/2012 0.03
3/4/2012 0.01
3/5/2012
3/6/2012 0.02
3/7/2012
3/8/2012
3/9/2012
3/10/2012
3/11/2012
3/12/2012 0.01
3/13/2012
3/14/2012 0.03
3/15/2012
3/16/2012 0.16
3/17/2012
3/18/2012 0.13
3/19/2012 0.57
3/20/2012
3/21/2012 0.23
3/22/2012 0.15
3/23/2012
3/24/2012 0.20
3/25/2012
3/26/2012
3/27/2012
3/28/2012
3/29/2012 0.13
3/30/2012 0.09
3/31/2012 0.26
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2012 0.10
4/2/2012
4/3/2012
4/4/2012
4/5/2012
4/6/2012
4/7/2012 0.09
4/8/2012
4/9/2012
4/10/2012
4/11/2012
4/12/2012 0.19
4/13/2012
4/14/2012
4/15/2012 0.00
4/16/2012
4/17/2012
4/18/2012
4/19/2012 **
4/20/2012 **
4/21/2012 **
4/22/2012 **
4/23/2012 **
4/24/2012 **
4/25/2012 0.07
4/26/2012 0.11
4/27/2012 0.57
4/28/2012 0.02
4/29/2012
4/30/2012
5/1/2012
5/2/2012
5/3/2012 0.09
5/4/2012 0.09
5/5/2012 0.10
5/6/2012 0.04
5/7/2012
5/8/2012
5/9/2012
5/10/2012
5/11/2012
5/12/2012
5/13/2012
5/14/2012
5/15/2012
5/16/2012
5/17/2012
5/18/2012 0.01
5/19/2012
5/20/2012
5/21/2012
5/22/2012 0.30
5/23/2012 0.30
5/24/2012 0.03
5/25/2012
5/26/2012
5/27/2012 0.21
5/28/2012 0.24
5/29/2012 0.03
5/30/2012 0.07
5/31/2012
6/1/2012 0.07
6/2/2012 0.03
6/3/2012 0.12
6/4/2012
6/5/2012 0.07
6/6/2012 0.45
6/7/2012 0.02
6/8/2012
6/9/2012
6/10/2012 0.14
6/11/2012 0.05
6/12/2012
6/13/2012 0.20
6/14/2012
6/15/2012
6/16/2012
6/17/2012 0.33
6/18/2012 0.21
6/19/2012
6/20/2012
6/21/2012
6/22/2012
6/23/2012
6/24/2012
6/25/2012
6/26/2012
6/27/2012 0.03
6/28/2012
6/29/2012
6/30/2012
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2012
7/2/2012
7/3/2012 0.02
7/4/2012
7/5/2012
7/6/2012
7/7/2012
7/8/2012
7/9/2012
7/10/2012
7/11/2012 0.02
7/12/2012
7/13/2012
7/14/2012 0.02
7/15/2012 0.01
7/16/2012
7/17/2012
7/18/2012
7/19/2012
7/20/2012
7/21/2012 0.07
7/22/2012
7/23/2012
7/24/2012
7/25/2012
7/26/2012
7/27/2012
7/28/2012 0.05
7/29/2012
7/30/2012
7/31/2012
8/1/2012
8/2/2012
8/3/2012 0.08
8/4/2012
8/5/2012
8/6/2012
8/7/2012
8/8/2012
8/9/2012 0.03
8/10/2012
8/11/2012
8/12/2012
8/13/2012
8/14/2012
8/15/2012 0.03
8/16/2012 0.04
8/17/2012
8/18/2012
8/19/2012
8/20/2012
8/21/2012
8/22/2012 0.02
8/23/2012
8/24/2012
8/25/2012
8/26/2012
8/27/2012
8/28/2012 0.25
8/29/2012
8/30/2012
8/31/2012
9/1/2012
9/2/2012
9/3/2012
9/4/2012
9/5/2012
9/6/2012
9/7/2012 0.02
9/8/2012
9/9/2012
9/10/2012
9/11/2012
9/12/2012
9/13/2012
9/14/2012
9/15/2012
9/16/2012
9/17/2012
9/18/2012
9/19/2012
9/20/2012
9/21/2012
9/22/2012
9/23/2012
9/24/2012
9/25/2012
9/26/2012
9/27/2012
9/28/2012
9/29/2012
9/30/2012



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/2/2011 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Big cell blew thru at 4 pm'ish with a lot of wind, thunder, lightning and rain. Lasted about 10 minutes then was gone. High in the mid-70's. Lows in the mid-40's.
