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 18 1.10 2.15 10 1.95 8 0.20 2 1 8 0 1.0 2 0
Nov 18 1.35 2.47 13 2.47 13 0.00 0 0 13 0 7.3 6 6
Dec 18 1.51 1.14 13 0.86 9 0.28 4 2 8 1 11.0 7 9
Jan 19 1.45 1.51 10 1.51 10 0.00 0 0 10 0 17.5 8 10
Feb 19 1.06 2.72 17 2.72 17 0.00 0 0 16 1 29.2 16 17
March 19 0.85 0.47 16 0.47 16 0.00 0 0 4 4 4.8 4 10
April 19 0.92 2.36 15 2.36 12 0.00 3 0 11 1 0.2 1 3
May 19 2.07 2.73 14 2.60 12 0.13 2 1 10 2 0.0 0 0
June 19 2.25 0.60 11 0.60 11 0.00 0 0 10 1 0.0 0 0
July 19 1.14 1.74 20 1.74 9 0.00 11 0 8 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 19 1.28 1.37 15 0.97 13 0.40 2 1 12 1 0.0 0 0
Sept 19 1.34 3.05 18 2.69 8 0.36 10 1 8 0 2.5 2 2
Water Year Totals: 16.32" 22.31" 172 days 20.94" 138 1.37" 34 days 6 118 days 11 days 73.5" 46 days 57 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
10/1/2018 0.03
10/2/2018 0.02
10/3/2018 0.43
10/4/2018
10/5/2018
10/6/2018
10/7/2018
10/8/2018
10/9/2018
10/10/2018 0.19
10/11/2018
10/12/2018
10/13/2018 **
10/14/2018 0.20
10/15/2018
10/16/2018
10/17/2018
10/18/2018
10/19/2018
10/20/2018
10/21/2018
10/22/2018
10/23/2018
10/24/2018
10/25/2018
10/26/2018 0.17
10/27/2018 0.55
10/28/2018
10/29/2018 0.31
10/30/2018 0.25
10/31/2018
11/1/2018 0.30
11/2/2018 0.24
11/3/2018 0.55
11/4/2018 0.30
11/5/2018 0.43
11/6/2018 0.07
11/7/2018 0.22
11/8/2018 0.13
11/9/2018
11/10/2018
11/11/2018 0.01
11/12/2018 0.03
11/13/2018
11/14/2018
11/15/2018
11/16/2018 0.08
11/17/2018 0.03
11/18/2018
11/19/2018
11/20/2018
11/21/2018
11/22/2018
11/23/2018
11/24/2018 0.08
11/25/2018
11/26/2018
11/27/2018
11/28/2018
11/29/2018
11/30/2018
12/1/2018 0.05
12/2/2018
12/3/2018
12/4/2018
12/5/2018
12/6/2018
12/7/2018
12/8/2018
12/9/2018
12/10/2018
12/11/2018
12/12/2018 0.12
12/13/2018
12/14/2018
12/15/2018 0.01
12/16/2018
12/17/2018
12/18/2018
12/19/2018 0.22
12/20/2018
12/21/2018 0.14
12/22/2018
12/23/2018 T
12/24/2018 0.13
12/25/2018 0.04
12/26/2018 **
12/27/2018 0.08
12/28/2018
12/29/2018 **
12/30/2018 0.20
12/31/2018 0.15
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2019
1/2/2019
1/3/2019
1/4/2019
1/5/2019
1/6/2019
1/7/2019 0.39
1/8/2019 0.02
1/9/2019
1/10/2019
1/11/2019
1/12/2019
1/13/2019
1/14/2019
1/15/2019
1/16/2019
1/17/2019
1/18/2019 0.29
1/19/2019 0.04
1/20/2019 0.03
1/21/2019 0.20
1/22/2019
1/23/2019 0.28
1/24/2019 0.16
1/25/2019 0.03
1/26/2019
1/27/2019
1/28/2019 0.07
1/29/2019
1/30/2019
1/31/2019
2/1/2019
2/2/2019
2/3/2019
2/4/2019 0.63
2/5/2019 0.14
2/6/2019 0.05
2/7/2019
2/8/2019
2/9/2019 0.14
2/10/2019
2/11/2019 0.10
2/12/2019 0.16
2/13/2019 0.07
2/14/2019
2/15/2019 0.23
2/16/2019 0.12
2/17/2019
2/18/2019 0.05
2/19/2019 T
2/20/2019 0.04
2/21/2019
2/22/2019
2/23/2019 0.07
2/24/2019
2/25/2019 0.22
2/26/2019 0.47
2/27/2019 0.06
2/28/2019 0.17
3/1/2019 T
3/2/2019 0.10
3/3/2019 0.00
3/4/2019 0.00
3/5/2019 0.00
3/6/2019 T
3/7/2019 T
3/8/2019 0.03
