Station Overview Station Location
Station Number MT-PW-3 Latitude 46.99372
Station Name Ovando 2.9 SW Longitude -113.17423
County Powell Elevation (ft) 4057



Month 30 Yr Avg by PRISM Total Prcp Sum Days Covered By All Observations Daily Prcp Sum Daily Observation Count Multiday Prcp Sum Days Covered by Multiday Observations Multiday Observation Count Days With Prcp Days With Trace Total Snowfall Days With Snowfall Days With Snow On Ground
Oct 14 1.10 1.57 10 1.37 7 0.20 3 1 7 0 0.0 0 0
Nov 14 1.35 3.59 13 2.54 9 1.05 4 1 9 0 14.5 5 5
Dec 14 1.51 2.10 12 1.85 9 0.25 3 1 8 1 18.8 8 6
Jan 15 1.45 2.77 9 2.77 9 0.00 0 0 8 1 22.7 5 1
Feb 15 1.06 1.26 8 1.26 8 0.00 0 0 8 0 3.7 3 4
March 15 0.85 0.77 6 0.77 6 0.00 0 0 6 0 1.0 1 2
April 15 0.92 0.26 6 0.26 6 0.00 0 0 5 1 4.0 2 1
May 15 2.07 0.94 8 0.94 8 0.00 0 0 8 0 0.0 0 0
June 15 2.25 0.40 4 0.40 4 0.00 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
July 15 1.14 0.70 6 0.70 6 0.00 0 0 6 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 15 1.28 0.48 8 0.48 8 0.00 0 0 7 1 0.0 0 0
Sept 15 1.34 0.93 4 0.93 4 0.00 0 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 16.32" 15.77" 94 days 14.27" 84 1.50" 10 days 3 80 days 4 days 64.7" 24 days 19 days



Days in Water Year Cell Color Key
        Daily Observation with Prcp         Missing Day
        Multiday Observation         Daily/Multiday Observation Conflict

Day of Year Daily Prcp Multiday Prcp
10/1/2014 **
10/2/2014 **
10/3/2014 0.20
10/4/2014
10/5/2014
10/6/2014
10/7/2014
10/8/2014
10/9/2014
10/10/2014
10/11/2014
10/12/2014 0.49
10/13/2014 0.02
10/14/2014
10/15/2014
10/16/2014 0.15
10/17/2014
10/18/2014
10/19/2014
10/20/2014
10/21/2014
10/22/2014 0.38
10/23/2014
10/24/2014 0.14
10/25/2014
10/26/2014 0.05
10/27/2014
10/28/2014
10/29/2014 0.14
10/30/2014
10/31/2014
11/1/2014
11/2/2014 0.40
11/3/2014
11/4/2014
11/5/2014 0.07
11/6/2014 0.02
11/7/2014 0.10
11/8/2014
11/9/2014
11/10/2014 0.80
11/11/2014
11/12/2014
11/13/2014
11/14/2014
11/15/2014
11/16/2014
11/17/2014
11/18/2014
11/19/2014
11/20/2014
11/21/2014
11/22/2014 0.21
11/23/2014
11/24/2014 0.18
11/25/2014 0.18
11/26/2014 0.58
11/27/2014 **
11/28/2014 **
11/29/2014 **
11/30/2014 1.05
12/1/2014
12/2/2014 0.05
12/3/2014
12/4/2014 0.08
12/5/2014
12/6/2014 **
12/7/2014 **
12/8/2014 0.25
12/9/2014
12/10/2014
12/11/2014
12/12/2014
12/13/2014
12/14/2014
12/15/2014
12/16/2014
12/17/2014
12/18/2014
12/19/2014 0.34
12/20/2014
12/21/2014 0.52
12/22/2014
12/23/2014
12/24/2014 T
12/25/2014
12/26/2014 0.45
12/27/2014 0.03
12/28/2014 0.23
12/29/2014 0.15
12/30/2014
12/31/2014
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2015
1/2/2015
1/3/2015 0.12
1/4/2015 0.20
1/5/2015 1.30
1/6/2015 0.22
1/7/2015
1/8/2015
1/9/2015
1/10/2015
1/11/2015 0.13
1/12/2015
1/13/2015
1/14/2015
1/15/2015
1/16/2015 T
1/17/2015 0.02
1/18/2015 0.28
1/19/2015
1/20/2015 0.50
1/21/2015
1/22/2015
1/23/2015
1/24/2015
1/25/2015
1/26/2015
1/27/2015
