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 THURSDAY: OCTOBER 9 , 2025
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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 5580 .0 .0 * .6 .4 150
Bear Mountain 5460 .1 .0 * .6 .8 75
Garver Creek 4250 .0 .0 * .2 .5 40
Grave Creek 4350 .0 .0 * .7 .6 117
Hand Creek 5040 .0 .0 * .5 .4 125
Hawkins Lake 6460 .0 .0 * .4 .8 50
Poorman Creek 5050 .1 .0 * .9 1.0 90
Stahl Peak 6040 .0 .0 * 1.0 .6 167
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Basin Index (%) * 96
FLATHEAD RIVER BASIN
Ashley Divide 4820 -M -M * .4 -M *
Badger Pass 6870 .0 .0 * .9 1.0 90
Bassoo Peak 5130 .0 -M * .6 -M *
Bisson Creek 4880 .0 .0 * 1.1 .4 275
Blacktail Mtn 5660 .0 .0 * .7 .4 175
Emery Creek 4340 .0 .0 * .6 .4 150
Flattop Mtn. 6290 .1 .0 * .9 1.2 75
Grave Creek 4350 .0 .0 * .7 .6 117
Hand Creek 5040 .0 .0 * .5 .4 125
Kraft Creek 4760 .0 .0 * .7 .5 140
Moss Peak 6760 .1 .0 * 1.1 .8 138
Noisy Basin 6070 .0 .0 * 1.2 .6 200
North Fork Jocko 6110 .1 .0 * .7 .9 78
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * .6 -M *
Sleeping Woman 6120 .0 .0 * 1.2 .6 200
Stahl Peak 6040 .0 .0 * 1.0 .6 167
Stuart Mountain 7270 .0 .1 0* .8 .4 200
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Basin Index (%) 300* 138
UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
Barker Lakes 8250 .3 .2 150* 1.7 .6 283
Basin Creek 7120 .1 .0 * -M .5 *
Black Pine 7170 .0 .0 * 1.0 .6 167
Combination 5620 .2 .0 * .9 .5 180
Copper Bottom 5200 .0 .0 * .7 .3 233
Copper Camp 6980 .0 .0 * .8 .7 114
Lubrecht Flume 4690 .0 .0 * 1.0 .4 250
Nevada Ridge 7030 .2 .0 * .7 .6 117
N Fk Elk Creek 6180 .0 .0 * 1.0 .4 250
North Fork Jocko 6110 .1 .0 * .7 .9 78
Peterson Meadows 7190 .1 .0 * 1.0 .5 200
Skalkaho Summit 7260 .0 .0 * 1.4 .6 233
Stuart Mountain 7270 .0 .1 0* .8 .4 200
Warm Springs 7840 .0 .2 0* 1.1 .7 157
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Basin Index (%) 200* 178
BITTERROOT RIVER BASIN
Daly Creek 5780 .0 .0 * .9 .4 225
Lolo Pass 5280 .0 .0 * 1.1 .4 275
Moose Creek 6170 .0 .0 * .7 .5 140
Nez Perce Camp 5670 .0 .0 * 1.0 .5 200
Saddle Mtn. 7890 .0 .0 * 1.0 .4 250
Skalkaho Summit 7260 .0 .0 * 1.4 .6 233
Twelvemile Creek 5530 .0 .0 * 1.4 .6 233
Twin Lakes 6390 .0 .0 * 1.4 .6 233
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Basin Index (%) * 222
LOWER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
Bear Mountain 5460 .1 .0 * .6 .8 75
Hoodoo Basin 6060 .0 .0 * .7 .8 88
Humboldt Gulch 4260 .0 .0 * 1.0 .6 167
Lookout 5180 .0 .0 * .4 .6 67
Mosquito Ridge 5270 .0 .0 * .4 .4 100
Poorman Creek 5050 .1 .0 * .9 1.0 90
