If You Thought It Snowed A Lot This Winter…You’re Right!
This report from the National Weather Service goes a long way to illustrating why we're all sick of winter!
SO FAR THIS WINTER...SOME IMPRESSIVE SNOW AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA. SOME AREAS HAVE SET NEW RECORDS
FOR SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON TO-DATE....AND FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON.
THOSE EXCEEDING THEIR ENTIRE SEASONAL RECORD INCLUDE FORT
ASSINNIBOINE...SIMPSON...AND TURNER. SOME LOCATIONS CLOSE TO THE
SEASONAL RECORD AT THE END OF MARCH INCLUDE...CHINOOK...HARLEM...
MILLEGAN AND WARRICK
LOCATION SNOW FOR RANKING RECORD FOR /NORMAL /RECORD ENTIRE
SEASON SEASON /SEASON SEASON
MAR 31 THRU MAR 31 /
BIG SKY 175.3 5TH SNOWIEST 258.0 2007-08 258.0 2007-08
BOZEMAN MSU 103.5 5TH SNOWIEST 119.2 1941-42...73.1..157.5 1996-97
CHESTER 67.9 SNOWIEST 63.2 2008-09...23.0...85.0 2008-09
CASCADE 20SSE 55.4 2ND SNOWIEST 57.1 2003-04...42.7...95.1 2003-04
CHINOOK 57.0 3RD SNOWIEST 58.0 1995-96...33.2...63.0 1995-96
CHOTEAU 48.6 16TH SNOWIEST 72.0 1897-98...24.4...90.0 1966-67
CONRAD 51.0 11TH SNOWIEST 75.5 1924-25...31.3...82.0 1934-35
EAST GLACIER 163.9 22ND SNOWIEST 268.0 1971-72..142.0..284.0 1971-72
FT ASSINIBOINE 51.2 SNOWIEST 42.8 2008-09...28.0...50.1 1989-90
FORT BENTON 68.1 21ST SNOWIEST 114.1 1958-59...43.1..114.1 1958-59
GALATA 61.8 SNOWIEST 58.5 2008-09... 91.5 2008-09
GOLD BUTTE 119.3 SNOWIEST 94.0 2008-09...56.0..127.0 2006-07
GRASS RANGE 61.9 9TH SNOWIEST 102.2 1958-59...35.8..118.0 1958-59
GREAT FALLS 87.6 2ND SNOWIEST 92.9 1988-89...51.2..120.2 1988-89
HARLEM 61.5 2ND SNOWIEST 67.3 1964-65...25.0...68.2 1964-65
HAVRE 73.7 SNOWIEST 72.2 1977-78...30.8...93.4 1981-82
HOBSON 79.5 SNOWIEST 74.9 2009-10...45.0...92.9 2009-10
LEWISTWN 11SE 113.8 11TH SNOWIEST 198.0 1977-78..109.0..207.4 1977-78
MILLEGAN 14SE 174.0 2ND SNOWIEST 175.0 2009-10..108.6..179.0 2007-08
MOCCASIN 54.2 14TH HIGHEST 120.0 1977-78.. 63.7..121.0 1977-78
NEIHART 117.6 6TH SNOWIEST 184.0 1965-66...84.8..156.0 1981-82
SHELBY 40.5 4TH SNOWIEST 57.5 1948-49...32.0...68.2 2008-09
SIMPSON 91.9 SNOWIEST 51.1 1951-52...24.5...61.8 1966-67
STANFORD 56.2 15TH SNOWIEST 79.7 1971-72...50.0..118.4 1974-75
TURNER 61.4 SNOWIEST 48.3 1985-86...22.6...53.8 2003-04
WARRICK 101.3 SNOWIEST 76.5 2005-06...55.5..107.2 2009-10
W YELLOWSTONE 188.1 11TH SNOWIEST 284.2 1994-95..128.6..316.6 1994-95
W SULPHUR SPGS 52.4 128.5 1947-48.. 27.0..142.5 1963-64
SOME RECORDS FOR MONTHLY SNOWFALL HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED OVER THE PAST
WINTER.
MONTH SNOW
BIG SKY NOVEMBER 2010 51.1..OLD RECORD 41.9 INCHES IN 2005.
BOZEMAN MSU FEBRUARY 2011 26.7..2ND HIGHEST IN FEBRUARY. RECORD
IS 28.1 INCHES IN 2005.
CASCADE 20SE FEBRUARY 2011 21.8..2ND HIGHEST IN FEBRUARY. RECORD
IS 24.0 INCHES IN 1958.
CHESTER MARCH 2011 18.2..OLD RECORD 9.5 INCHES IN 2004.
CHOTEAU FEBRUARY 2011 17.0..2ND HIGHEST IN FEBRUARY. RECORD
IS 18.5 INCHES IN 1894.
DEL BONITA FEBRUARY 2011 26.0..OLD RECORD 16.0 INCHES IN 1993.
GREAT FALLS FEBRUARY 2011..32.6..OLD RECORD 28.8 INCHES IN 1958.
GOLD BUTTE NOVEMBER 2010 30.3..OLD RECORD 25.2 INCHES IN 1958.
MILLEGAN NOVEMBER 2010 52.0..OLD RECORD 51.0 INCHES IN 2005.
FEBRUARY 2011 43.0..2ND HIGHEST IN FEBRUARY. RECORD
IS 54.0 INCHES IN 2007.
NEIHART FEBRUARY 2011 39.9..OLD RECORD 34.6 INCHES IN 2003.
SIMPSON NOVEMBER 2010 19.5..OLD RECORD 16.0 INCHES IN 1960.
DECEMBER 2010 22.0..OLD RECORD 19.0 INCHES IN 2009.
MARCH 2011 24.5..OLD RECORD 17.5 INCHES IN 1954.
STANFORD FEBRUARY 2011 19.1..2ND HIGHEST IN FEBRUARY. RECORD
IS 23.4 INCHES IN 1970.
TURNER 11N JANUARY 2011 31.1..OLD RECORD 20.9 INCHES IN 2004.
WARRICK JANUARY 2011 42.0..OLD RECORD 25.0 INCHES IN 2009.
AT GREAT FALLS...THE 32.6 INCHES RECORDED IN FEBRUARY IS THE
HIGHEST AMOUNT RECORDED IN ANY FEBRUARY...AND THE SECOND HIGHEST
MONTHLY TOTAL OF ANY MONTH. THE HIGHEST AMOUNT IS A TIE WITH APRIL
1967 AND APRIL 2009. BOTH MONTHS RECEIVED 35.4 INCHES OF SNOW.More From K96 FM