3/9/2019
3/10/2019 0.00
3/11/2019 0.00
3/12/2019 0.00
3/13/2019 0.14
3/14/2019 T
3/15/2019 0.00
3/16/2019 0.00
3/17/2019
3/18/2019
3/19/2019
3/20/2019
3/21/2019
3/22/2019
3/23/2019
3/24/2019
3/25/2019
3/26/2019
3/27/2019
3/28/2019 0.20
3/29/2019
3/30/2019
3/31/2019
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2019
4/2/2019
4/3/2019
4/4/2019
4/5/2019
4/6/2019 0.03
4/7/2019 0.08
4/8/2019 0.50
4/9/2019 T
4/10/2019 0.71
4/11/2019 0.07
4/12/2019 0.10
4/13/2019
4/14/2019 0.05
4/15/2019
4/16/2019
4/17/2019 0.04
4/18/2019 0.02
4/19/2019
4/20/2019 0.40
4/21/2019 0.36
4/22/2019
4/23/2019
4/24/2019
4/25/2019
4/26/2019
4/27/2019
4/28/2019 **
4/29/2019 **
4/30/2019 **
5/1/2019 **
5/2/2019 0.13
5/3/2019
5/4/2019
5/5/2019
5/6/2019 0.30
5/7/2019
5/8/2019 0.19
5/9/2019 0.07
5/10/2019
5/11/2019
5/12/2019
5/13/2019
5/14/2019
5/15/2019
5/16/2019 0.15
5/17/2019 0.04
5/18/2019 0.44
5/19/2019 0.09
5/20/2019
5/21/2019
5/22/2019 T
5/23/2019
5/24/2019
5/25/2019 0.03
5/26/2019 1.17
5/27/2019 0.12
5/28/2019 T
5/29/2019
5/30/2019
5/31/2019
6/1/2019 0.07
6/2/2019
6/3/2019
6/4/2019
6/5/2019
6/6/2019 0.01
6/7/2019 0.05
6/8/2019 0.06
6/9/2019 0.10
6/10/2019 T
6/11/2019
6/12/2019
6/13/2019
6/14/2019
6/15/2019
6/16/2019
6/17/2019
6/18/2019
6/19/2019
6/20/2019 0.11
6/21/2019 0.11
6/22/2019 0.02
6/23/2019 0.04
6/24/2019
6/25/2019
6/26/2019
6/27/2019 0.03
6/28/2019
6/29/2019
6/30/2019
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2019 0.10
7/2/2019
7/3/2019 0.30
7/4/2019
7/5/2019
7/6/2019 0.03
7/7/2019 0.24
7/8/2019 0.07
7/9/2019 0.21
7/10/2019
7/11/2019
7/12/2019
7/13/2019
7/14/2019 0.75
7/15/2019 0.04
7/16/2019
7/17/2019
7/18/2019
7/19/2019
7/20/2019 0.00
7/21/2019 **
7/22/2019 **
7/23/2019 **
7/24/2019 **
7/25/2019 **
7/26/2019 **
7/27/2019 **
7/28/2019 **
7/29/2019 **
7/30/2019 **
7/31/2019 **
8/1/2019 **
8/2/2019 0.40
8/3/2019 0.22
8/4/2019
8/5/2019
8/6/2019
8/7/2019
8/8/2019
8/9/2019 0.01
8/10/2019 0.01
8/11/2019 0.04
8/12/2019 0.34
8/13/2019
8/14/2019
8/15/2019
8/16/2019 0.01
8/17/2019 0.03
8/18/2019 0.08
8/19/2019
8/20/2019
8/21/2019
8/22/2019 0.02
8/23/2019 0.15
8/24/2019
8/25/2019
8/26/2019 0.02
8/27/2019
8/28/2019
8/29/2019
8/30/2019 T
8/31/2019 0.04
9/1/2019
9/2/2019
9/3/2019
9/4/2019
9/5/2019
9/6/2019
9/7/2019
9/8/2019
9/9/2019 1.62
9/10/2019 0.10
9/11/2019 **
9/12/2019 **
9/13/2019 **
9/14/2019 **
9/15/2019 **
9/16/2019 **
9/17/2019 **
9/18/2019 **
9/19/2019 **
9/20/2019 0.36
9/21/2019
9/22/2019 0.03
9/23/2019 0.02
9/24/2019
9/25/2019
9/26/2019
9/27/2019 0.42
9/28/2019 0.29
9/29/2019 0.10
9/30/2019 0.11



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2018 8:00 AM 0.03 0.5 M M M High yesterday 37. Low 35. Light snow in the morning turned heavy enough to accumulate to 1/2" on the ground. Then stopped and later turned into a breezy cool day with a bit of sun. Snow this early was very depressing for all who experienced it.