10/5/2011 8:00 AM 0.20 M M M M Morning reached 60 and sunny then quickly fell to clouds, light rain and 50* for rest of day. Heaviest rain came in after dark. Low this morning 44*.
10/7/2011 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Highs in the 40's with light rain and wind and just a cold miserable day.
10/8/2011 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Cold and miserable day yesterday. Snow showing on the peaks around us. Hopefully some Indian Summer will follow after five days of yuck.
10/11/2011 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
10/17/2011 8:00 AM 0.09 M M M M
10/21/2011 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
10/24/2011 8:30 AM 0.13 M M M M Low this morning 39. High 53. Rain started overnight.
10/31/2011 9:00 AM 0.21 M M M M Stormy starting after 9 pm. Lows around 40. Rain heavy at times until around 8 am. High Sunday 48.
11/2/2011 8:00 AM T T M M M High yesterday 35 with heavy snow all around us but not on us. Highway 141, north of hwy 200 all received measurable amounts that did not melt. Low this morning 12 under clear skies.
11/12/2011 8:00 AM 0.09 0.1 0.09 T T Temperature rose from 30* to 38* from 6 pm to 2 am, before it lowered enough to make snow. Currently 30, light winds, bp 29.72.
11/13/2011 9:00 AM 0.04 0.3 M T M Low of 28 around 9 pm then rose to 31 with very light snow and winds. This morning it was 35. Not much snow. A lot of wind. Just like yesterday.
11/14/2011 9:00 AM 0.13 3.0 0.13 3.5 M Highs and lows all hovering between 30 and 33. Periods of heavy blowing snow. Snow continuous all day long and over night but warmer temps kept snow levels down.
11/15/2011 8:30 AM 0.13 2.2 0.13 5.5 M Currently 16* with light snow falling. Day 4 of no sun. Yesterday high 33 with winds and snow throughout.
11/16/2011 9:00 AM 0.08 1.0 M 6.0 M Currently 10-below and sunny [finally]. yesterday high of 26, windy and snowy.
11/17/2011 8:00 AM 0.13 1.8 M 7.0 M High yesterday 20 [maybe] under dull high clouds sunny skies but no snow until after midnight. Low at 9 pm 15, then temps started up. Currently 20 with heavy snow, bp on the rise at 29.95.
11/18/2011 8:00 AM 0.02 1.5 0.02 9.0 M High yesterday in upper 30's turning the snow on the road into slop. Low 20. Snow started back up around 7:30 this morning with east winds. Heavy at times.
11/19/2011 9:00 AM 0.24 1.5 0.24 8.5 M Amount of melted snow may also include the frozen dregs of yesterday, hence the 1/4" reading. Yesterday 20* at 9 am, dropping each hour. Blowing snow all day long making accumulation measurements very hard. Low last night 4. Currently 6 with some blue sky poking out from all the clouds.
11/20/2011 9:00 AM 0.03 0.4 0.03 7.5 M High yesterday 15, low 10 with very light dry snow at night. Currently 12, bp 30.30, and all clouds.
12/1/2011 10:00 AM 0.01 0.0 M 4.0 M High Wed 35 under cloudy skies. Big snow storm never formed here, albiet for a quick cell that blew snow but didn't stick as too warm. Low this morning 7 under sunny! skies.