1/28/2015
1/29/2015
1/30/2015
1/31/2015
2/1/2015
2/2/2015 0.11
2/3/2015
2/4/2015
2/5/2015 0.08
2/6/2015
2/7/2015 0.02
2/8/2015 0.70
2/9/2015 0.12
2/10/2015 0.05
2/11/2015
2/12/2015
2/13/2015
2/14/2015
2/15/2015
2/16/2015
2/17/2015
2/18/2015
2/19/2015
2/20/2015 0.02
2/21/2015 0.16
2/22/2015
2/23/2015
2/24/2015
2/25/2015
2/26/2015
2/27/2015
2/28/2015
3/1/2015
3/2/2015
3/3/2015 0.07
3/4/2015
3/5/2015
3/6/2015
3/7/2015
3/8/2015
3/9/2015
3/10/2015
3/11/2015
3/12/2015
3/13/2015
3/14/2015
3/15/2015 0.26
3/16/2015 0.25
3/17/2015 0.02
3/18/2015
3/19/2015 0.03
3/20/2015
3/21/2015
3/22/2015
3/23/2015
3/24/2015
3/25/2015
3/26/2015
3/27/2015
3/28/2015
3/29/2015 0.14
3/30/2015
3/31/2015
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2015 0.05
4/2/2015
4/3/2015 0.04
4/4/2015
4/5/2015 0.01
4/6/2015
4/7/2015 T
4/8/2015
4/9/2015
4/10/2015
4/11/2015
4/12/2015 0.04
4/13/2015
4/14/2015
4/15/2015
4/16/2015
4/17/2015
4/18/2015
4/19/2015
4/20/2015
4/21/2015
4/22/2015
4/23/2015
4/24/2015
4/25/2015
4/26/2015
4/27/2015 0.12
4/28/2015
4/29/2015
4/30/2015
5/1/2015
5/2/2015
5/3/2015
5/4/2015
5/5/2015
5/6/2015
5/7/2015
5/8/2015
5/9/2015
5/10/2015
5/11/2015
5/12/2015
5/13/2015 0.03
5/14/2015 0.05
5/15/2015
5/16/2015
5/17/2015 0.04
5/18/2015
5/19/2015
5/20/2015
5/21/2015
5/22/2015 0.02
5/23/2015
5/24/2015
5/25/2015
5/26/2015 0.02
5/27/2015 0.27
5/28/2015
5/29/2015 0.08
5/30/2015
5/31/2015 0.43
6/1/2015 0.10
6/2/2015 0.12
6/3/2015 0.14
6/4/2015 0.04
6/5/2015
6/6/2015
6/7/2015
6/8/2015
6/9/2015
6/10/2015
6/11/2015
6/12/2015
6/13/2015
6/14/2015
6/15/2015
6/16/2015
6/17/2015
6/18/2015
6/19/2015
6/20/2015
6/21/2015
6/22/2015
6/23/2015
6/24/2015
6/25/2015
6/26/2015
6/27/2015
6/28/2015
6/29/2015
6/30/2015
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2015
7/2/2015
7/3/2015
7/4/2015
7/5/2015
7/6/2015 0.01
7/7/2015
7/8/2015
7/9/2015
7/10/2015
7/11/2015 0.08
7/12/2015 0.10
7/13/2015
7/14/2015
7/15/2015
7/16/2015
7/17/2015
7/18/2015
7/19/2015
7/20/2015
7/21/2015
7/22/2015
7/23/2015
7/24/2015
7/25/2015
7/26/2015 0.01
7/27/2015 0.12
7/28/2015 0.38
7/29/2015
7/30/2015
7/31/2015
8/1/2015
8/2/2015
8/3/2015
8/4/2015
8/5/2015 T
8/6/2015 0.07
8/7/2015
8/8/2015
8/9/2015
8/10/2015
8/11/2015
8/12/2015 0.06
8/13/2015
8/14/2015
8/15/2015 0.17
8/16/2015 0.06
8/17/2015
8/18/2015
8/19/2015
8/20/2015
8/21/2015
8/22/2015 0.04
8/23/2015
8/24/2015
8/25/2015
8/26/2015
8/27/2015
8/28/2015
8/29/2015
8/30/2015 0.02
8/31/2015 0.06
9/1/2015
9/2/2015
9/3/2015
9/4/2015 0.10
9/5/2015 0.31
9/6/2015 0.48
9/7/2015 0.04
9/8/2015
9/9/2015
9/10/2015
9/11/2015
9/12/2015
9/13/2015
9/14/2015
9/15/2015
9/16/2015
9/17/2015
9/18/2015
9/19/2015
9/20/2015
9/21/2015
9/22/2015
9/23/2015
9/24/2015
9/25/2015
9/26/2015
9/27/2015
9/28/2015
9/29/2015
9/30/2015



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/12/2014 8:00 AM 0.49 M M M M Rain didn't start until after 3 pm and came in 3 heavy waves; the latest around 2 am. Half an inch in 12 hours.
