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    How much snow does Helena get?

    Helena gets about 37 inches of snow in a typical year.

    Helena gets about 37 inches of snow a year, spread out politely over a long, dry, very Montana winter.
    Tomorrow’s roast for HelenaFree, no account, and you pick how rude I get.

    On about 13 days a year, an inch of snow or more falls. December is the snowiest month, with about 8 inches. That makes it the 32nd least snowy of the 75 US cities we track.

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    Snow in the next 5 days?

    Yes. Snow is in the Helena forecast for Tuesday.

    It’s 38°F in Helena right now.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    Snow by month

    September0.2 in
    October2.8 in
    November5.4 in
    December7.7 in
    January6.6 in
    February6.6 in
    March4.6 in
    April2.9 in
    May0.1 in

    Average snowfall in each month, 1991 to 2020. June to August get none.

    Cities with about the same snow

    Every city’s snowfall, snowiest first

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    Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, station USW00024144.