Weather in Colstrip, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Colstrip, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 5:18 AM
48
°
Overcast
Feels like
36°
Humidity
69%
Wind
23 mph
Sunrise
5:33 AM
Sunset
8:32 PM
Colstrip, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
53°
11p
51°
12a
50°
1a
52°
2a
51°
3a
49°
4a
49°
5a
47°
6a
53°
7a
58°
8a
59°
9a
61°
10a
63°
11a
65°
12p
66°
1p
68°
2p
68°
3p
69°
4p
68°
5p
67°
6p
65°
7p
61°
8p
57°
11%
9p
53°
10p
Colstrip, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—72°41°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—55°39°
- MondayMay 18Light Drizzle46%46°34°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—65°32°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Drizzle27%64°47°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle27%67°48°
- FridayMay 22Overcast26%74°48°
Colstrip, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Colstrip, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NW
315° · veering 115°
Direction
NW
315°
Sustained
23
mph
Gust
34
mph
Peak 24h
37
avg 13
Beaufort · 5 · FRESH 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
Colstrip, MT
Air quality
47
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 6.8 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 8.8 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.7 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 74.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Colstrip, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:59 AM
Sunrise
5:33 AM
Daylight
14h 59m
Sunset
8:32 PM
Civil dusk
3:08 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Colstrip, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:33 AM
- Moonset
- 3:14 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Colstrip, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Colstrip at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 18°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).