Chronicle Columnists

Where’s all the moisture? The first two months of the rainy season have been a bust across southwest Montana, which adds some uncertainty to the water situation as we head into the summer.

The coming of spring is always an event to celebrate, this year more than most. The last vestiges of winter’s snow have disappeared from the valley floor, and recent temperatures in the 60s and 70s have initiated green-up. Perhaps more importantly, the weather beckons us outside, where fresh…

On the heels of unusually benign weather for most of December and January, conditions across the Gallatin Valley finally turned more winter-like in February. Even so, we’ve yet to experience a prolonged, multi-day blast of Arctic air this season.