Weather in Plains, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Plains, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 4:02 AM
43
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
37°
Humidity
59%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
6:00 AM
Sunset
9:11 PM
Plains, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
54°
10p
53°
11p
52°
16%
12a
52°
12%
1a
51°
15%
2a
50°
3a
48°
4a
47°
5a
46°
6a
47°
7a
50°
8a
52°
9a
54°
10a
56°
11a
57°
12p
59°
1p
59°
2p
60°
3p
60°
4p
59°
5p
58°
6p
58°
7p
56°
8p
53°
9p
Plains, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Drizzle55%50°42°
- SundayMay 17Drizzle52%55°36°
- MondayMay 18Drizzle12%61°38°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle24%64°41°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Drizzle33%65°44°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast10%74°44°
- FridayMay 22Overcast23%78°47°
Plains, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Plains, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WSW
240° · veering 147°
Direction
WSW
240°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 5
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
Plains, MT
Air quality
41
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.0 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.3 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.1 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 81.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Plains, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:26 AM
Sunrise
6:00 AM
Daylight
15h 11m
Sunset
9:11 PM
Civil dusk
3:48 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Plains, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:58 AM
- Moonset
- 3:57 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Plains, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Plains at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 21°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).