Weather in Yellowstone

My son worked there the summer of 2011. I drove him there around June 20, in my MINI Cooper. The snowbanks were twice the height of my car.

Cup fan wrote:
Looking at going to Yellowstone the last week of May. I understand that the weather anywhere is a crapshoot. But I was wondering, as a general rule of thumb, what to expect. Would like to hear from some folks who have been there around the Memorial Day time frame, and what kind weather you experienced.

We have reservations for the end of May, a buddy of mine that's works up there said he thought it was the best time to go. Its been a very mild winter as well so hopefully we will be Okay. I'm not worried about it. We are staying at Madison campground in the park itself from the 25 -29th of May. Fishing opens up that weekend too in the Maddison river I was told when I made our reservations. I couldn't find what I wanted online so I called and sure enough they had sites that were not shown to be available on line.

Yellowstone is around 7,500-8,000 ft elevation, it is not like 2,000 ft, it can be cold any time of year, take the coat and shorts.

TxGearhead wrote:
I'm considering the same thing...Yellowstone in May, then on to Glacier. Can I assume they plow the roads clear if it does snow? I'm basically just driving through and stopping overnight wherever, whenever I have to.
US HWY 287 trip...Port Arthur TX to Browning WY.

yes they plow the roads and then the bison use them and its no fun following a herd for about 3 miles at their selected pace ,slow and slower and stop and admire the snow every once in a while.

Thanks, I doubted GTTS road was going to be open and I wasn't planning on driving it with the cabover anyway.
I'll watch the website and maybe call. I may combine this trip with another in September.

Don't expect Going to the Sun Road to be open until very late this year, maybe July. They have a terrific snow pack. It may be partially open earlier.

There is a road status page on the park web site. Almost all other roads were open in May this year. Call the park office and ask for someone knowledgeable.

Glacier would be really problematic in May. Going to the Sun Rd will most likely still be snow bound. And it seems like they schedule road maintenance to fix the winter damaged road as soon as the roads get opened. So even when the snow clears the roads may still be closed by repair work.

I'm considering the same thing...Yellowstone in May, then on to Glacier. Can I assume they plow the roads clear if it does snow? I'm basically just driving through and stopping overnight wherever, whenever I have to.
US HWY 287 trip...Port Arthur TX to Browning WY.

jalichty wrote:
A few years ago, first week of June, we took a couple of our grandsons to Jackson Lake for a week and traveled to Yellowstone one day for sightseeing. While we were there it did snow on us, but not a great deal and we only had on light coats as the weather was fine overall. By the way, it also snowed at Jackson Lake as well, getting up one morning with an inch or two on the ground. Not a big deal as it soon melted off and we went fishing and had a great time. Don't let the threat of a little bad weather deter you from taking a trip that you will remember for a lifetime.

I don't consider snow to be bad weather - it actually is Beautiful when you are Lucky enough to catch it in Yellowstone - Just Beautiful!

Actually it looks pretty good in All the Parks we have been lucky enough to catch it in,

Best of Luck,

We were there middle of May this year. Temps were high 50's and low 60's during the day, 30's at night. We had no snow but there was snow on the ground especially at the southern end of the park. We had a little rain one night.Great time to go.