10/13/2014 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
10/16/2014 8:00 AM 0.15 M M M M A micro cell came over in mid-afternoon with resulting heavy rain and extremely high winds for less than 30 minutes. Many trees down. signs off. And the leaves have blown to the next county.
10/22/2014 8:00 AM 0.38 M M M M Hi of 45. Low of 30.
10/24/2014 8:00 AM 0.14 M M M M
10/26/2014 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M
10/29/2014 8:00 AM 0.14 M M M M
11/2/2014 8:00 AM 0.40 M M M M rain started lightly at 4 pm then got heavy around 9 pm. No snow. Low at 36. Yea!
11/5/2014 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
11/6/2014 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M
11/7/2014 8:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Extremely high winds in the middle of the night, which we do not get on this side of the mountain with heavy rain once. It was 49 degrees during this and has dropped to 45 this morning.
11/10/2014 8:00 AM 0.80 2.0 M 2.0 M Rain started around noon. Sometime heavy. .60" of rain by 4 pm. Snow started after dark but temps were something watch. Dropped 12 degrees in one hour to 25. Ultimately stopped at 16. Gonna be nasty.
11/22/2014 8:00 AM 0.21 0.5 M 0.5 M
11/24/2014 9:00 AM 0.18 3.0 M 3.0 M High 37. Low 31.
11/25/2014 9:00 AM 0.18 2.0 M 3.5 M High 35. Low 28 then rose to 31 with heavy wet snow that turned to freezing rain and 34 by 8 am.
11/26/2014 9:00 AM 0.58 7.0 M 7.0 M
12/2/2014 9:00 AM 0.05 1.0 M 7.0 M
12/4/2014 8:00 AM 0.08 1.0 M 7.0 M Sunny yesterday with high of 17. Clouds came in. temps went up. By 8 am it was 21. With light snow.
12/19/2014 9:00 AM 0.34 2.0 M M M Hi 31. Low 22. Snow, light, throughout the entire day.
12/21/2014 8:00 AM 0.52 6.0 M 10.0 M snow came over night but by 9 am temps rose to above 34. Cant get anything plowed if it rains on top of all the snow.
12/24/2014 8:00 AM T T M M M currently 28 and lightly snowing with no accumulation so far.
12/26/2014 8:00 AM 0.45 3.0 M M M A lot of very heavy wet snow over Christmas eve night.
12/27/2014 8:00 AM 0.03 0.3 M 7.0 M Highs in the mid-20's. Lows in the upper teens. No snow until dawn. currently 21, overcast and very light snow fall.
12/28/2014 8:00 AM 0.23 3.0 M 9.5 M High 26. Low 21. Currently 23 and snow has started up again moderately.
12/29/2014 8:00 AM 0.15 2.5 M 10.5 M Low last night 3. Currently +5 with winds making plowing with a tractor impossible and freezing the plow trucks brakes. It's been a long winter all ready.
1/3/2015 9:00 AM 0.12 2.7 M 11.0 M high yesterday 13. Low +4. Currently 12 and lightly snowing.
1/4/2015 9:00 AM 0.20 4.0 M M M
1/5/2015 9:00 AM 1.30 11.5 M M M Light snow throughout the day with a high of 18. Low of 15 with heavier snow. Total snow 11.7". Currently 15 and snowing moderately hard.
1/6/2015 9:00 AM 0.22 0.0 M M M Temps rose to above freezing by late morning resulting in rain on top of a foot of new snow, resulting in no-plow zones. Low last night 35. Not good for snow conditions.
1/11/2015 9:00 AM 0.13 2.0 M M M
1/16/2015 8:00 AM T T M M M Low last night 11 and rising to 20 by dawn with snow flurries just starting around 8 am.