Sleeping Woman 6120 .0 .0 * 1.2 .6 200
Stuart Mountain 7270 .0 .1 0* .8 .4 200
Sunset 5580 .0 .0 * .6 .6 100
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Basin Index (%) 200* 114
JEFFERSON RIVER BASIN
Albro Lake 8500 .2 .0 * .6 .6 100
Barker Lakes 8250 .3 .2 150* 1.7 .6 283
Basin Creek 7120 .1 .0 * -M .5 *
Beagle Springs 8880 .2 .0 * .5 .6 83
Bloody Dick 7570 .0 .0 * .5 .6 83
Calvert Creek 6410 .1 .0 * .5 .4 125
Clover Meadow 8770 .0 .4 0* .7 .7 100
Darkhorse Lake 8930 .1 .2 50* .9 .9 100
Divide 7770 .1 .0 * 1.1 .3 367
Frohner Meadow 6520 .0 .0 * .3 .6 50
JL Meadow 8750 .0 -M * .6 -M *
Lakeview Ridge 7340 .1 .0 * .2 .5 40
Lemhi Ridge 8080 .1 .0 * .5 .5 100
Lower Twin 7920 .1 .0 * .6 .6 100
Moose Creek 6170 .0 .0 * .7 .5 140
Mule Creek 8300 .3 .0 * .8 .6 133
Rocker Peak 7960 .1 .4 25* .4 .4 100
Saddle Mtn. 7890 .0 .0 * 1.0 .4 250
Short Creek 6980 .0 .0 * .3 .4 75
Slagamelt Lakes 8600 .1 -M * .8 -M *
White Elephant 7670 .0 .0 * .3 .2 150
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Basin Index (%) 150* 123
MADISON RIVER BASIN
Albro Lake 8500 .2 .0 * .6 .6 100
Beaver Creek 7820 .1 .0 * .5 .6 83
Black Bear 8160 .1 .2 50* .4 .8 50
Canyon 7870 .0 .0 * .7 .5 140
Carrot Basin 9200 .1 .6 17* .9 .8 112
Clover Meadow 8770 .0 .4 0* .7 .7 100
Lone Mountain 8810 .1 .0 * .7 .7 100
Lower Twin 7920 .1 .0 * .6 .6 100
Madison Plateau 7710 .0 .0 * .7 .6 117
Tepee Creek 7950 .1 .0 * .4 .5 80
West Yellowstone 6680 .0 .0 * .6 .4 150
Whiskey Creek 6790 .1 .0 * .6 .4 150
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Basin Index (%) 75* 103
GALLATIN RIVER BASIN
Beaver Creek 7820 .1 .0 * .5 .6 83
Brackett Creek 7370 .0 .0 * .8 .8 100
Carrot Basin 9200 .1 .6 17* .9 .8 112
Lick Creek 6880 .1 .0 * 1.2 .8 150
Lone Mountain 8810 .1 .0 * .7 .7 100
Sacajawea 6610 .1 .0 * .6 .8 75
Shower Falls 8060 .7 .4 175* 1.3 .8 162
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Basin Index (%) 120* 113
HELENA VALLEY
Boulder Mountain 7890 .5 .1 500* 1.3 .6 217
Frohner Meadow 6520 .0 .0 * .3 .6 50
Nevada Ridge 7030 .2 .0 * .7 .6 117
Tizer Basin 6880 .0 .0 * .5 .5 100
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Basin Index (%) 700* 122
SMITH, JUDITH, AND MUSSELSHELL RIVER BASINS
Boulder Mountain 7890 .5 .1 500* 1.3 .6 217
Crystal Lake 6130 .1 .0 * .5 .9 56
Daisy Peak 7590 .0 .0 * .6 .5 120
Deadman Creek 6440 .0 .0 * .3 .5 60
Elk Peak 7600 -M -M * -M -M *
Onion Park 7420 .0 .0 * .6 .8 75
Pickfoot Creek 6680 .2 -M * 1.6 -M *
Spur Park 8080 .1 .3 33* .7 .5 140
Stringer Creek 6550 .0 .0 * .6 .6 100
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Basin Index (%) 175* 105
SUN, TETON AND MARIAS RIVER BASINS
