Question: Of the 150 glaciers present in Glacier National Park 100 years ago, how many remain today?
Answer: 26
Even the 26 glaciers remaining in Glacier National Park are expected to vanish within 30 years.
Other Montana climate change facts:
- Spring melt-off comes 15 days earlier.
- Missoula area snowfall has fallen from 55 inches to 40 inches, and then umber of frost-free days has increased by 15.
- Flathed Lake reported the highest-ever mid-lake temperature on July 22, 2003: 76 degrees at the deepest point.