10/2/2018 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M High yesterday 65!!! For a minute or two. Last of the warmth I fear. Low this morning 40. Light rain started around dawn.
10/3/2018 8:00 AM 0.43 M M M M Light misty sprinklers throughout the day but the skies opened up with pounding rain after 7pm. So much so area lost electricity for about 7 hours. High 44. Low 35.
10/10/2018 8:00 AM 0.19 0.5 M 0.0 M Snow started falling around 8 am and actually started sticking. Started lifting in the afternoon. This was at the hills south of Ovando, but interesting thing is downtown Ovando received zero and was dry as a bone.
10/26/2018 8:00 AM 0.17 M M M M High yesterday 60 with some windy conditions and sun in the afternoon. Low this morning 41 with heavy rain.
10/27/2018 8:00 AM 0.55 M M M M High yesterday 48. Rain stopped during the afternoon then pick up after dark around 10ish. Then in the middle of the night it blew and poured. Low this morning 41. And currently it is sunny and wet and beautiful out. Total storm amount .72 inches. A bit brain fogged this morning as stayed up for the Worlds Series until after 1:30 this morning. Go Dodgers!
10/29/2018 8:00 AM 0.31 M M M M Rain started after 12 noon. high yesterday under mostly cloudy skies 55. Low this morning 36. Rain moderate at times. Ended around midnight.
10/30/2018 8:00 AM 0.25 M M M M Rained over night into early morning. High yesterday in upper 40's. Low this morning 34. Rained turned to ice at dawn.
11/1/2018 8:00 AM 0.30 M M M M High yesterday 35. Low over night 37. Sleet/rain/snow all day long but only stuck for a short while around 4 pm. After a lull over night, storm returned with hard rain around 6:30 am. Currently 40 degrees and lightly sprinkling.
11/2/2018 8:00 AM 0.24 M M M M High yesterday 50 with rain on and off all day long. Low this morning 41 then was 50 by 8 am. Currently cloudy, and windy.
11/3/2018 8:00 AM 0.55 M M M M High yesterday 50 degrees. Rain in the morning, then a partially sunny afternoon and then hard rain late at night. over 2" so far this week. Low this morning 35.
11/4/2018 8:00 AM 0.30 M M M M High temps in mid 40's under cloudy, cool, breezy skies. Rain in the morning. Then clearing all afternoon. With 2nd wave arriving early evening and really hitting hard in the dark of the morning, bringing yet over another quarter inch of precip. Week's total: 2.4". Currently precip coming down white but not sticking at 34.
11/5/2018 8:00 AM 0.43 M M M M rain rain rain rain.....and snow in the morning hours, rain over night and not during the entire day. Highs 34 til noon than 41. Lows in the low 40's. Total precip totals 2.83" in the last 7 days.
11/6/2018 8:00 AM 0.07 T M T M Yesterday mostly cloudy, low 40's and beezy. Precip started in evening lightly. Snow started around 7 am and is light. Low this morning 33.
11/7/2018 8:00 AM 0.22 4.0 M 4.0 M Snowing moderately. 4" currently. High yesterday 39. Low this morning at 6 am was 31. then it started dropping. Currently at 8 am 27.
11/8/2018 8:00 AM 0.13 1.0 M 4.5 M High yesterday 28. Low this morning 20. Light snow on and off all day.
11/11/2018 8:00 AM 0.01 0.2 M 3.5 M Currently 22 and snowing lightly. High yesterday with a bit of sun: 35.
11/12/2018 8:00 AM 0.03 0.3 M 3.5 M Snow around 3:30 at 32 degrees. clearing over night and low this morning at 7.
11/16/2018 8:00 AM 0.08 M M 0.0 M High yesterday 46. Partially sunny skies. Low this morning 40. Rain during early morning hours. All the snow has melted and I'm not complaining.
11/17/2018 8:00 AM 0.03 0.3 M 0.5 M Wild weather day. Previous day sunny and 47. Yesterday morning awoke to 41 and partial sun. Then around 11 am the temps steadily dropped to 24 and a blizzard ensued, creating hazardous driving conditions in the afternoon. Only lasted about an hour. Low this morning warmer than forecasted at 18.
11/24/2018 8:00 AM 0.08 1.5 M 1.5 M High yesterday 37. Heavy snow around 2:30 pm. Heavy enough to coat everything. Low 30. Started really sticking after dark.
