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Forty Mile Colony, Montana Weather

Monsoon storms drench the south. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Forty Mile Colony weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Forty Mile Colony, MT
Saturday, July 4 at 1:20 AM
64
°
Clear
Feels like
59°
Humidity
65%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
11:27 PM
Sunset
3:00 PM
Forty Mile Colony, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastForty Mile Colony, MT: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 58 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 58°H 90°
Forty Mile Colony, MT
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Mostly Clear
    90°58°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    10%
    95°64°+5°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    29%
    96°68°+1°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    35%
    84°62°-12°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Rain
    35%
    0.26″
    97°60°+13°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    22%
    96°64°-1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    10%
    92°62°-4°
Forty Mile Colony, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
147° · backing 37°
Direction
SSE
147°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
18
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 5
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
avg 5 · pk 23 @ 6:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 187SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 37° from the sse.
Forty Mile Colony, MT
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
897.4
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 26.50 inHg
Now
897.4
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
-1.9
mb
24h
+4.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 892899
885890895900905-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW899.2892.4897.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Forty Mile Colony, MT
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
-17 in 6h

AQI 40 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 17 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
3.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERGood
59μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0
Forty Mile Colony, MT
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
58.3mi
UNLIMITED
157 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
07:20 UTC · Forty Mile Colony, MT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
07:20 UTC · Forty Mile Colony, MT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Forty Mile Colony, MT
Satellite · infrared · animated
Forty Mile Colony, MT
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Forty Mile Colony, MT
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
4:51 AM
Sunrise
11:27 PM
Daylight
15h 33m
Sunset
3:00 PM
Civil dusk
9:38 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Forty Mile Colony, MT
The moon
Waning Gibbous
83% illuminated
Moonrise
11:13 PM
Moonset
10:12 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Forty Mile Colony, MT
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Monsoon storms drench the south

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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Forty Mile Colony at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 64°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: May 18 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

15-Day Forecast — Forty Mile Colony

  1. Sat90°58°9%
  2. Sun95°64°10%
  3. Mon96°68°29%
  4. Tue84°62°35%
  5. Wed97°60°35%
  6. Thu96°64°22%
  7. Fri92°62°10%
  8. Sat101°61°4%
  9. Sun100°67°4%
  10. Mon91°59°7%
  11. Tue104°64°16%
  12. Wed107°75°18%
  13. Thu101°70°19%
  14. Fri102°69°19%
  15. Sat109°72°22%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Forty Mile Colony

SPC includes Forty Mile Colony in the general thunderstorm area tomorrow — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Forty Mile Colony

  • 59050

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.