12/15/2011 8:00 AM T T M M M No measureable snow since Nov 25 and still none. Only a skiff yesterday. High 31. How 25. Currently same as yesterday.
12/16/2011 9:00 AM 0.02 0.1 M M M High yesterday 32 with light snow thru-out the day. Low 23. Currently 34 --- oh ohhhh. It's gonna be a slippery sloppy day out there.
12/19/2011 9:00 AM 0.28 2.5 M M M First measureable snow in almost a month. High yesterday 41. Low 22. Snow came in around 9 pm, at 28* so very wet. Recvd ~2.5" with 1/4" of water. Currently some sun and clouds.
12/21/2011 8:00 AM 0.15 3.0 0.15 M M High yesterday between 37 [on paved highway] and 33 [on snow covered dirt road]. Snow started after midnight. Low 28. Recvd a nice 3" of snow.
12/26/2011 8:30 AM 0.06 1.9 M M M High yesterday: 25. Winds arrived at 9 pm and temp soared to 35 by 10 pm. Low this morning 28 with snow sometime after 11 pm measuring almost 2". Currently 29, cloudy, breezy with a few flakes blowing around.
12/28/2011 11:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M M M High yesterday 44 with high winds under mostly cloudy skies. Low 33. Rain started lightly in late evening. Currently 39 and still raining lightly but no wind.
12/29/2011 9:00 AM 0.55 0.0 M 5.0 M Crazy weather. High yesterday 39 under calm cloudy skies with light rain all day that resulted in over 1/2" of precip. By 4 pm it was 34 where it stayed until 4 am when the high winds blasted thru with heavy rain/hail mix, and pushing the temp up to 39 where it remains. Currently high winds and light snow falling under broken skies.
12/30/2011 8:30 AM 0.11 1.8 M 5.5 M High yesterday 43 under mostly cloudy skies and very high winds. Low last night 26 then rising to 29 when the snow started leaving just under 2". Currently spitting ice.
12/31/2011 9:00 AM 0.23 0.3 M M M High yesterday 37 with winds in late afternoon. precip came as rain/ice/snow. Low this morning 27. Currently partly sunny and windy.
1/10/2012 10:00 AM 0.13 M M 3.0 M Miserable weather. Light rain on top of ice and we have dangerous driving or walking conditions. Low last night was 17 at 1 am. Then 35 at 8 am with winds. We are in dire need of snow now.
1/11/2012 9:00 AM 0.14 2.3 M 6.5 M Wind arrived around 1 pm bringing wet snow at 35 degrees, then temps started falling. By 2 pm it hit 32 and blowing snow started sticking. Pulses of blowing snow continued until 9 pm bringing over 2". Low this morning 7 degrees under clear skies.
1/15/2012 9:00 AM T T M M M
1/16/2012 9:00 AM T T M M M Low this morning 6. High yesterday 23. Light snow in around 8 pm with not much accumulation.
1/17/2012 8:30 AM T T M 6.0 M Currently 13* with very light snow falling and calm. Everybody scrambling for the Big Storm forecasted.
1/18/2012 8:30 AM 0.35 5.0 M 11.0 M Low and current temp 19. High yesterday 22. Light to moderate snow all day long that accumulated to 5" by morning. Winds came between late evening and early morning. Still snowing very lighty but forecast says to start plowing now!
1/19/2012 8:00 AM 0.40 19.0 M 29.0 M High yesteray 19. Low 18. Heavy snow in afternoon. Went from 2" new snow until 2pm, then 17" thereafter. Total accumulation 19" in 23 hrs. BP 29.93 and steady. Still snowing heavy. Need a break in this soonest. Can't get to area for total snow on ground but guessing it is around 29".
1/20/2012 8:30 AM 0.78 5.0 M 31.0 M High yesterday 25. Low 19. Light snow all day long then heavier at night for a total of 5" more; bringing 3 day total to 29". Horses up to their bellies and deer to their shoulders and the plow can't cut it. Please make it stop for a while so we can open up our 9 miles of road. Some of today's melted snow amount may be from yesterday's as couldn't empty guage due to heavy snow at the time.
