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Kicking Horse, Montana Weather

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

Kicking Horse weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Kicking Horse, MT
Saturday, July 4 at 1:37 AM
61
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
57°
Humidity
54%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
11:45 PM
Sunset
3:35 PM
Kicking Horse, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastKicking Horse, MT: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 59°H 82°
Kicking Horse, MT
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    82°59°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    83°61°+1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    30%
    77°55°-6°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    30%
    88°59°+11°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    85°63°-3°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    76°57°-9°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    82°52°+6°
Kicking Horse, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
108° · backing 54°
Direction
ESE
108°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
15
avg 4
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
avg 4 · pk 15 @ 3:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 195SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Kicking Horse, MT
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
909.4
-1.1 mb in 3h · falling · 26.85 inHg
Now
909.4
mb
3h
-1.1
mb
12h
-3.6
mb
24h
+1.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 908913
900905910915920-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW912.9907.9909.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Kicking Horse, MT
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
-5 in 6h

AQI 38 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 5 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). Ozone at AQI 32 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 10 around 1 PM.

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

PM 2.5Good
3.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
4μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
68μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 32 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 10 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 32
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 10
Kicking Horse, MT
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
27%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
77.5mi
UNLIMITED
111 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
07:37 UTC · Kicking Horse, 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
07:37 UTC · Kicking Horse, MT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Kicking Horse, MT
Satellite · infrared · animated
Kicking Horse, MT
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Kicking Horse, MT
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:05 AM
Sunrise
11:45 PM
Daylight
15h 50m
Sunset
3:35 PM
Civil dusk
10:17 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Kicking Horse, MT
The moon
Waning Gibbous
83% illuminated
Moonrise
11:45 PM
Moonset
10:37 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Kicking Horse, MT
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Monsoon storms drench the south

weather
Jan 150% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Kicking Horse at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 31 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

15-Day Forecast — Kicking Horse

  1. Sat83°60°1%
  2. Sun83°61°0%
  3. Mon77°55°30%
  4. Tue88°59°30%
  5. Wed85°63°9%
  6. Thu76°57°6%
  7. Fri82°52°2%
  8. Sat90°58°2%
  9. Sun77°55°3%
  10. Mon87°55°6%
  11. Tue95°62°6%
  12. Wed94°69°15%
  13. Thu94°67°16%
  14. Fri98°65°6%
  15. Sat94°65°9%

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.

ZIP codes in Kicking Horse

  • 59824

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.