Badger Pass 6870 .0 .0 * .9 1.0 90
Dupuyer Creek 5740 .1 .0 * .9 .6 150
Mount Lockhart 6430 .1 .0 * .9 .8 112
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * .6 -M *
Waldron 5640 .1 .0 * 1.0 .6 167
Wood Creek 5970 .0 .0 * .6 .7 86
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Basin Index (%) * 116
ST. MARYS RIVER BASIN
Flattop Mtn. 6290 .1 .0 * .9 1.2 75
Many Glacier 4930 .0 .0 * 1.1 .9 122
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Basin Index (%) * 95
MILK RIVER BASIN
Rocky Boy 4730 .0 .0 * .2 .5 40
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Basin Index (%) * 40
UPPER YELLOWSTONE RIVER BASIN
Beartooth Lake 9360 .4 .6 67* .9 .6 150
Box Canyon 6720 .1 .0 * 1.1 .5 220
Brackett Creek 7370 .0 .0 * .8 .8 100
Burnt Mtn 5920 .2 .0 * 2.1 1.0 210
Canyon 7870 .0 .0 * .7 .5 140
Cole Creek 7910 .4 .7 57* .9 1.0 90
East Boulder Mine 6310 .0 .0 * 1.3 .8 162
Evening Star 9040 .0 .4 0* 1.6 1.0 160
Fisher Creek 9110 .4 .0 * 1.0 .8 125
Monument Peak 8740 .7 .2 350* 1.4 .8 175
Northeast Entrance 7420 .0 .0 * .9 .4 225
Parker Peak 9420 .0 .5 0* 1.1 .8 138
Placer Basin 8790 .4 .4 100* 1.1 .9 122
Porcupine 6480 .1 .0 * .7 .5 140
Sacajawea 6610 .1 .0 * .6 .8 75
Shower Falls 8060 .7 .4 175* 1.3 .8 162
S Fork Shields 8090 .0 .0 * .7 .8 88
Sylvan Lake 8440 .0 .0 * 1.2 1.0 120
Thumb Divide 7970 .1 .0 * 1.2 .6 200
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 .6 .6 100* 1.8 1.0 180
White Mill 8730 .2 .0 * .9 .6 150
Wolverine 7650 .0 .0 * .8 .5 160
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Basin Index (%) 116* 146
BIGHORN RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Bald Mtn. 9360 1.7 1.1 155* 2.8 .7 400
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .2 .0 * 1.1 .6 183
Blackwater 9840 1.2 .6 200* 1.5 1.0 150
Bone Springs Div 9340 .8 .6 133* 1.7 .8 212
Burroughs Creek 8760 .0 -M * -M -M *
Castle Creek 8410 .2 .0 * 1.1 .5 220
Cold Springs 9640 .3 .0 * 1.2 .4 300
Deer Park 9690 .1 .0 * .4 .6 67
Evening Star 9040 .0 .4 0* 1.6 1.0 160
Grave Springs 8560 .1 .2 50* .9 .5 180
Hobbs Park 10080 .4 .4 100* .9 .6 150
Kirwin 9580 .8 .2 400* 2.0 .8 250
Little Warm 9370 .4 .0 * 1.7 .6 283
Marquette 8800 .2 .2 100* 1.2 .7 171
Middle Powder 7760 .3 .2 150* 1.1 .6 183
Owl Creek 8990 1.0 .2 500* 1.9 .4 475
Powder River Pass 9480 .1 .2 50* 1.0 .7 143
Shell Creek 9570 1.1 1.0 110* 1.7 .9 189
South Pass 9040 .2 .0 * .4 .7 57
St. Lawrence Alt 8610 .0 -M * 1.0 -M *
Sylvan Lake 8440 .0 .0 * 1.2 1.0 120
Sylvan Road 7140 .0 .0 * .9 .6 150
Timber Creek 7910 .4 .0 * 1.7 .8 212
Togwotee Pass 9590 .0 .0 * 1.8 .7 257
Townsend Creek 8720 .1 .0 * .8 .7 114