12/1/2018 8:00 AM 0.05 0.5 M 0.5 M high 33. low 27. snowed over night.
12/12/2018 8:00 AM 0.12 2.0 M 2.0 M high yesterday 37 for a bit. Low 28 then rose to 31 and breezy when the snow started. Currently 33 with patchy suny and flurries and a lot of wind.
12/15/2018 8:00 AM 0.01 T M 1.0 M Hi yesterday 35. Low 28 then rose to 35 around 2 am, then dropped to 32 for a trace of snow. Currently 33 and windy with scattered sun.
12/19/2018 9:00 AM 0.22 1.0 M 2.0 M Snow, heavy at times, in the morning and 30 degrees. Rose to 41 by late afternoon and turned to freezing rain. Subsided around 5 pm and temp got down to 33 over night. Currently heavy freezing rain and 35. Like this is helping traveling for the holidays.....
12/21/2018 9:00 AM 0.14 1.5 M 2.0 M High yesterday 37 under mostly sunny skies. Low was 27 then rose to 30 as the storm approached before midnight. Got 1.5" of snow. Now it is sunny, windy and 30 degrees.
12/23/2018 8:00 AM T T M 2.0 M High yesterday 33. Low over night 10. Rose to 15 when snow started around 7 am. Very light. No accumulation to brag about. Hell of a full moon last night.
12/24/2018 9:00 AM 0.13 2.0 M 4.5 M High yesterday in the 20's. Low 24. Temp went up with the light snow that hung around on and off over night. Got 2". Currently 24 and cloudy.
12/25/2018 8:00 AM 0.04 1.0 M 4.5 M
12/31/2018 9:00 AM 0.15 3.0 M 8.0 M High yesterday 3 in the early moring then dropped steadily thruout the day as the storm front arrived bringing high winds and some heavy snow. 3" total during storm but low this morning of 4-below zero settled it to 2". Currently a ot of bue sky and -1.
1/7/2019 8:00 AM 0.39 5.0 0.39 10.0 M High yesterday 35 with snow, heavy at times to 1" but settled down quickly with temperatures. Snow again arrived after dark leaving us with 5" of new on the ground and a low of 24.
1/8/2019 8:00 AM 0.02 T M 9.5 M High yesterday 30 with high winds, blowing snow and light snow fall. Only obtained .02" of new stuff. Low this morning was 24 until dawn when it dropped to +7.
1/18/2019 9:00 AM 0.29 3.5 M 6.0 M High yesterday 27. Low 15. Snow starting around 8:30 am with winds. Ended in afternoon. Resumed in evening.
1/19/2019 9:00 AM 0.04 0.4 M 9.0 M High yesterday 38 which screwed up any endeavor of plowing the snow from the day before. Early morning snow turned to icy rain and stopped by early afternoon. Low in the morning 24 with snow overnight. Currently 24 and light icy rain/snow mixture.
1/20/2019 9:00 AM 0.03 M M 9.0 M High yesterday 32 all day long until 9 pm when it shot up to 37. Slowly dropped throughout the night to 24 by sunrise. Light rain/snow on and off during the day.
1/21/2019 8:00 AM 0.20 0.8 M 10.0 M High yesterday 33 with snow showers allllllll day long, however due to the temp only 1" of it stuck in the evening. Due to clouds and snow missed the super blood wolf lunar eclipse, again. Low this morning 28. Currently patches of sun are showing.
1/23/2019 9:00 AM 0.28 3.0 M 13.0 M High yesterday 29. Low 26. Currently 26. Snow started after midnight lightly and slushy. 3" accumulated. Currently snowing moderately. Suppose to get another 8". Hoping they are wrong.
1/24/2019 8:00 AM 0.16 4.0 M 17.0 M High yesterday 31. Low 18. Snow, heavy at times until afternoon for an additional 4". The stopped with clouds. First big snow of this winter for a total of 17" on the ground.
1/25/2019 8:00 AM 0.03 0.5 M 17.0 M High 33. ow 26. light snow showers on and off. No accumulation
1/28/2019 8:00 AM 0.07 0.3 M 16.0 M High yesterday 50!! for a couple of minutes then mostly 46. Low this morning 13. Heavy graupel showers started at 8:30 and lasted about 30 minutes for 1/4" of new white stuff.
2/4/2019 9:00 AM 0.63 5.0 M 19.0 M Miserable day. High of 4 at 8 am dropped to -2 in an hour with the arrival of high winds. Never in 22 years have I seen it snow so hard for so long in negative zero temps. Hard to judge accumulation as a ot of it blew in the east winds toward Missoula. Possibly 8" of new snow. Total is just a guess until I can actually walk out there and not freeze in place.
