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Loring Colony, Montana Weather

Monsoon storms drench the south. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Loring Colony, MT
Saturday, July 4 at 6:36 PM
82
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
77°
Humidity
27%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
11:15 PM
Sunset
3:17 PM
Loring Colony, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLoring Colony, MT: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 60 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 60°H 84°
Loring Colony, MT
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    83°55°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    84°60°+1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    15%
    80°54°-4°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Showers
    66%
    0.63″
    70°57°-10°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Showers
    47%
    0.13″
    82°53°+12°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    47%
    75°59°-7°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    78°56°+3°
Loring Colony, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
261° · backing 69°
Direction
W
261°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
20
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 20 @ 3:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2612SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 69° from the w.
Loring Colony, MT
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
915.9
-0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 27.05 inHg
Now
915.9
mb
3h
-0.4
mb
12h
+1.8
mb
24h
+1.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 914917
910915920925-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW917.4914.2916.2
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Loring Colony, MT
Air quality
37
AQI
Good
+15 in 6h

AQI 37 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 15 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 45 — 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
1.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
1μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
95μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 45 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 45
UV peak
1.4 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 45
Loring Colony, MT
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
51%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
134.3mi
UNLIMITED
151 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
00:36 UTC · Loring 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
00:36 UTC · Loring Colony, MT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Loring Colony, MT
Satellite · infrared · animated
Loring Colony, MT
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Loring 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
4:34 AM
Sunrise
11:15 PM
Daylight
16h 02m
Sunset
3:17 PM
Civil dusk
10:00 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Loring Colony, MT
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
11:38 PM
Moonset
11:24 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Loring Colony, MT
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Monsoon storms drench the south

insect
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Loring Colony at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 19°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 8 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Loring Colony

  1. Sat83°55°1%
  2. Sun84°60°5%
  3. Mon80°54°15%
  4. Tue70°57°66%
  5. Wed82°53°47%
  6. Thu75°59°47%
  7. Fri78°56°2%
  8. Sat96°60°4%
  9. Sun91°69°4%
  10. Mon94°67°7%
  11. Tue100°70°11%
  12. Wed97°77°14%
  13. Thu80°65°13%
  14. Fri90°59°10%
  15. Sat85°62°10%
  16. Sun83°59°10%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, 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 — Loring Colony

SPC includes Loring 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 Loring Colony

  • 59537

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.