1/22/2012 9:00 AM 0.10 0.3 M 23.5 M High yesterday 36. Low 27. Very wet snow squall in afternoon and light snow in middle of night has shrunk Snow pack by 6" and made it very crusty. Currently: blue skies and sun for the first time in almost a week.
1/24/2012 8:00 AM 0.04 0.7 M M M High yesterday 33. Low this morning 9-below zero. Snow in the morning then breaking up in afternoon to pleasant, partially sunny day.
1/25/2012 8:00 AM 0.18 1.3 M 23.0 M High yesterday 13. Low 13 at midnight then rising to 30 by am; along with winds and 1+" of snow before turning to ice.
1/26/2012 9:00 AM 0.05 0.8 M M M High yesterday 40, with high winds and a few snow squalls mixed with ice. Low 30 with light snow falling this morning. Need to dig out trail to total snow location. To hard to get there currently.
1/27/2012 8:00 AM 0.09 2.0 M M M Snow squalls thru out the day. Measurements showed 2" however most of it melted/settled during the day.
1/29/2012 8:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M 18.5 M High yesterday 36. Low 30 at 8 pm then 40 at 3 am. Go figure. Got almost 2" of snow after 8 pm which then melted in the rain.
1/30/2012 8:00 AM 0.08 0.0 M M M light rain at night leaving very icy road conditions
2/9/2012 8:00 AM 0.06 1.3 M M M Low Wednesday morning: -4*. High Wednesday: +22*. Low Thursday morning: 24*. Snow came in early morning hours.
2/10/2012 7:30 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M At 7:30 snow was just beginning to fall so will await tallying it all up tomorrow. High yesterday 36. Low 18.
2/11/2012 9:00 AM 0.13 2.5 M M M Hi yesteray 31. Low 23. Snowed al day long for a total of 2.5". Winds came up in the evening.
2/14/2012 8:30 AM 0.03 0.5 M 16.5 M High yesterday of 35 under cloudy skies. Light Snow came after 9 pm with light winds equaling ony 1/2" with a low of 27. Currenty sunny, calm.
2/15/2012 8:00 AM T T M 15.5 M High yesterday 33. Low last night 9. Currently 15, lightly snowing [starte around 7 am], cloudy and calm.
2/17/2012 8:00 AM 0.01 0.2 M 18.0 M Snow started falling this mornig, moerately for a short time at 27*. The total accumulation has been altered as I found the final 2 inches that I thought were pavement was actually ice.
2/18/2012 8:00 AM 0.03 0.1 M M M High yesterday 35*. Low this morning 18. Snow started sometime in the early morning hours.
2/19/2012 8:30 AM 0.02 0.8 M M M Snow squalls, some heavy, passed over throughout the day. High above freezig which caused snow accumulation to be less than expected. Low 23 last night with very light snow falling currently.
2/20/2012 8:00 AM 0.11 1.0 M 19.0 M High yesterday 35 with snow squalls arriving in afternoon, heavy at times. Low 25.
2/21/2012 8:00 AM 0.05 1.5 M 20.0 M High yesterday above freezing. Low last night 28. Currently 32 and snowing. Total accum since last night 1.5" with 20" on the ground now.
2/22/2012 8:30 AM 0.40 0.0 M M M High yesterday 40. Low 34. Light to moderate snow all day that never accumulated just melted. Currently 37 and calm. Can't get to total snow measurement as even with YakTrax it is a tobaggan run on our driveway.
2/23/2012 8:00 AM 0.48 3.1 M 19.0 M High yesterday 39 with rain all day long until 4:30 pm when it quickly became grapple then snow which fell off and on for a total of +3". Currently 29 with partial clearing.