2/5/2019 9:00 AM 0.14 0.4 M 19.0 M High yesterday 3. Low 2. Light snow flurries in the first half of the day and again around 11 pm. Breezy. Wind chill painful.
2/6/2019 8:00 AM 0.05 1.0 M 19.0 M High yesterday 11 under cloudy skies and a few snow flurries. Low this morning +2.
2/9/2019 9:00 AM 0.14 1.3 M 20.0 M high yesterday got to 18 for a few minutes, breezy, snow flurries all day. Wind returned in earnest around 5 pm. low 7-below. at 9 pm power went out between Missoula and Avon for 2 hours with temps at zero and NNE winds howling. Currently 7-below. Freaking windy and snow flurries.
2/11/2019 9:00 AM 0.10 1.3 M 20.0 M
2/12/2019 9:00 AM 0.16 1.4 M 21.0 M High yesterday 17 with a total of 1 hours of beautiful, glorious, where HAVE you been, SUN! Then the clouds and snow flurries returned. Total 1 3/4". Low this morning 17.
2/13/2019 9:00 AM 0.07 0.5 M 21.0 M High yesterday 29. Low this morning 22. Light snow falling but nothing like everywhere around us. And we'l keep it.
2/15/2019 8:00 AM 0.23 3.5 M 25.0 M High yesterday 35. Low 25. Snow flurries thru out day but nothing to brag about. Until this morning. Heavy snow for a couple of hours. 3.5" total
2/16/2019 9:00 AM 0.12 0.5 M 25.0 M high yesterday 33. Sun in the morning. clouds and a few flurries in the evening. Low this morning 25. currently Sun.
2/18/2019 9:00 AM 0.05 0.2 M 24.5 M High yesterday 9 with high winds and sun. Low 1. Currently 1 with snow flurries.
2/19/2019 9:00 AM T T M 24.5 M High yesterday 12. Low this morning -8. Sunny yesterday. Beautiful. Clouds moved in at night with very light snowfall.
2/20/2019 9:00 AM 0.04 1.0 M 25.0 M High yesterday 15. Mostly sunny until afternoon. Low 11. Light snow overnight to 1".
2/23/2019 9:00 AM 0.07 0.8 M 24.0 M High yesterday 20 up substantially from the low Friday morning of 18-below zero. Low this morning, Saturday, 2 then rose to 7 after midnight when the 3/4" of snow started. Currently 12 with a light breeze and people worried about Mondays storm totals; should it ocurr.
2/25/2019 9:00 AM 0.22 3.0 M 28.0 M High yesterday 9 with high winds and blowing snow starting in late morning. Low 2-below zero.
2/26/2019 9:00 AM 0.47 6.0 M 31.0 M What a horrific weather day. High yesterday +2. High east winds and snowing for over 24 hours. Hwy 141 closed from Helmville to Ovando. There was 6" of snow in the tube however even that was drifted. Two day snow total 9". Currently 2-below, light wind and the snow stopped around 3:30 am. YEA!
2/27/2019 9:00 AM 0.06 1.0 0.06 31.0 M High yesterday 7. Low for a bit down to +3 but rose to 7 in early morning. Currently 7 with light snow. 1" fresh white stuff arrived over night.
2/28/2019 9:00 AM 0.17 2.3 0.17 34.0 M High yesterday got up to 19--- WHOOP WHOOP! Snow1.3 showers in the morning then more over night for a tad over 2" more. Low this morning 15 --- WHOOP WHOOP!
3/1/2019 9:00 AM T T M 32.0 M High yesterday 28 with a few snow flurries. Low this morning 12-below. Mostly cloudy.
3/2/2019 8:00 AM 0.10 1.3 M 32.0 M High yesterday 20 and then rapidly started falling around 2 pm when the snow returned and those belligerent ENE winds. Low this morning 5-below which is warmer than forecasted. Currently sunny; what a surprise! and breezy verging on windy. Hoping the next 3 days are not as horrendous as predicted.
3/3/2019 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M The big record breaking cold and wind didn't hit Ovando. Forecasted 24-below only got to -6. No complaints. High yesterday got to +9. Currently -5 and very sunny and light ENE breeze.
3/4/2019 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low of 32-below zero this morning.Record breaking High yesterday 12. sunny and no wind.
3/5/2019 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Low of 24-below this morning. High yesterday 9. Sunny.
3/6/2019 8:00 AM T T M 29.0 M Low over night down to 3 around midnight, then up to 23 by 2 am, and down to 17 by 7 am. Cloudy. windy. Trace of new snow.
3/7/2019 8:00 AM T T M 28.0 M High yesterday 28. Low this morning 19. Light snow in evening. Currently cloudy and small storm pending.
