National Climatic Data Center, 15 July 2003

• June was wet in the eastern portions of the state but dry in the west
• the dry weather combined with hot temperatures, especially during late June and early July, to rapidly deplete soil moisture in some areas
• reservoirs were very low. In southwest Montana ... Lima Reservoir was 7.5% of normal capacity ... Clark Canyon Reservoir was 25% of normal. Fresno Reservoir in the north was 63% of normal.