Skywatch Friday: Montana's June Rainy Season

In the old days, when Butte America (aka Butte, Montana) was a mining town, the miners sat in the bars, drank their Shawn O'Farrells, and bet on how many days it would rain in June. Usually, 29 or 30 (out of 31) won the pool. Since Global Warming, much of the rain has shifted to May, and we don't get so much of it. Still, there's nothing like a cold front that lowers the temperature from 80 deg F to 40 deg F in a few hours to remind you that it's Springtime in the Rockies:

Come July, we'll go weeks or months and barely see a cloud dot the brilliant blue skies, so we'll take all the rain we can get right now. It greens up the hills for all the hungry creatures, like this Bighorn Sheep (framed by the mountains of the Pintler Wilderness):

And it makes for gorgeous sunsets (this is a view to the Northeast, not the West!):