3/8/2019 8:00 AM 0.03 0.5 M 28.0 M High yesterday 37. Low this morning 3-below. Sunny all day after a morning snow squall. Snow that arrived in the morning disappeared by noon.
3/10/2019 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 26.0 M High yesterday 36. Low this morning 7-below. Clear. Sunny. Beautiful. Light breezes.
3/11/2019 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High 38. Low 10-below zero. Clear skies.
3/12/2019 9:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M High yesterday 40. Low this morning 1-below zero. Clear skies.
3/13/2019 9:00 AM 0.14 2.0 M 26.0 M High yesterday 37. Low this morning 28. Snow started around 5 pm but didn't stick due to above freezing temps. Started sticking around 9 pm. Currently breezy and light snow but big flakes.
3/14/2019 8:00 AM T T M 26.0 M High mid 30's. Low 6-below. Sunny!!!!
3/15/2019 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 25.5 M High 40. Low 1-below zero. Sunny
3/16/2019 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M 44 high. 11 low this morning. Cloudless. Spring is now definitely in the air as the slush begins.
3/28/2019 8:00 AM 0.20 1.0 M 12.0 M High 37. Low 32. Snow came in aftr darkk.
4/6/2019 8:00 AM 0.03 M M 6.0 M After a long dry spell kinda nice to get a soft light rain in the evening. High mid-50's. Low 32 last night; one of the warmer ones. Still plenty of snow around this neck of the woods.
4/7/2019 8:00 AM 0.08 T M 6.0 M High yesterday 49. Low this morning 32. Trace of snow. Sleet/slush/raining moderately.
4/8/2019 8:00 AM 0.50 0.0 M M M High yesterday 49. Low this morning 33. Slushy rain on and off all day, sometimes heavy. Not sticking snow. Still have plenty of snow around but now open spaces are dominant.
4/9/2019 8:00 AM T T M M M
4/10/2019 8:00 AM 0.71 M M M M High yesterday 41. Low 34. Chunky slushy rain and non sticking snow all day long. Finally lessened after dark. The mud is substantial, overtaking the amount of snow by over half now.
4/11/2019 8:00 AM 0.07 0.2 M 4.0 M High yesterday 42. Low this morning 30. Light to moderate slushy rain on and off all day turning into light snow after 10 pm leaving just under 1/4".
4/12/2019 8:00 AM 0.10 M M M M High 45. Low this morning 23. Showers of snow graupel, hail and rain on and off throughout the day, with intermittent sun.
4/14/2019 8:00 AM 0.05 T M T M High mid 40's. Low 34. Mostly cloudy with a few squalls here and there of snow.
4/17/2019 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
4/18/2019 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M high low 50's. low 28. light showers on and off yesterday. Little sun.
4/20/2019 8:00 AM 0.40 M M M M high yesterday a beautiful breezy 72!! Actually caused a sweat while working outside. Low this morning 42. Rains started around 7 pm with first thunder storms of the year...one was brutal! Heavy rain on and off. Currently low clouds and misty. Still have berms of snow which are reducing fast.
4/21/2019 8:00 AM 0.36 M M M M High 49. Low 34. Light rain allllll day long.
5/6/2019 8:00 AM 0.30 M M M M Unexpected snow storm for over an hour from approx 10 to 11 am. Just enough accumulation for a while to make it slippery. Then sun. Heavy rains after 10 pm. high in upper 50's. low this morning 35. What a day.
5/8/2019 8:00 AM 0.19 M M M M skies filled with little storm cells so thruout the day one would pass over and mst or downright gully wash down. A couple rolls of thunder but al in all it was nice.
5/9/2019 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M high yesterday upper 50's. Low this morning 33. A few storm cells flew overhead with once a pretty good downpour.
5/16/2019 8:00 AM 0.15 M M M M High yesterday up to 70 before the clouds came in the afternoon. Low 45. Rain came in after 4 pm.
5/17/2019 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M High yesterday 64. Low this morning 41. Most of the storms steered to the west of us so we only got a teasing .04" while others got inundated.
5/18/2019 8:00 AM 0.44 M M M M High yesterday 44 with lite to moderate rain all day. Low this morning 35. Snow at 5,000 feet, mud below it.
5/19/2019 8:00 AM 0.09 M M M M Showers mostly early in the day. High: 45. Low 35. Snow at Rogers pass. A lot of snow at MacDonald Pass.
5/22/2019 8:00 AM T M M M M High 48. Low 35. A bit of rain in the evening but that was it.
5/25/2019 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M High lower 60's. Low 45. A lot of storms cells with thunder and sometimes heavy rain.....but non of it hit here just all around us.
