Weather in Santa Rita, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Santa Rita, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 1:49 AM
51
°
Overcast
Feels like
40°
Humidity
48%
Wind
16 mph
Sunrise
5:46 AM
Sunset
9:05 PM
Santa Rita, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
55°
7p
54°
8p
51°
9p
49°
10p
48°
11p
47°
12a
46°
1a
46°
2a
45°
3a
44°
4a
43°
5a
43°
6a
44°
7a
48°
8a
51°
9a
52°
10a
55°
11a
56°
12p
58°
1p
59°
2p
59°
3p
59°
4p
59°
5p
57°
6p
Santa Rita, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—55°35°
- SundayMay 17Snow40%39°33°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—56°27°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast17%63°40°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Showers41%58°43°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle21%66°42°
- FridayMay 22Overcast24%67°49°
Santa Rita, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Santa Rita, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NW
319° · veering 57°
Direction
NW
319°
Sustained
16
mph
Gust
21
mph
Peak 24h
29
avg 12
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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
Santa Rita, MT
Air quality
44
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.8 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.1 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.4 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 96.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.5 Low
Santa Rita, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:10 AM
Sunrise
5:46 AM
Daylight
15h 19m
Sunset
9:05 PM
Civil dusk
3:43 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Santa Rita, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:41 AM
- Moonset
- 3:53 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Santa Rita, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Santa Rita at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 12°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: June 7 (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).