Younts Peak 8340 .6 .0 * 3.0 .6 500
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Basin Index (%) 192* 204
TONGUE RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Big Goose 8010 .3 .0 * 1.6 .8 200
Bone Springs Div 9340 .8 .6 133* 1.7 .8 212
Burgess Junction 7900 .5 .3 167* 1.5 .7 214
Dome Lake 8890 .8 .4 200* 1.7 .9 189
Little Goose 8560 .4 .3 133* 1.5 1.0 150
Sucker Creek 8840 .6 .2 300* 1.5 .6 250
Tie Creek 7050 .1 .0 * 1.6 .7 229
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Basin Index (%) 194* 202
POWDER RIVER BASIN (WYOMING)
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .2 .0 * 1.1 .6 183
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9830 .0 .0 * 1.1 .8 138
Grave Springs 8560 .1 .2 50* .9 .5 180
Hansen Sawmill 8360 .0 .0 * 1.7 .8 212
Middle Powder 7760 .3 .2 150* 1.1 .6 183
Powder River Pass 9480 .1 .2 50* 1.0 .7 143
Soldier Park 8680 .3 .2 150* 1.5 .8 188
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Basin Index (%) 125* 175
Missouri River Basin ab Ft. Peck
Albro Lake 8500 .2 .0 * .6 .6 100
Badger Pass 6870 .0 .0 * .9 1.0 90
Barker Lakes 8250 .3 .2 150* 1.7 .6 283
Basin Creek 7120 .1 .0 * -M .5 *
Beagle Springs 8880 .2 .0 * .5 .6 83
Beaver Creek 7820 .1 .0 * .5 .6 83
Black Bear 8160 .1 .2 50* .4 .8 50
Bloody Dick 7570 .0 .0 * .5 .6 83
Boulder Mountain 7890 .5 .1 500* 1.3 .6 217
Brackett Creek 7370 .0 .0 * .8 .8 100
Calvert Creek 6410 .1 .0 * .5 .4 125
Canyon 7870 .0 .0 * .7 .5 140
Carrot Basin 9200 .1 .6 17* .9 .8 112
Clover Meadow 8770 .0 .4 0* .7 .7 100
Crystal Lake 6130 .1 .0 * .5 .9 56
Daisy Peak 7590 .0 .0 * .6 .5 120
Darkhorse Lake 8930 .1 .2 50* .9 .9 100
Deadman Creek 6440 .0 .0 * .3 .5 60
Divide 7770 .1 .0 * 1.1 .3 367
Dupuyer Creek 5740 .1 .0 * .9 .6 150
Elk Peak 7600 -M -M * -M -M *
Frohner Meadow 6520 .0 .0 * .3 .6 50
JL Meadow 8750 .0 -M * .6 -M *
Lakeview Ridge 7340 .1 .0 * .2 .5 40
Lemhi Ridge 8080 .1 .0 * .5 .5 100
Lick Creek 6880 .1 .0 * 1.2 .8 150
Lone Mountain 8810 .1 .0 * .7 .7 100
Lower Twin 7920 .1 .0 * .6 .6 100
Madison Plateau 7710 .0 .0 * .7 .6 117
Moose Creek 6170 .0 .0 * .7 .5 140
Mount Lockhart 6430 .1 .0 * .9 .8 112
Mule Creek 8300 .3 .0 * .8 .6 133
Nevada Ridge 7030 .2 .0 * .7 .6 117
Onion Park 7420 .0 .0 * .6 .8 75
Pickfoot Creek 6680 .2 -M * 1.6 -M *
Pike Creek 5930 .0 -M * .6 -M *
Rocker Peak 7960 .1 .4 25* .4 .4 100
Sacajawea 6610 .1 .0 * .6 .8 75
Saddle Mtn. 7890 .0 .0 * 1.0 .4 250
Short Creek 6980 .0 .0 * .3 .4 75
Shower Falls 8060 .7 .4 175* 1.3 .8 162
Slagamelt Lakes 8600 .1 -M * .8 -M *
Spur Park 8080 .1 .3 33* .7 .5 140
Stringer Creek 6550 .0 .0 * .6 .6 100
Tepee Creek 7950 .1 .0 * .4 .5 80