5/26/2019 8:00 AM 1.17 M M M M Wow. I think this is a 12 hour record for us. 2 pm thunder cell came over and it was the "gully washer" to be sure. Pea size hail, rolling thunder and heavy rain. Lasted for 1 hours heavy and tapered off to moderate until about 2 this morning, with a couple of intermittent stops. High to to 60 for a minute but mostly mid 50's. Low this morning 45.
5/27/2019 8:00 AM 0.12 M M M M High yesterday 60ish. Low 44 this morning. Shower on and off all day with even a path or two of sun which were very short lived. Most of the worst weather went around us.
5/28/2019 8:00 AM T M M M M
6/1/2019 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M High yesterday 78. Low this morning 45. Rain came around 9 pm with HUGE drops that turned into a short little downpour. No thunder. All is good.
6/6/2019 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Light shower early this morning I guess since awoke to wet earth. High yesterday 75. Low this morning 51.
6/7/2019 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
6/8/2019 8:00 AM 0.06 M M M M High yesterday 50 with cool breeze and cloudy. Snow level down to about 5500 this morning. Light rain after 10 pm. Low this morning 37.
6/9/2019 8:00 AM 0.10 M M M M High yesterday 55. Low this morning 34. Showers on and off all day. Windy.
6/10/2019 8:00 AM T M M M M An errant cloud passed over in mid-afternoon and surprised us with a quick but intense hail storm. Pea sized. High 62. Low this morning 38.
6/20/2019 8:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Yesterday high maybe in the low 60's. hard to tell when the wind is howling at 45 mph and making it miserable outside. Heavy rain around 2 am. Lo this morning 35.
6/21/2019 8:00 AM 0.11 M M M M cold. WINDY up to 45 mph gusts. drizzly. rainy. hailing. Hgh mid 50's. Lows upper 30's. happy first freaking day of summer.
6/22/2019 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M High 50. Low 45. windy. cloudy. cold. but at least the rain/snow held off for the most part.
6/23/2019 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M High 55 for about an hour but mostly cool. Mostly cloudy. Mostly windy. Rain mostly came after 5 pm. Low this morning 37. What a great first full day of summer. PFFFTTTT! At least we aren't in Colorado!!!
6/27/2019 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
7/1/2019 8:00 AM 0.10 M M M M A surprise t-storm rolled in at 3:30 this morning with a lot of lightening, thumpers and heavy rain for approx 20 minutes. High yesterday 82. Low this morning 52
7/3/2019 8:00 AM 0.30 M M M M Some tstorms but think most of rain came over night. High 70 dropped to 53 by late afternoon. Low this morning 47,
7/6/2019 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Happy surprise to see that we got some rain around 2:30 am according to the webcam. High yesterday upper 70's, with breezy conditions, mostly sunny. Low this morning 51. Best 4th of July weekend weather ever!
7/7/2019 8:00 AM 0.24 M M M M High yesterday upper 70's. Low this morning 51. T-storm one came in around 4 pm with dime size hail and downpouring rain. T-Storm #2 came in around midnight with a lot of thunder and tumultuous rain for about 15 minutes for a day total of 1/4".
7/8/2019 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M Mostly cloudy yesterday. Most storms went east of us. But at 4 pm got slammed with a boisterous t-storm with heavy rain. That one storm awarded us with .07". Highs in the low 70/upper 60's. Low this morning 43. Had an out of state customer come into the shop on Sunday and in all seriousness asked "When does summer arrive to Montana?".
7/9/2019 8:00 AM 0.21 M M M M High yesterday in the 70's. Low this morning 46. Rain came late in the day; first with a lot of boomers, around 10 pm just hard rain. We didn't get the wind like Missoula which recorded 50 mph+ gusts at Sentinel.
7/14/2019 8:00 AM 0.75 M M M M Massive intense storm systems rolled thru after 9:30 pm. First the skies turned Mars orange with the upcoming t-storms. Then at 10:30 pm along River Jct Rd we received 1/4" of precip in the form of half dollar size hail. Largest I've seen in over 20 years. Then at 3 am another sell came thru with a bit of rain but the piece de resistance was at 5:10 am when a large lightening filled stormed hit with another half inch of rain included. Nobody slept in the Ovando area last night. :-)
7/15/2019 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M tstorm rolled thru in the afternoon with a quick downpour. Didn't last long but watered the forest again. It was all good! High low 80's. Low this morning 48.
7/20/2019 8:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Just have to note that the low this morning, Jul 20, was 32. Yesterdays low: 34. High yesterday 69. And they say it will be in the mid 90's in 48 hours. Strange Stuff.
