Butte, MT Snowfall A

First snow Oct 6 · Last snow May 22 · 76.0 in/yr · Station: ANACONDA

Avg First Snow

Oct 6

Median over 22 seasons 1d early

Avg Last Snow

May 22

Median over 22 seasons

Snow Season

229 days

SepJun

Avg Annual Snowfall

76.0 in

Rank #34 of 217 tracked

Latest season (2025–26): first measurable snowfall arrived 1 day earlier than the 30-year normal.

Average Monthly Snowfall (inches)

0.2

Sep

3.7

Oct

12.3

Nov

11.8

Dec

11.2

Jan

11.5

Feb

12.6

Mar

9.8

Apr

2.1

May

0.6

Jun

How Butte Compares

Butte snowfall vs Montana and U.S. medians
Measure	Butte	Montana median	U.S. median
Avg annual snowfall	76.0 in	58.2 in	39.1 in
Avg first snowfall	Oct 6	Oct 12	Nov 16
Avg last snowfall	May 22	Apr 24	Apr 3
Snow season length	229 days	195 days	139 days

Medians are taken across tracked cities with regular snowfall (7 in Montana, 201 nationally).

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Data source: NOAA GHCN-Daily records for ANACONDA (USC00240199), 37 km from the city center, accessed via the ACIS web service. Normals window: 1990–91 through 2019–20 snow seasons. Measurable snow = ≥ 0.1 in.