SEASON RELATIVE

Wetter than 35% of 34 past seasons since 1991 at this station. This season’s winter precipitation is 16.3 in water, below a typical 17.4 in water.

Official gauges only (NOAA GHCN-Daily snowfall and NRCS SNOTEL winter precipitation). Not resort marketing, not OpenSnow, not OnTheSnow. This page uses the NRCS SNOTEL station 590:MT:SNTL.

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Northern Rockies · MT · 2025-26

Big Sky

35
Lean
This season at the gauge
16.3 in water
Median
17.4 in water
Record
24.7 in water · 1996-97
Sample
34 past seasons

Cumulative winter precipitation

Ghost lines are past seasons. Dashed is the median. Band is the 10th–90th percentile envelope. X-axis is day of season, not calendar year.

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Sliding the date recomputes the percentile against the same calendar date in past seasons — never a full year vs a partial year.

The station

NRCS SNOTEL on Lone Mountain at Big Sky.

ID 590:MT:SNTL
Network NRCS SNOTEL
Elevation 8,820 ft
Metric winter precipitation (in)