| Observation Date |
Observation Time |
Precipitation |
Snowfall |
Snowfall SWE |
Snow Depth |
Snow SWE |
Notes |
| 5/22/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.08 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 5/23/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 5/24/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
It seemed like it rained heavier in the city of Helena than out in the valley. |
| 5/25/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 5/26/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.40 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 5/27/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.30 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 5/28/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 5/29/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 5/30/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 5/31/2019 |
6:00 PM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 6/1/2019 |
6:00 PM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sprinkle last evening. A few rumbles of thunder today. No precip here during the day today. |
| 6/2/2019 |
6:00 PM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Just a few drops last evening. A rumble of thunder late this afternoon. |
| 6/3/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 6/4/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 6/5/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 6/6/2019 |
6:00 PM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 6/7/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.05 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 6/8/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.04 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A rumble of thunder this afternoon along with pea size hail. |
| 6/9/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light rain shower on Saturday evening. Wind breezy this afternoon. Starting to dry lawn grasses out. |
| 6/10/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Mostly cloudy. Looked like it was going to sprinkle at times but didn't. Looked like a few showers over the mountains this evening. |
| 6/11/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 6/12/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 6/23/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Peak wind gust around 27 mph with the showers mid afternoon. |
| 6/24/2019 |
6:00 PM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A few sprinkles this morning. |
| 6/25/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 6/26/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.07 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Most of the rainfall fell last evening. |
| 6/27/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.20 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.15 inches in the mid afternoon storm, then 0.05 inches in the late afternoon storm. My peak wind gust was estimated near 30 mph at 245 PM. |
| 6/28/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 6/29/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.07 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 6/30/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 7/1/2019 |
6:00 PM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A few rumbles of thunder last night. A few drops of rain on the window today. |
| 7/2/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 7/3/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.10 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Some precip last evening and again during the late morning. Thunderstorm late morning. |
| 7/4/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Nice day in the valley. Warm this afternoon in the sun. High of 77. Rain showers all went to the south of me, over the Elkhorn Mountains. |
| 7/5/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
4 rumbles of thunder this afternoon. Showers went all around the Helena valley last night through this afternoon. |
| 7/6/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.10 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
2 storms, one early this morning, one mid afternoon. Both had 0.05 inches of rainfall. No hail here. Peak wind gust around 25 mph at 330 PM. |
| 7/7/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.22 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A few rounds of thunderstorms in the past 24 hours. Rainfall was heavier last night in the city of Helena and this afternoon over the northern portions of the valley. Peak wind gust estimated near 50 mph late this afternoon. |
| 7/8/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.07 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A few light showers over the past 24 hours. No thunder heard here, but did hear some say they heard thunder in town today. |
| 7/9/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.25 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A quarter inch of rainfall last night through this morning. Very nice rainfall for the valley. Didn't hear any thunder. |
| 7/10/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Warm day. High 86. Might have had a passing sprinkle at times over the last 24 hours, but did not notice any drops on pavement when looking, so 0.00 rainfall. |
| 7/11/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Another sunny and warm day. Showers went to the south early this evening. |
| 7/12/2019 |
6:00 PM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A very light sprinkle last evening. Sunny when the drops fell. |
| 7/13/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.05 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A few passing showers. Peak gust estimated near 57 mph around 350 PM. A few rumbles of thunder |
| 7/14/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.11 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Numerous passing thunderstorms over the past 24 hours. All showers only lasted a few minutes |
| 7/15/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A lightning strikes east of town last night and overhead this morning. Light shower late this afternoon, with a few rumbles of thunder. Peak gust estimated near 45 mph this afternoon. |
| 7/16/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 7/17/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 7/18/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 7/19/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 7/20/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 7/21/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 7/22/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 7/23/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.34 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A period of heavy rain and thunderstorms between 445 PM and 545 PM. Peak wind near 30 mph around 515 PM. |
| 7/24/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light rain shower at ob time last night. 6 claps of thunder last evening. Dry/windy this afternoon. Peak gust near 40 mph around 315 PM. |
| 7/25/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 7/26/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Wildfire developed on the north hills of the Helena Valley this afternoon. |
| 7/27/2019 |
6:00 PM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Thunderstorm went to the south of the house. A few drops here, heavier rainfall to the south by a few miles. Wildfire continues to burn in the North Hills. |
| 7/28/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Wildfire continues in the Helena north hills. You could see a wall of flames last night. Burned all day. Smoke went just to the east of the house. |
| 7/29/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 7/30/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.34 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
2 light thunderstorms last night. Only trace amounts from those. Heavy thunderstorm this afternoon. Peak gust near 50 mph. 0.34 inches rainfall in less than one hour. I did not see hail, but others around the area said it hailed up to pea size. Some minor ponding of water for a short time during the rainfall. |
| 7/31/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Warm day. Mostly sunny through 6 PM. |
| 8/1/2019 |
6:00 PM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A few sprinkles last night. Some thunder last night and this afternoon. The main part of the storms mainly went all around my house. |
| 8/4/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Hot and sunny day. High of 96. |
| 8/5/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny and hot once again. High 95 today. Wildfire northwest of town, near Flesher Pass. Heard it was about 1500 acres by 6 PM, with some evacuations starting in that area. |