2/24/2012 8:30 AM 0.03 0.5 M 18.0 M High yesterday 31. Low 24. Cloudy all day with a little snow in early am. Currently cloudy, calm and I can count the flakes as they slowly fall from the sky.
2/25/2012 9:00 AM 0.10 2.3 M 19.0 M High yesterday 34. Mostly cloudy. Low 20. Snow started at early am. Currently 32, cloudy with winds.
3/2/2012 8:30 AM 0.04 0.3 M 17.0 M High yesterday 33 for about 15 minutes then the snow squalls started, dropping temps to 27 with one cell bringing high winds, blowing snow and white out conditions. But thru it all, only 1/2" of snow came out of it. Low this morning 23.
3/3/2012 8:30 AM 0.03 0.1 M 17.0 M High 30. Low 28. Currently 31 with very light snow falling.
3/4/2012 10:00 AM 0.01 M M 18.0 M Low last night 40. High yesterday 41. Morning snow and winds, heavy for about 1 hr, then turned to ice then windy and some sun. Currently 48, sunny and windy. Interesting stat; last year we had 15.5" of snow still on the ground. Currently we have 18" And we're suppose to have less snow than last year.
3/6/2012 8:00 AM 0.02 T M M M High yesterday 50. Low 27. Rained until midnight then turned to snow. Not much accumulation.
3/12/2012 9:00 AM 0.01 T M 10.5 M Highs this week in the low 50's. Lows in the upper teens to low 20's. Melt Season is on! Short 'n' heavy hail storm followed by short 'n' heavy rain/sleet/snow fell around 5:30 pm. Then more of the usual: nothing.
3/14/2012 10:00 AM 0.03 0.5 M 9.0 M By noon it was 54* and sunny. By 2 pm temps dropped by 22 degrees,winds started howling and heavy snow fell horizontal. Got 1/2" after 2 hours. Low 24.
3/16/2012 9:00 AM 0.16 0.0 M M M Hi yestrday 44. Low 37. Cloudy. Rain started around 4:30 pm.
3/18/2012 8:00 AM 0.13 T M M M
3/19/2012 10:00 AM 0.57 9.0 M 20.5 M Sunday started off with light rain then by noon turned to snow. Within 3 hours 9" had fallen at this location altho surrounding flatlands only recvd half as much. Following storm temps rose above freezing by 4 pm shrinking snow levels; however that rose again with early morning blowing snow. And here we thought we were done plowing for the season. :-(
3/21/2012 8:00 AM 0.23 2.3 M 18.0 M High 34 late in the day. Early evening snow that didn't stick. Low 31 with snow starting sometime in early hours and sticking to over 2" so far and still snowing moderately. FYI the 18" on the ground is real. Measured on a tennis court away from trees etc. So I'm not making this up.
3/22/2012 10:00 AM 0.15 1.0 M 18.0 M Light to moderate snow all day long that accumulated to another inch that melted mid-afternoon. High 36. Low 26. Mud: Increasing.
3/24/2012 8:00 AM 0.20 T M 15.0 M Snow heavy at times with huge flakes all day until afternoon, altho didn't stick. High after storm moved out at 3 pm: 41. Low 27
3/29/2012 9:00 AM 0.13 M M 13.0 M Early morning light showers to .03", followed by sun and temps reachig 50*. At 2:50pm a massive cell came over dropping temps to 35*, high winds, thunder and lightening with heavy horizontal hail and slushy snow which left .10" precip on its passing an hour later. Low last night 22*. And yes we still have over a foot of icy snow on the ground away from tree wells. It's called north facing slope.
3/30/2012 8:30 AM 0.09 M M M M High yesterday 51 with sun. Low 37 with clouds. Rain started this morning.
3/31/2012 8:00 AM 0.26 M M M M High 55* rain off 'n' on all day. Low 34 with more rain in am.
4/1/2012 9:00 AM 0.10 M M M M High Sat 59. Low this morning: 34. Light rain thru out the night that was preceeded with high winds.
