Weather in Denton, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Denton, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 4:04 AM
40
°
Overcast
Feels like
36°
Humidity
89%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Sunset
8:50 PM
Denton, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
54°
10p
52°
11p
51°
12a
50°
1a
49°
2a
49°
3a
50°
4a
47°
5a
46°
6a
49°
7a
51°
8a
54°
9a
56°
10a
58°
11a
59°
12p
61°
1p
62°
2p
63°
3p
64°
4p
64°
5p
64°
6p
61°
7p
58°
8p
54°
9p
Denton, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Drizzle53%51°40°
- SundayMay 17Snow37%41°34°
- MondayMay 18Overcast12%50°32°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—63°37°
- WednesdayMay 20Showers41%54°46°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle28%62°43°
- FridayMay 22Overcast42%69°47°
Denton, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Denton, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
S
183° · veering 24°
Direction
S
183°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
36
avg 10
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
Denton, MT
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.4 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.6 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.8 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 71.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Denton, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:06 AM
Sunrise
5:41 AM
Daylight
15h 09m
Sunset
8:50 PM
Civil dusk
3:28 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Denton, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:39 AM
- Moonset
- 3:35 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Denton, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Denton at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 24°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 30 (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).