| 8/6/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny and almost hot today. High 92. Wildfire northwest of town flared up starting early this afternoon. |
| 8/7/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light shower to the south of the house this morning, but no rain at my place. Nice evening, very warm again today. High 91. |
| 8/8/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Another very warm day. High 93. Drying out really good now, after 9 days in the 90s. |
| 8/9/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A thunderstorm late this afternoon. Heavier rainfall to my south. |
| 8/10/2019 |
5:30 PM |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A rumble of thunder last night and a light rain shower this morning. Thunderstorm approaching at 530 PM. Took ob early because of the storm. |
| 8/11/2019 |
5:00 PM |
1.29 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Numerous strong thunderstorms. Pea to dime size hail several times. Minor street flooding at times. Garden took a hit. Not destroyed, but some plants damaged. Flooding went away about 10 min after the rain stopped. |
| 8/12/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Just a light rain shower last evening and overnight. |
| 8/13/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny and warm day, after a cool start. Low was 46 and the high was 81. |
| 8/14/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny and warm this afternoon. |
| 8/15/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Nice day until late afternoon. Then wind picked up, blowing around 30 mph out of the north, now west. Temperature fell 10 degrees in the past hour. Showers went to the west and south of me. No rain here. |
| 8/16/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 8/17/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light rain shower this afternoon. |
| 8/18/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny and warm day. High 84. |
| 8/19/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny and very warm today. High 91. A thunderstorm developing over the mountains to west at observation time. |
| 8/20/2019 |
6:00 PM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A thunderstorm moved through between 6 PM and 7 PM last night. Only a trace of rain. Warm day today. High 87. |
| 8/21/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light showers west of my house at observation time. No rainfall here yet. Very warm today. High 91. |
| 8/22/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.21 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Showers went all around the house last night. Seen lightning over 80 miles away around 11 PM last night, the storms were north of Great Falls per radar. A few sprinkles this morning and a light rain shower early afternoon. A nice steady rain late this afternoon. |
| 8/23/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.25 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Very nice rain early this morning. Mostly cloudy until late afternoon, then sunny and nice. High 74. |
| 8/24/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Mostly cloudy and cool this morning, then it warmed up this afternoon. High 80. |
| 8/25/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
No rain here. Showers went all around us last night and today. Seen lightning estimated 100 miles east of me last night around 1030 PM radar estimated near Harlowtown. Sunny and windy late this afternoon. |
| 8/26/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Nice day, warm this afternoon. High 76. |
| 8/27/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny day. Cool morning, warm afternoon. Low 45. High 77. |
| 8/28/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny and warm day after a cool start. Low 45. High 88. |
| 8/29/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny this morning, then mostly cloudy this afternoon. No rain here. |
| 8/30/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.01 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light rain shower overnight. Partly cloudy through out the day. |
| 8/31/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny and warm day. High 87. Seen some distant lightning to the east of town around 1030 PM last night. Estimated about 70 to 90 miles away per radar. |
| 9/1/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Some clouds this morning, then sunny and very warm this afternoon. High 88. |
| 9/2/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny and very warm again today. High 88. |
| 9/3/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny and very warm day once again. High 89. |
| 9/4/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny and very warm today. High 92. Seen lightning to the west last night before 10 PM. No rain drops here last night the best I could tell. Wildfire near Boulder, MT blew up this afternoon. Could see the smoke to the south during the afternoon/evening. |
| 9/10/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.02 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Rain shower last evening. Cooler today. 59 degrees at mid afternoon, the clouds moved in and temperatures fell into the mid 50s by evening. Light rain began just before 6 PM again this evening. |
| 9/11/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.38 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Periods of light rain last night through early this afternoon. It became sunny just before 6 PM. High 60. |
| 9/12/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Foggy this morning, could only see a block or two. Sunny and nice this afternoon. High 72 |
| 9/13/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Cool Morning, low 42. Mostly cloudy with a light thunderstorm this afternoon. High 74. Winds picked up this evening, gusting around 20 mph. |
| 9/14/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Mostly cloudy today. Some breaks in the cloud cover this afternoon allowed for an afternoon high of 79 degrees. |
| 9/15/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Partly cloudy throughout the day. Mostly sunny by evening. Cool start, then warm by evening. Low 47. High 83. |
| 9/16/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Cloudy start to the day. Warmed up late this afternoon. High 83. Could see smoke to the south in the Elkhorn mountains because of a prescribed burn. |
| 9/17/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Cooler and mostly cloudy today. We could have had a passing raindrop at times, but the rain gauge was dry and empty. High 63. |
| 9/18/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Cool start, then a nice sunny afternoon. Low 41. High 71. Clouds starting to increase at 6 PM. |
| 9/19/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.03 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light showers overnight and early this morning. Breezy yesterday evening. Mostly cloudy and cool today. High 62. |
| 9/20/2019 |
6:00 PM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Another mostly cloudy and cool day. High 59. Light rain started just before 6 PM. |
| 9/21/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.18 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light rain shower last evening and overnight. Then another passing light rain shower around Noon time today. Mostly cloudy this afternoon, and not as cool as yesterday. High 64. |
| 9/22/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Sunny day and warmer. High 72 |
| 9/23/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Mostly cloudy and dry day. Comfortable. High 69. |
| 9/24/2019 |
6:00 PM |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A few sprinkles this morning around sunrise, otherwise mostly cloudy. |
| 9/25/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 9/26/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
|
| 9/27/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.15 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
Light rain this morning, when about 0.14 fell from 5 AM until 10 AM...then a light rain shower this afternoon. |
| 9/28/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.10 |
T |
T |
T |
T |
Light rain showers this morning. Then some light snow. Just a trace of snow in the Helena valley. |
| 9/29/2019 |
6:00 PM |
0.09 |
1.6 |
0.09 |
1.0 |
M |
It was a winter-like day. High was 32. 1.6 inches of snow in the past 24 hours. 1 inch of snow depth at 6 PM. Most fell this morning. Some rain mixed in around lunch time. Snow melted off the pavement surfaces by mid afternoon. |
| 9/30/2019 |
6:00 PM |
T |
T |
T |
0.0 |
0.00 |
A trace of snow last evening. Sun came out late morning. Most snow melted by mid afternoon. Just a few piles of snow left in shaded areas. Cold for late September. High 43. |