Montana snowpack rapidly melted in May

By: Micah Drew

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: June 9, 2026

Words: 855

Last Updated: 2 days, 8 hours ago

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Throughout May, warm temperatures across Montana led to a rapid melt off of the state’s snowpack, which sits “largely below 50% of median,” as of June 1.

That’s according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, which released its June Water Supply Outlook Report last week.

“Late spring snowpack percentages rarely tell the whole story,” said Florence Miller, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Hydrologist, in a press release. “When …

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