Weather in Fishtail, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Fishtail, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 3:59 AM
43
°
Overcast
Feels like
35°
Humidity
69%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:46 AM
Sunset
8:43 PM
Fishtail, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
58°
9p
54°
10p
53°
11p
50°
12a
50°
1a
50°
2a
50°
3a
49°
4a
48°
5a
48°
6a
49°
7a
54°
8a
58°
9a
59°
10a
58°
11a
63°
12p
67°
1p
67°
2p
68°
3p
65°
4p
65°
5p
62°
6p
61°
7p
59°
8p
Fishtail, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast42%65°41°
- SundayMay 17Overcast28%52°36°
- MondayMay 18Overcast35%47°33°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast21%58°33°
- WednesdayMay 20Showers46%51°42°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Rain42%60°42°
- FridayMay 22Overcast44%68°45°
Fishtail, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Fishtail, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NNW
330° · veering 124°
Direction
NNW
330°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
33
avg 11
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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
Fishtail, MT
Air quality
48
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 4.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 6.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.7 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 90.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Fishtail, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:13 AM
Sunrise
5:46 AM
Daylight
14h 57m
Sunset
8:43 PM
Civil dusk
3:18 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Fishtail, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:47 AM
- Moonset
- 3:23 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Fishtail, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Fishtail at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 23°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 19 (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).