Tizer Basin 6880 .0 .0 * .5 .5 100
Waldron 5640 .1 .0 * 1.0 .6 167
West Yellowstone 6680 .0 .0 * .6 .4 150
Whiskey Creek 6790 .1 .0 * .6 .4 150
White Elephant 7670 .0 .0 * .3 .2 150
Wood Creek 5970 .0 .0 * .6 .7 86
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Basin Index (%) 161* 115
Yellowstone River Basin ab Glendive
Bald Mtn. 9360 1.7 1.1 155* 2.8 .7 400
Bear Trap Meadow 8200 .2 .0 * 1.1 .6 183
Beartooth Lake 9360 .4 .6 67* .9 .6 150
Big Goose 8010 .3 .0 * 1.6 .8 200
Blackwater 9840 1.2 .6 200* 1.5 1.0 150
Bone Springs Div 9340 .8 .6 133* 1.7 .8 212
Box Canyon 6720 .1 .0 * 1.1 .5 220
Brackett Creek 7370 .0 .0 * .8 .8 100
Burgess Junction 7900 .5 .3 167* 1.5 .7 214
Burnt Mtn 5920 .2 .0 * 2.1 1.0 210
Burroughs Creek 8760 .0 -M * -M -M *
Canyon 7870 .0 .0 * .7 .5 140
Castle Creek 8410 .2 .0 * 1.1 .5 220
Cloud Peak Reservoir 9830 .0 .0 * 1.1 .8 138
Cold Springs 9640 .3 .0 * 1.2 .4 300
Cole Creek 7910 .4 .7 57* .9 1.0 90
Deer Park 9690 .1 .0 * .4 .6 67
Dome Lake 8890 .8 .4 200* 1.7 .9 189
East Boulder Mine 6310 .0 .0 * 1.3 .8 162
Evening Star 9040 .0 .4 0* 1.6 1.0 160
Fisher Creek 9110 .4 .0 * 1.0 .8 125
Grave Springs 8560 .1 .2 50* .9 .5 180
Hansen Sawmill 8360 .0 .0 * 1.7 .8 212
Hobbs Park 10080 .4 .4 100* .9 .6 150
Kirwin 9580 .8 .2 400* 2.0 .8 250
Little Goose 8560 .4 .3 133* 1.5 1.0 150
Little Warm 9370 .4 .0 * 1.7 .6 283
Marquette 8800 .2 .2 100* 1.2 .7 171
Middle Powder 7760 .3 .2 150* 1.1 .6 183
Monument Peak 8740 .7 .2 350* 1.4 .8 175
Northeast Entrance 7420 .0 .0 * .9 .4 225
Owl Creek 8990 1.0 .2 500* 1.9 .4 475
Parker Peak 9420 .0 .5 0* 1.1 .8 138
Placer Basin 8790 .4 .4 100* 1.1 .9 122
Porcupine 6480 .1 .0 * .7 .5 140
Powder River Pass 9480 .1 .2 50* 1.0 .7 143
S Fork Shields 8090 .0 .0 * .7 .8 88
Sacajawea 6610 .1 .0 * .6 .8 75
Shell Creek 9570 1.1 1.0 110* 1.7 .9 189
Shower Falls 8060 .7 .4 175* 1.3 .8 162
Soldier Park 8680 .3 .2 150* 1.5 .8 188
South Pass 9040 .2 .0 * .4 .7 57
St. Lawrence Alt 8610 .0 -M * 1.0 -M *
Sucker Creek 8840 .6 .2 300* 1.5 .6 250
Sylvan Lake 8440 .0 .0 * 1.2 1.0 120
Sylvan Road 7140 .0 .0 * .9 .6 150
Thumb Divide 7970 .1 .0 * 1.2 .6 200
Tie Creek 7050 .1 .0 * 1.6 .7 229
Timber Creek 7910 .4 .0 * 1.7 .8 212
Togwotee Pass 9590 .0 .0 * 1.8 .7 257
Townsend Creek 8720 .1 .0 * .8 .7 114
Two Ocean Plateau 9240 .6 .6 100* 1.8 1.0 180
White Mill 8730 .2 .0 * .9 .6 150
Wolverine 7650 .0 .0 * .8 .5 160
Younts Peak 8340 .6 .0 * 3.0 .6 500
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Basin Index (%) 174* 180
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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.