1/17/2015 9:00 AM 0.02 T M M M
1/18/2015 8:00 AM 0.28 2.5 M M M
1/20/2015 8:00 AM 0.50 T M M M high 40. low 25
2/2/2015 9:00 AM 0.11 1.2 M 18.0 M After an almost two week dry spell of only a dusting here and there and temps up to 53 a week ago, finally got measurable snow of 1-1/4" on top of bullet proof ice. Not good. Low 29. Yesterday high 29.
2/5/2015 9:00 AM 0.08 1.0 M 17.0 M High yesterday 38. Low 28. Currenty 30 with clouds, calm and nothing falling from the skies.
2/7/2015 8:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M M M
2/8/2015 9:00 AM 0.70 0.0 M M M Rain and freezing rain all day long. Sometimes heavy. 2 hour break from 12:30 to 2:30 just in time for the Ovando Luau. And then it stopped over night. High 36. Low 33.
2/9/2015 9:00 AM 0.12 0.0 M M M 31 degrees and pouring rain. Can't get much worse than that. Welcome to Olympic bobsledding!
2/10/2015 9:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M M M rain in the evening. no snow. high 43. low 37.
2/20/2015 8:00 AM 0.02 0.0 M 11.5 M High 44. Low 34. Very little rain in early evening. Had received 40.5" of snow in Dec and Jan. Down to 11.5" except at tree wells that are dry. It's getting scary for Feb. Last year this time we had 7" more.
2/21/2015 9:00 AM 0.16 1.5 M 12.0 M High yesterday in low 40's. Low this morning 22. Snow started at 34 degrees around 6 pm then started sticking a few hours later. About time. It's been 19 days since our last measurable snow.
3/3/2015 9:00 AM 0.07 1.0 M M M High 27. Low 11. Light snow late afternoon for about an hour. Big Whoop.....
3/15/2015 9:00 AM 0.26 0.0 M 6.0 M High yesterday 54. Low this morning 38. Light rain continuously since 3 pm. About time.
3/16/2015 9:00 AM 0.25 0.0 M M M Another quarter of an inch of rain mosty over night when it rained very hard after midnight. That really caused the 6" of remaining snow to disappear.
3/17/2015 9:00 AM 0.02 T M 5.0 M Dusting of fresh snow. Light rain came in middle of night.
3/19/2015 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M
3/29/2015 8:00 AM 0.14 M M M M Heavy rain in the morning. Heavy winds in the afternoon. Not sure the mph of the gusts but several trees came down.
4/1/2015 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M High of 62. Low 33. High winds. Rain came in a short amount of time early in the day before the winds shot up.
4/3/2015 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
4/5/2015 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M High 46. Low this morning 22. Light snow that never stuck to the ground off and on all day with one short period of heavy snow that flew by.
4/7/2015 8:00 AM T T M 0.0 M High 44. Low this morning 17. Snow flurries throughout the day, sometimes heavy but nothing stuck until 8 pm when the temp slipped below freezing.
4/12/2015 8:00 AM 0.04 1.0 M 1.0 M Very windy. Highs in the upper 30's. Cloudy but no precip to mention until around 5 am when the 1" of snow was found. Most snow in 2 months.
4/27/2015 8:00 AM 0.12 3.0 M 0.0 M 3 hours snowfall in the morning left 3" of snow, the most snow since the end of January! Much needed. Much appreciated. sun and warmth later melt it all off.
5/13/2015 8:00 AM 0.03 M M M M rain at last! hallelujah!
5/14/2015 8:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Light rain with one heavy cell around noon. Excellent!
5/17/2015 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M A lot of clouds. A lot of nothing on rain.
5/22/2015 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Light rain around 7 pm. Anything is welcome.
5/26/2015 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Late afternoon cell with not a lot in it at this point but 3 miles west, they got a good soaking.
5/27/2015 8:00 AM 0.27 M M M M Wonderful storm for an hour with plenty of lightening and thunder and "raining cats and dogs" according to my weather center. Much appreciated.
5/29/2015 8:00 AM 0.08 M M M M Rain, hard sometimes, off and on until afternoon. Altho gauge read .08" felt like a whole lot more came down.
5/31/2015 8:00 AM 0.43 M M M M Cloudy day with light rain in the late morning turned into a massive mid-afternoon t-storm with loud boomers and very heavy rain that allowed for 1/4" collected in only 15 minutes. Other cells passed by allowing for almost a half inch total.