4/7/2012 8:00 AM 0.09 1.0 M 7.0 M Snowed all day but started sticking at 3 pm. High 34. Low 24. Snow on ground has mostly receeded with up to 7" on the more stubborn shadow areas.
4/12/2012 8:00 AM 0.19 M M M M High yesterday 71!!!! Low this morning 40. Rain, heavy at times, started around 2 am. Currently light rain, winds and 42. Back to normal.
4/15/2012 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High yesterday 53. Low 33. Currently cloudy, breezy with light mist. No rain.
4/26/2012 9:00 AM 0.11 M M M M High 61. Low 43. Rain came around midnight. Moderately heavy for a while then...gone.
4/27/2012 8:00 AM 0.57 M M M M Hi yesterday 62. Low 33. Rain all day, sometimes heavy, especially around 4pm when a large squall passed thru with torrential rain, and winds high enough to topple trees. Currently 35 and snowing but not sticking.
4/28/2012 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M High 41. Low 35. windy. periodic peridos of slush/ice/snow and graubple. But not much accumulation.
5/3/2012 8:00 AM 0.09 M M M M High 46. Low 21. Snow/sleet/hail/grauple all day that never stuck.
5/4/2012 8:00 AM 0.09 M M M M High 5 [At 5 pm], low 37. Light rain all morning. Then heavy rains after midnight.
5/5/2012 8:00 AM 0.10 M M M M
5/6/2012 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Rain gauge # is probably low as we had a steady stream of grauple cells which kept the day interesting, with snow about 500 feet above us. Some of it bounced out of the container rather than enter it. At 3 pm a very heavy cell came thru dropping pea sized graupel [not hail as it was not paintful when it hit].
5/18/2012 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
5/22/2012 9:15 AM 0.30 M M M M High 67. Low 50. Awoke to breif bright sun; within half hour went to rain.
5/23/2012 8:30 AM 0.30 M M M M High yesterday 52. Low 40. Rain in the morning then partial sunny with scattered showers and cold winds. Currentl sittin' in a patch of blue surrounded by dark clouds, 43 degrees with winds.
5/24/2012 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
5/27/2012 8:00 AM 0.21 T M M M High yesterday 43 under very cloudy, windy, cold conditions with zero precip the last several days until after midnight. Then recv 1/4" of rain with snow early this morning. Currently still spitting snow and rain.
5/28/2012 8:00 AM 0.24 M M M M Hi yesterday 42. Low 39. cloudy, windy, just plain miserable all day. Currently warmer, but still cloudy and spitting drizzle.
5/29/2012 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
5/30/2012 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
6/1/2012 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M High yesterday 57. Low 40. Currently clouds, cool and light drizzle.
6/2/2012 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M High 62 after 6:30 with the sun finally came out. For the most part it was 57. Lights showers in the morning, clouds in afternoon, awesome clearing and sun in the evening.
6/3/2012 8:00 AM 0.12 M M M M High 62. Cloudy all day with occassionaly heavy downpours, For the 3rd day in a row the clouds lifted and the sun came out by 6:30 pm offering a beautiful end to a soggy day.
6/5/2012 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M The Big Storm at 4 pm missed us in Ovando by veering off to the east and west slamming Lincoln, Clearwater, Seeley etc and leaving us with only some winds and little precip. Around 4:30 pm saw what looked like a funnel cloud just to our NW rotating with two hooks as it headed toward the Bob Marshall. Some marble size hail hit for a few seconds. Pity the rest of you around us.
6/6/2012 8:00 AM 0.45 M M M M Once again the storms veered east of us until after 5:30 pm. The next 12 hours provided .45" of rain. Currently still lightly raining, 39*, and windy.
6/7/2012 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Light rain thruout morning until clearing after noon. High around 56. Low this morning a startling 25. Good bye garden. Currently sunny, warming, and totally awesome. Go out and enjoy!
6/10/2012 8:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Still cold cruddy miserable weather.
