Weather in Fort Peck, Montana
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Fort Peck, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 1:49 AM
55
°
Light Rain
Feels like
46°
Humidity
41%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Sunset
8:39 PM
Fort Peck, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
66°
7p
63°
8p
61°
9p
58°
10p
56°
11p
55°
12a
54°
1a
53°
2a
52°
3a
51°
4a
50°
5a
49°
6a
52°
7a
56°
8a
57°
9a
59°
10a
61°
11a
63°
12p
64°
1p
65°
2p
66°
3p
67°
4p
67°
5p
64°
6p
Fort Peck, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Rain33%66°38°
- SundayMay 17Light Drizzle27%54°43°
- MondayMay 18Overcast29%47°38°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—63°38°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast15%69°50°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast—68°51°
- FridayMay 22Overcast22%73°53°
Fort Peck, MT
Next 24 hours · Mild now
Fort Peck, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
ESE
110° · veering 173°
Direction
ESE
110°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
30
avg 10
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 Peck, MT
Air quality
43
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 8.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 10.2 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.5 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 93.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.2 Low
Fort Peck, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:49 AM
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Daylight
15h 14m
Sunset
8:39 PM
Civil dusk
3:17 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Fort Peck, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:21 AM
- Moonset
- 3:23 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Fort Peck, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Fort Peck at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 9°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: June 3 (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).