#1Red Lodge
Carbon County · 2,723 people33 days a year with an inch or more·Red Lodge station, 2 km
Red Lodge, #1 on this list · Photo: User:Velela · Public domainMontana rankings · Climate
Snowiest towns in Montana
Red Lodge gets the most snow of Montana’s 38 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 142 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Dillon gets the least, about 11 inches; 10 of the 38 average 60 inches or more.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at each town’s nearest station with a snow record (named in each row). A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1142in
#2Lewistown
Fergus County · 6,179 people37 days a year with an inch or more·Lewistown 11 SSE station, 16 km
#T3Belgrade
Gallatin County · 13,107 people29 days a year with an inch or more·Bozeman Montana State Univ station, 17 km
All 38 towns
Snow in a normal winter, most first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 21 towns here share a station).
38 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
T25Helena Valley Northeastunincorporated, Lewis and Clark County · 4,659 people12Helena Rgnl AP11.3 km
T25Helena Valley Northwestunincorporated, Lewis and Clark County · 5,183 people12Helena Rgnl AP15.5 km
T25Helena Valley Southeastunincorporated, Lewis and Clark County · 9,108 people12Helena Rgnl AP5.2 km
T25Helena Valley West Centralunincorporated, Lewis and Clark County · 8,056 people12Helena Rgnl AP9.6 km
A station’s normal can differ from the town’s own when the station sits higher or lower; each town’s Climate page names its station and checks it.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which Montana town gets the most snow?
Red Lodge (Carbon County), about 142 inches in a normal winter at the Red Lodge station.
What part of Montana gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Dillon (Beaverhead County, about 11 in), Butte-Silver Bow (, about 15 in), Hamilton (Ravalli County, about 17 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station. See the towns with the least snow.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (42 in Montana) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 4 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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