6/11/2012 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
6/13/2012 8:00 AM 0.20 M M M M sunny and warm yesterday until afternoon when clouds came in. rain didn't start until after 1 am, then delivered almost a quarter inch by 8 am. Clouds breaking as I type.
6/17/2012 8:30 AM 0.33 M M M M Beautiful day Sat with sun, high clouds and temps around 73. Got breezing in afternoon. Rain started well after 1 am dropping over 1/4" in less than 7 hours. Currently still raining.
6/18/2012 8:00 AM 0.21 M M M M Windy and stormy.
6/27/2012 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Late morning storm brought little precip to us, but 63+ mph winds that lasted over 1/2 hour and knocked out power for 10 hours. Temp dropped from 80* at 10 am to 60* within minutes. Trees littered everywhere and the following brown-out fried electrical circuits. T-storms bypassed us on the west and north. Post-storm high tep 63, this morning low 48. Oh what a day.
7/3/2012 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M First bit of rain in a week? Came in at 5:30 am with a t-storm. lastest about 5 seconds.
7/11/2012 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M first bit of rain in weeks. not enought tho and lasted only a few minutes.
7/14/2012 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
7/15/2012 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
7/21/2012 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M First real rain since June arrived late afternoon. Finally. Came with a lot of lightening so we're watching for "smokes" the next week. High around 90. Low in the 50's.
7/28/2012 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M late evening t-storm left a lot of lightening but not as much rain as we would have liked.
8/3/2012 8:00 AM 0.08 M M M M T-storm came thru around 1:30 am with a couple of fierce thunder bumpers and some decent rain with 1/16th"; the best since June. High yesterday 73. Low 47.
8/9/2012 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Large t-storm arrived around 7 pm. Counted 20+ lightening with most being sheet. Thunder constant for 1 hour. Moderate rain fell but not enough to quell anxiety over lightening strike fires that are already being reported east of here. Prior to the storms the skies were very smokey brown/gold. Made for irritable throats, eyes and temperments. High yesterday 94.
8/15/2012 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Temp at 6 am 55*. Temp at 8 am 50*. Light to moderate rain started at around 7 am. Chilled wet air feels really good currently. As long as it only lasts a day or too. It is still August after all. Yesterday very windy and 88*.
8/16/2012 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Rain in the morning for an addtl .04" then cloudy and cold [for august] with temps at 52*. Cleared in early evening with temps reaching 62* by 6 pm. Low this morning 31*. Good thing I covered the garden.
8/22/2012 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M T-storm came thru around 4 pm with some vicious strikes east of us. Only got .02" of precip. High around 85. This morning had ground fog. Fall coming early?
8/28/2012 8:00 AM 0.25 M M M M Storms started up around 3 pm with good rains that left .07 in the first pass and then .18 in the second. Plenty of cloud-cloud lightening with some strikes. Hoping the rains will keep fires down but with 40 mph winds forecasted tomorrow that is doubtful. Due to rains morning fog was patchy and thick.
9/7/2012 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Rained surprised us at 1:15 pm for about 15 minutes. High only in the 60's.



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
10/14/2011 10/16/2011 8:30 AM 3 0.50 M M
10/22/2011 10/23/2011 4:00 PM 2 0.50 M M
10/25/2011 10/26/2011 9:00 AM 2 0.08 M M
11/5/2011 11/07/2011 9:00 AM 3 0.20 0.1 M
11/25/2011 11/28/2011 12:00 AM 4 0.11 2.0 M
12/1/2011 12/06/2011 9:00 AM 6 0.01 4.0 M
4/19/2012 4/25/2012 9:00 AM 7 0.07 M M



Observation Date Observation Time Notes Largest Stone Size Average Stone Size Smallest Stone Size Stone Consistency Duration Minutes Durration Accuracy Damage Timing More Rain than Hail Hail Started Largest Hail Started Angle of Impact Number of Stones on Pad Distance Between Stones on Pad Depth of Stones on Ground