Weather in Billings, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Billings, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 1:47 AM
59
°
Overcast
Feels like
50°
Humidity
45%
Wind
15 mph
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Sunset
8:40 PM
Billings, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
75°
7p
72°
8p
66°
9p
62°
10p
59°
11p
57°
12a
58°
1a
57°
2a
56°
3a
54°
4a
53°
5a
50°
6a
53°
7a
58°
8a
61°
9a
63°
10a
66°
11a
68°
12p
70°
1p
72°
2p
73°
3p
71°
4p
70°
5p
69°
6p
Billings, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle27%71°48°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Drizzle24%56°41°
- MondayMay 18Light Drizzle16%54°37°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—66°34°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Showers32%58°46°
- ThursdayMay 21Rain32%67°48°
- FridayMay 22Overcast23%75°45°
Billings, MT
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Billings, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
N
351° · steady
Direction
N
351°
Sustained
15
mph
Gust
24
mph
Peak 24h
32
avg 7
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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
Billings, MT
Air quality
49
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 6.7 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 12.2 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.2 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 99.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.3 Low
Billings, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:07 AM
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Daylight
14h 59m
Sunset
8:40 PM
Civil dusk
3:16 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Billings, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:41 AM
- Moonset
- 3:21 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Billings, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Billings at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 7°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 21 (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).