8/3/2019 8:00 AM 0.22 M M M M Series of 4 tstorms moved thru starting at 4 pm. A lot of rain. A lot of sparks. A few touchdowns, one causing a brief fire at Kozy Korner W of here. High yesterday 93. Quickly fell to mid 70's when the storms blew thru until 11 pm. Low this morning 47. Currently foggy.
8/9/2019 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Light rain in the late morning. High around 90. Low 60.
8/10/2019 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M light sprinle early i the a.m.
8/11/2019 7:30 AM 0.04 M M M M Out big storm never realized which disappointed a lot of people who were ready for it. Mostly sunny and dry except for light sprinkles in the morning and night. High 77. Low 52. Currently it is raining quite hard....finally.
8/12/2019 8:00 AM 0.34 M M M M High yesterday about 61 for an hour when a spit of sun came out but for the most part very cloudy, very cool with some very strong rain thru out the day, coupled with high winds.
8/16/2019 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M
8/17/2019 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Fall weather. cool drizzly cloudy but great fishing!
8/18/2019 8:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Highs still in the upper 60's. cool raining in the afternoon and morning and cloudy all day.
8/22/2019 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
8/23/2019 8:00 AM 0.15 M M M M
8/26/2019 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M High winds. Cloudy. High of around 69. Low this morning 35. Rain came during one quick cell blast around 7 pm.
8/30/2019 8:00 AM T M M M M
8/31/2019 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M High yesterday 80. Low this morning 43. Rain came in around 4 pm. Short and sweet.
9/9/2019 8:00 AM 1.62 M M M M WOW. In only 15 hours. High 72. Low this morning 48. Rain started around 4:30 pm. Heavy. Then done. But really slammed us around 8 pm. Kudos to NOAA who called it: 1 to 2".
9/10/2019 8:00 AM 0.10 M M M M a few showers in the morning, a break and then heavier showers in early evening. High yesterday 63. Low 41.
9/22/2019 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
9/23/2019 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M High yesterday 70. Only day of Indian Summer for first day of fall? Low this morning 46. Gorgeous day yesterday. Today drippy and cloudy so far.
9/27/2019 8:00 AM 0.42 M M M M Half of the rain came over night when we didn't notice it. Rain on and off all day. High around 50. Light winds. Ended with a beautiful 6 pm rainbow. This is suppose to be phase 1 of our 4 day blizzard record. We shall see.
9/28/2019 8:00 AM 0.29 M M M M High yesterday 50. Low this morning 37. .08" of rain during the day; over 1/4" after 10 pm. Currently cloudy, breezy and 37. Let the games begin!
9/29/2019 8:00 AM 0.10 1.0 M 1.0 M Hi yesterday 44. Not as windy as forecasted. One hour blizzard from 10 to 11 am other than that nothing until early morning when it got to 28 and started snowing lightly. So far the snowmaggedon forecast for us was a lot to do about nothing.
9/30/2019 8:00 AM 0.11 1.5 M 2.5 M High 33. Low 29. Snow allllll day long. Stuck in the morning and later in the day when it started cooling off. Winds were light thank the gods. Total of 2.5" received rather than the predicted up to 12. Yea!



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
10/13/2018 10/14/2018 8:00 AM 2 0.20 3.0 M Snow, heavy with wind, about 4 am on 10/13. Then stopped. Afternoon snow storm didn't leave accumulation. Most snow melted at ground level by later afternoon. Some snow stil in shady areas. High the 13th: 36 degrees. Low 10/14 25.
12/26/2018 12/27/2018 9:00 AM 2 0.08 4.0 M HIghs in the upper 20's. Lows in the teens. Light snow.
12/29/2018 12/30/2018 9:00 AM 2 0.20 5.5 M Friday snow thruout the day but not accumulating much. High 30. Sat cloudy 20 degrees and freezing rain. Temp rose through out the day maxing out at 39 degrees by 6pm with big slushy snow off and on. No real accumulation. Sunday morning heavy slush snow and 33 degrees.
4/28/2019 5/02/2019 8:00 AM 5 0.13 T M A little bit of snow, a little bit of rain, a lot of clouds and wind. Highs in the 40's. Lows in the low 20's. Spring is stalling.
7/21/2019 8/02/2019 8:00 AM 13 0.40 M M Hot and wet. Highs in the upper 80's and ow 90's. Tstorms through out. Lows in the 40's.
9/11/2019 9/20/2019 8:00 AM 10 0.36 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
7/13/2019 10:35 PM Received some divots on the hood of the ranch truck. Fascinatingly intense! 1 1/4" Half Dollar Size NA 1/2" Grape Hard 15 car dents Continuous True Before rain Same time as smaller hail 10-20