6/1/2015 8:00 AM 0.10 M M M M storms came charging thru between 2 and 4 am.
6/2/2015 8:00 AM 0.12 M M M M Nice rain between 1 and 5 am.
6/3/2015 8:00 AM 0.14 M M M M
6/4/2015 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
7/6/2015 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M 40 degree cooler!!!! Temp dropped from 63 to 56 afte a small rain storm with cool winds.
7/11/2015 9:00 AM 0.08 M M M M After an extremely long stretch without precip it was nice to finally get some June weather in July. High yesterday 88 until the storm came thru dropping the temp 30 degrees. Currently high 50's.
7/12/2015 8:00 AM 0.10 M M M M High in the 50s all day until around 4 pm when the sun came out and the temp reached 65.
7/26/2015 8:00 AM 0.01 M M M M Little bit of rain at 8 am that lasted for just a few minutes.
7/27/2015 8:00 AM 0.12 M M M M First good measurable rain in about 3 weeks in this locale altho places close by have been getting some for the last several days. But not us until this morning. Rain heavy around midnight then a steady stream. Muchly needed. And it smells so good!
7/28/2015 8:00 AM 0.38 M M M M Half inch of rain in 20 hours; from midnight til 8 pm. High 54. Low 40. thank you mother nature for adding water to the rivers and keeping the fire monster at bay a while longer.
8/5/2015 8:00 AM T M M M M High yesterday 85. Low 53. Light rain around 7:30 but didn't dampen the dust However at 8:40 raining nicely in "downtown" Ovando. Hope it keeps up!
8/6/2015 8:00 AM 0.07 M M M M
8/12/2015 8:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Late entry due to Scotty Brown fire evacuation. Rain was in the morning hours.
8/15/2015 8:00 AM 0.17 M M M M Short rain during t-storms that blew thru at 6 pm and 10 pm. Then gully washer at 3 am. All storms with high quantity of lightening. Most horizontal. Hopefully no new strikes as we just got home from Scotty Brown fire evacuation. High Aug 14: 96. Currently extremely low visibility due to smoke and winds already creeping up.
8/16/2015 8:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Wonderful surprise at 5 am this morning when rain woke me. Nice, steady, light rain for about an hour. Thank you. Our "back yard" fires could use it.
8/22/2015 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M Very welcomed light rain after dark. High yesterday 75. Low 45.
8/30/2015 8:00 AM 0.02 M M M M High yesterday 85 with non-breathable air filled with smoke. Low 56. Rain arrived in wee hours of the morning. Reduced the smoke smell but it is returning rapidly.
8/31/2015 8:00 AM 0.06 M M M M Rain off and on from 4 pm. Nice wet stuff. Dampened down the smoke so that we actually had none this morning. High yesterday 72. Low 47.
9/4/2015 8:00 AM 0.10 M M M M High 54. Low 43. Started raining around 6 pm and quit before nightfall.
9/5/2015 8:00 AM 0.31 M M M M Moderate to heavy rain over night to over 1/4". High 54. Low 44. Snow on the peaks this morning. This is definitely a game changer for the fire season and low river flows.
9/6/2015 8:00 AM 0.48 M M M M At 1400 hours a massive cell came over dumping .40" of rain, 1/2" of pea size hail and high winds for approximately 45 minutes. Snow at 5,000'. That was followed by two other cells over night. High 45. Low 37. Blackfoot River rose over 100cfs after the 2 pm storm. Hallelujah!
9/7/2015 8:00 AM 0.04 M M M M



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes
9/26/2014 10/03/2014 8:00 AM 8 0.20 M M
11/27/2014 11/30/2014 9:00 AM 4 1.05 1.5 M Friday 11/28 38 and rain. Rained until 6 am then polar blast arrived dropping temp 20 degrees in 1 hour. 7 degrees by Sat afternoon. Blizzard conditions arrived at 4pm Sat with 1.5" of snow at 4 degrees. Low 3-below. At 9 am on Sun +3 and sun [first in over a week].
12/6/2014 12/08/2014 9:00 AM 3 0.25 5.0 M



Observation Date Observation Time Notes Largest Stone Size Average Stone Size Smallest Stone Size Stone Consistency Duration Minutes Durration Accuracy Damage Timing More Rain than Hail Hail Started Largest Hail Started Angle of Impact Number of Stones on Pad Distance Between Stones on Pad Depth of Stones on Ground