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How much rain and snow fell in Butte-Silver Bow, Montana?

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Butte-Silver Bow got 0.72 in of rain in the last 24 hours (to 9 AM MDT, Oct 11). Past 7 days: 0.79 in. This year: 7.73 in (69 percent of normal).

Yesterday and last night (24 hours to 6 AM MDT, Oct 10): no rain.

6.6
inches
of new snow

In the 24 hours to 6:00 AM MDT, Sunday, October 11, 2026

NOAA snow estimate

0.72 in melted to water radar estimate

  • NOAA snow estimate
  • Melted to water, estimated from weather radar

Compared with normal

  • Last 7 days0.58 in wetter than normal (normal 0.21 in, Oct 5 to 11, Butte Bert Mooney Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average (the official normal), NOAA station records, Butte Bert Mooney Airport
  • This month0.17 in wetter than normal (normal 0.33 in, Oct 1 to 11, Butte Bert Mooney Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Butte Bert Mooney Airport
  • This year3.43 in drier than normal (normal 11.16 in, Jan 1 to Oct 11, Butte Bert Mooney Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Butte Bert Mooney Airport

Will this match my gauge? Each day here ends at 6:00 AM MDT, close to when volunteers read their rain gauges? (about 7 AM). How close we usually are

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Snow in the 24 hours to 6 AM Sunday, Oct 11. NOAA snowfall analysis.
Labels: Butte-Silver Bow and nearby towns within 40 miles, in inches. Cut from the state map.

The most rain in a day in Butte-Silver Bow since September 21, 2023, and the 626th wettest day at Butte Bert Mooney Airport since 1894, tied with 24 other days.

NOAA station records · Butte Bert Mooney Airport (USW00024135), 9 mi away · 625 wetter days out of 46,725 on record, 24 tied days. This storm: Oct 11 to Oct 11, 0.46 in of rain; its biggest day, Oct 11, was 0.46 in.

The last 14 days

Sep 27 to Oct 10, 2026

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Melted to water, inches (radar estimate)

Each bar is one day ending 6:00 AM MDT. T = a trace, too little to measure; n/m = not measured.? Every value is printed, so the chart reads without color.

October 2026, day by day

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Figures: rain, inches (radar estimate); new snow, inches (NOAA snow estimate). Striped days are not measured or not in the data; days marked not yet are after the latest day. Each day ends 6:00 AM MDT.

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Rain goes back to Oct 14, 2020; snow to Oct 1, 2008. Days labeled by the date they end.

Every rain total for Butte-Silver Bow

PeriodRain
Last 24 hours, to 6:00 AM MDT Oct 110.72 in radar estimate
Last 72 hours0.79 in radar estimate
Last 7 days0.79 in radar estimate
This month so far0.50 in radar estimate
This year, 2026 so far7.73 in radar estimate

Every snow total

PeriodNew snow
Last 24 hours6.6 in NOAA snow estimate
Last 72 hours6.6 in NOAA snow estimate
Last 7 daysnot measured
This month so farnot measured
This season so farnot measured

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Butte-Silver Bow at a glance

Butte-Silver Bow is in Montana, at about 5,815 ft above sea level at its Census center point and had an estimated 35,480 residents in 2024.

The weather station's records since 1894 come from Butte Bert Mooney Airport, 9 miles away.

The wettest day on record at Butte Bert Mooney Airport was 3.00 in on June 8, 1913, tied with 1 other day.

From Sep 27 to Oct 10, Butte-Silver Bow had no measurable rain on any of the 14 days with data, by weather radar.

Nearby rain gauges (read by volunteers)

within 15 miles

No rain gauge read by a volunteer within 15 miles reported today.

Volunteer gauge reports: CoCoRaHS (cocorahs.org), CC BY 3.0. Measured by hand once a day; report date October 11, 2026. Shown as measured, not edited.

How close? Radar rain estimates are usually within about 10 to 15 percent of a rain gauge in your yard. City snow totals are usually within about 25 percent or 1 inch of what volunteers measure. Method and accuracy