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SILVER BOW CREEK

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Silver Bow Creek at Montana Street, at Butte, MT

BUTTE, MT45.9957°N, -112.5388°W Updated 6 hr ago

FLOW RATE

4cfs

AIR TEMP

55°F

WIND

1mph NE

FISH INDEX

88SCORE / 100

EPIC · 5 OF 5

1D 7D 30D 1YR

Flow Rate Historical Avg

MEDIAN FLOW RATE · 1 YEAR

4cfs 44.8% vs avg

Optimal band: 7–9 cfs

PERIOD HIGH

49cfs

PERIOD LOW

3cfs

RUNNABLE

53%

last 1 year in band

Precipitation History

Precipitation · YTD

Normal

Near-normal year

2026 to date

11.4in

≈ normal

11.41 in of precipitation so far this year — about average for this point in the season (normal 11.82 in).

YTD Total

11.4in

This year so far

Normal to Date

11.8in

30-yr average

Typical Range

9.3–14.2in

10th–90th pct YTD

Departure

-3%

vs 30-yr normal

By Month

This year

Typical range

Normal

Jan: 0.50" · normal 0.88" (0.5–1.3)

Jan

Feb: 0.71" · normal 0.93" (0.4–1.8)

Feb

Mar: 2.04" · normal 1.35" (0.8–2.0)

Mar

Apr: 2.10" · normal 2.11" (1.3–2.8)

Apr

May: 2.82" · normal 2.93" (1.6–4.1)

May

Jun: 2.91" · normal 3.20" (1.7–5.1)

Jun

Jul: 0.34" (so far)· normal 1.42" (0.5–2.7)

Jul

Aug: normal 1.07" (0.4–1.9)

Aug

Sep: normal 1.33" (0.4–2.2)

Sep

Oct: normal 1.35" (0.6–2.2)

Oct

Nov: normal 1.23" (0.5–2.2)

Nov

Dec: normal 1.05" (0.5–1.7)

Dec

Baseline 1991–2020 · Source: Open-Meteo01:07 AM

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Station Location

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