Weather in Blackfoot, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Blackfoot, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 1:47 AM
46
°
Overcast
Feels like
33°
Humidity
42%
Wind
18 mph
Sunrise
5:48 AM
Sunset
9:07 PM
Blackfoot, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
52°
7p
50°
8p
48°
9p
46°
10p
46°
11p
46°
12a
45°
1a
44°
2a
43°
3a
42°
4a
41°
5a
41°
6a
42°
7a
45°
8a
47°
9a
48°
10a
50°
11a
52°
12p
54°
1p
55°
2p
55°
3p
56°
4p
55°
5p
53°
6p
Blackfoot, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—52°36°
- SundayMay 17Snow45%37°31°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—56°31°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast16%60°38°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Showers52%54°40°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast30%64°38°
- FridayMay 22Overcast32%70°47°
Blackfoot, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Blackfoot, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
W
279° · veering 9°
Direction
W
279°
Sustained
18
mph
Gust
23
mph
Peak 24h
31
avg 16
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
Blackfoot, MT
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.7 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.4 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 93.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.5 Low
Blackfoot, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:12 AM
Sunrise
5:48 AM
Daylight
15h 19m
Sunset
9:07 PM
Civil dusk
3:45 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Blackfoot, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:44 AM
- Moonset
- 3:54 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Blackfoot, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Blackfoot at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 17°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: June 6 (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).