Weather in Kicking Horse, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Kicking Horse, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 4:11 AM
40
°
Overcast
Feels like
34°
Humidity
69%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:57 AM
Sunset
9:07 PM
Kicking Horse, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
51°
10p
51°
11p
48°
12a
49°
11%
1a
49°
16%
2a
49°
25%
3a
48°
12%
4a
47°
5a
45°
6a
46°
7a
49°
8a
49°
9a
49°
10a
52°
11a
54°
12p
57°
1p
57°
2p
58°
3p
58°
4p
58°
5p
56°
6p
55°
7p
54°
8p
52°
9p
Kicking Horse, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Snow61%48°40°
- SundayMay 17Snow58%49°36°
- MondayMay 18Drizzle—57°36°
- TuesdayMay 19Drizzle21%60°41°
- WednesdayMay 20Heavy Drizzle34%59°44°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast16%68°42°
- FridayMay 22Overcast35%74°48°
Kicking Horse, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Kicking Horse, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
E
100° · veering 19°
Direction
E
100°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
16
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Kicking Horse, MT
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.2 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 2.2 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 72.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Kicking Horse, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:22 AM
Sunrise
5:57 AM
Daylight
15h 10m
Sunset
9:07 PM
Civil dusk
3:45 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Kicking Horse, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:55 AM
- Moonset
- 3:53 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Kicking Horse, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Kicking Horse at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 24°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 31 (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).