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Kilby Butte Colony, Montana Weather

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

Kilby Butte Colony weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Kilby Butte Colony, MT
Saturday, July 4 at 5:02 PM
91
°
Clear
Feels like
85°
Humidity
18%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
11:26 PM
Sunset
3:08 PM
Kilby Butte Colony, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastKilby Butte Colony, MT: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 93 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 64°H 93°
Kilby Butte Colony, MT
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Partly Cloudy
    91°51°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    15%
    0.02″
    93°64°+2°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    57%
    83°60°-10°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Drizzle
    61%
    79°63°-4°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    32%
    94°61°+15°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    32%
    84°63°-10°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    85°60°+1°
Kilby Butte Colony, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
228° · veering 160°
Direction
SW
228°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
21
mph
Peak 24h
21
avg 7
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 7 · pk 21 @ 5:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 242SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 160° from the sw.
Kilby Butte Colony, MT
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
908.0
-1.3 mb in 3h · falling · 26.81 inHg
Now
908.0
mb
3h
-1.3
mb
12h
+3.4
mb
24h
+2.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 905910
900905910915-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW909.7904.5908.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Kilby Butte Colony, MT
Air quality
43
AQI
Good
+15 in 6h

AQI 43 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 15 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 50 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
2.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
4μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
105μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
3.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 50 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 50
UV peak
3.0 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 50
Kilby Butte Colony, MT
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
3%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
173.5mi
UNLIMITED
175 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
23:02 UTC · Kilby Butte 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
23:02 UTC · Kilby Butte Colony, MT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Kilby Butte Colony, MT
Satellite · infrared · animated
Kilby Butte Colony, MT
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Kilby Butte 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
4:48 AM
Sunrise
11:26 PM
Daylight
15h 42m
Sunset
3:08 PM
Civil dusk
9:48 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Kilby Butte Colony, MT
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
11:19 PM
Moonset
10:14 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Kilby Butte Colony, MT
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Monsoon storms drench the south

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Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Kilby Butte Colony at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 26°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: May 25 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Kilby Butte Colony

  1. Sat91°51°1%
  2. Sun93°64°15%
  3. Mon83°60°57%
  4. Tue79°63°61%
  5. Wed94°61°32%
  6. Thu84°63°32%
  7. Fri85°60°5%
  8. Sat99°61°3%
  9. Sun106°76°5%
  10. Mon108°82°9%
  11. Tue107°79°17%
  12. Wed108°76°21%
  13. Thu90°64°23%
  14. Fri88°62°12%
  15. Sat93°63°13%
  16. Sun99°65°17%

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 — Kilby Butte Colony

SPC has placed Kilby Butte Colony in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

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 Kilby Butte Colony

  • 59072

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.