Weather in Lakeside, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Lakeside, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 5:13 AM
41
°
Overcast
Feels like
37°
Humidity
85%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:56 AM
Sunset
9:10 PM
Lakeside, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
51°
11p
50°
12a
50°
18%
1a
49°
17%
2a
47°
16%
3a
46°
4a
45°
5a
45°
6a
45°
7a
48°
8a
51°
9a
53°
10a
55°
11a
57°
12p
59°
1p
60°
2p
60°
3p
60°
4p
57°
5p
56°
6p
55°
7p
54°
8p
52°
9p
50°
10p
Lakeside, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle52%49°41°
- SundayMay 17Light Drizzle66%51°37°
- MondayMay 18Drizzle10%56°36°
- TuesdayMay 19Drizzle48%59°42°
- WednesdayMay 20Drizzle37%57°45°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast21%63°44°
- FridayMay 22Overcast36%70°50°
Lakeside, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Lakeside, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NE
050° · backing 138°
Direction
NE
050°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
4
mph
Peak 24h
18
avg 6
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
Lakeside, MT
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.8 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.1 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 77.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Lakeside, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:20 AM
Sunrise
5:56 AM
Daylight
15h 14m
Sunset
9:10 PM
Civil dusk
3:48 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Lakeside, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:52 AM
- Moonset
- 3:57 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Lakeside, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Lakeside at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 23°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).