Precipitation

A wet and cooler spring has eased drought concerns over parts of western Montana, but severe drought conditions remain along the Rocky Mountain Front after two straight winters of lower snowfall and warmer temperatures.

Northwest Montana has reached "severe drought" status in the U.S. Drought Monitor as a lack of rain and high temperatures are beginning to heat up streams across the state.

It won't be a Fourth of July many Montanans are used to this year, mainly thanks to record high temperatures and dry weather conditions.

Western Montana is under a heat advisory for most of the weekend—reaching temperatures that most of the state hasn’t seen for over a century.

Heavy rainfall has caused some flash flooding in parts of Wibaux, Prairie and Dawson counties in eastern Montana.

It's hard to believe after days of rain, but National Weather Service Hydrologist Ray Nickless said the amount of water hitting Montana over the past month is below normal.

Recent warm temperatures has put Montana snowpack at some of its lowest levels ever this April.

Montana farmers are expected to plant less wheat than last year according to a statistics report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Just a few months ago, parts of western Montana were still in near-drought conditions that had continued from the extremely dry summer.

Despite many sunny days this winter, Missoula is almost average when it comes to snow pack and precipitation for this time of year.