Weather in Fort Benton, Montana
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Fort Benton, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 4:07 AM
48
°
Overcast
Feels like
40°
Humidity
66%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Sunset
8:55 PM
Fort Benton, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
57°
10p
55°
11p
55°
12a
53°
1a
52°
2a
50°
3a
52°
4a
52°
5a
52°
6a
52°
7a
55°
8a
58°
9a
60°
10a
62°
11a
64°
12p
66°
1p
66°
2p
67°
3p
68°
4p
66°
5p
66°
6p
65°
7p
63°
8p
61°
9p
Fort Benton, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle30%57°46°
- SundayMay 17Rain38%42°39°
- MondayMay 18Overcast11%56°35°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle—68°38°
- WednesdayMay 20Drizzle38%61°47°
- ThursdayMay 21Drizzle30%68°47°
- FridayMay 22Overcast25%76°49°
Fort Benton, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Fort Benton, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SW
223° · veering 13°
Direction
SW
223°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
21
mph
Peak 24h
34
avg 9
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
Fort Benton, MT
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.1 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.7 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.6 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 77.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Fort Benton, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:07 AM
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Daylight
15h 13m
Sunset
8:55 PM
Civil dusk
3:33 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Fort Benton, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:39 AM
- Moonset
- 3:40 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Fort Benton, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Fort Benton at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 16°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: June 2 (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).