Weather in Augusta, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Augusta, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 5:08 AM
41
°
Overcast
Feels like
34°
Humidity
45%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Sunset
9:01 PM
Augusta, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
46°
11p
45°
12a
44°
1a
43°
2a
42°
3a
43°
4a
41°
5a
41°
6a
43°
7a
47°
8a
48°
9a
51°
10a
54°
11a
55°
12p
57°
1p
58°
2p
58°
3p
60°
4p
58°
5p
57°
6p
55°
7p
54°
8p
50°
9p
47°
10p
Augusta, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast15%53°39°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Snow47%43°34°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—51°35°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—62°37°
- WednesdayMay 20Rain45%53°41°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast29%63°39°
- FridayMay 22Overcast37%70°48°
Augusta, MT
Next 24 hours · Cold now
Augusta, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WNW
295° · veering 59°
Direction
WNW
295°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
27
avg 9
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Augusta, MT
Air quality
44
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.6 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.8 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 79.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Augusta, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:15 AM
Sunrise
5:50 AM
Daylight
15h 11m
Sunset
9:01 PM
Civil dusk
3:38 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Augusta, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:48 AM
- Moonset
- 3:46 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Augusta, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Augusta at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 23°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 31 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Cool-season window is open
As of May 17, the cool-season window is open or about to open. Direct-sow peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and brassicas now. Hold off on warm-season crops until 1–2 weeks after the last spring frost (around May).