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Bear Dance, Montana Weather

Monsoon storms drench the south. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bear Dance weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Bear Dance, MT
Saturday, July 4 at 8:17 PM
76
°
Clear
Feels like
69°
Humidity
23%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
11:43 PM
Sunset
3:37 PM
Bear Dance, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBear Dance, MT: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 63°H 81°
Bear Dance, MT
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Mostly Clear
    82°59°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    81°63°-1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    18%
    80°63°-1°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    18%
    80°58°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    74°60°-6°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Partly Cloudy
    76°55°+2°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    79°57°+3°
Bear Dance, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WSW
249° · backing 21°
Direction
WSW
249°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
22
avg 6
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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
avg 6 · pk 22 @ 7:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 208SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 21° from the wsw.
Bear Dance, MT
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
906.9
-0.9 mb in 3h · falling · 26.78 inHg
Now
906.9
mb
3h
-0.9
mb
12h
-1.2
mb
24h
-1.0
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 906909
900905910915-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW909.3906.2907.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Bear Dance, MT
Air quality
47
AQI
Good
+10 in 6h

AQI 47 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 10 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Ozone at AQI 49 now. With UV 0.2 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 8 around 1 PM.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
1.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
2μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
104μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 49 now. With UV 0.2 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 8 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 49
UV peak
0.2 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 8
Bear Dance, MT
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
152.1mi
UNLIMITED
151 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
02:17 UTC · Bear Dance, MT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
02:17 UTC · Bear Dance, MT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Bear Dance, MT
Satellite · infrared · animated
Bear Dance, MT
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Bear Dance, MT
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:03 AM
Sunrise
11:43 PM
Daylight
15h 54m
Sunset
3:37 PM
Civil dusk
10:19 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Bear Dance, MT
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
12:01 AM
Moonset
11:50 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Bear Dance, MT
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Monsoon storms drench the south

insect
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bear Dance at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 12°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 2 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Bear Dance

  1. Sat82°59°1%
  2. Sun81°63°1%
  3. Mon80°63°18%
  4. Tue80°58°18%
  5. Wed74°60°4%
  6. Thu76°55°4%
  7. Fri79°57°0%
  8. Sat83°61°2%
  9. Sun80°63°3%
  10. Mon84°62°4%
  11. Tue86°64°7%
  12. Wed85°64°7%
  13. Thu81°62°9%
  14. Fri86°60°11%
  15. Sat83°60°10%
  16. Sun84°62°10%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Bear Dance

  • 59911

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.