Weather in Deer Lodge, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Deer Lodge, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 4:06 AM
36
°
Overcast
Feels like
29°
Humidity
71%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:55 AM
Sunset
8:58 PM
Deer Lodge, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
48°
10p
46°
11p
45°
12a
43°
1a
43°
2a
44°
3a
46°
4a
45°
5a
43°
6a
42°
7a
45°
8a
49°
9a
51°
10a
53°
11a
54°
12p
56°
1p
57°
2p
58°
3p
58°
4p
58°
5p
57°
6p
56°
7p
54°
8p
49°
9p
Deer Lodge, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Snow46%44°34°
- SundayMay 17Light Snow48%45°32°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—52°32°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast10%61°36°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Snow Shwrs44%53°39°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast31%64°37°
- FridayMay 22Overcast33%71°45°
Deer Lodge, MT
Next 24 hours · Cold now
Deer Lodge, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NE
050° · veering 23°
Direction
NE
050°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 7
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
Deer Lodge, MT
Air quality
43
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.0 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.4 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.0 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 84.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Deer Lodge, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:22 AM
Sunrise
5:55 AM
Daylight
15h 03m
Sunset
8:58 PM
Civil dusk
3:35 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Deer Lodge, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:55 AM
- Moonset
- 3:42 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Deer Lodge, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Deer Lodge at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 29°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 24 (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).