Wildfire season slows and rainy August wets Montana

Overall, Montana has so far experienced a well below-normal wildfire season, at least in terms of acreage burned. Over the past 20 years, wildfires burned an average of about 395,000 acres annually in Montana. As of Wednesday, the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation reported that 114,324 acres had burned in Montana this season.

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