Weather in Red Lodge, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Red Lodge, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 4:09 AM
36
°
Overcast
Feels like
24°
Humidity
84%
Wind
20 mph
Sunrise
5:45 AM
Sunset
8:41 PM
Red Lodge, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
51°
10p
49°
11p
46°
12a
45°
1a
45°
2a
44°
3a
43°
4a
41°
5a
38°
6a
42°
7a
49°
8a
52°
9a
53°
10a
54°
11a
56°
12p
61°
1p
63°
2p
64°
3p
61°
4p
61°
5p
57°
6p
55°
7p
52°
8p
48°
9p
Red Lodge, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast24%60°35°
- SundayMay 17Snow25%47°30°
- MondayMay 18Snow60%41°29°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast16%56°31°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Snow Shwrs49%47°39°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Snow Shwrs41%55°38°
- FridayMay 22Overcast39%64°44°
Red Lodge, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Red Lodge, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NNW
335° · veering 89°
Direction
NNW
335°
Sustained
20
mph
Gust
31
mph
Peak 24h
36
avg 12
Beaufort · 5 · FRESH 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
Red Lodge, MT
Air quality
49
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 5.8 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 11.8 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.0 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 86.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Red Lodge, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:13 AM
Sunrise
5:45 AM
Daylight
14h 56m
Sunset
8:41 PM
Civil dusk
3:16 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Red Lodge, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:47 AM
- Moonset
- 3:21 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Red Lodge, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Red Lodge at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 30°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 17 (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).