Weather in Sapphire Ridge, Montana
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Sapphire Ridge, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 4:10 AM
40
°
Overcast
Feels like
34°
Humidity
68%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Sunset
8:50 PM
Sapphire Ridge, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
48°
10p
49°
11p
49°
12a
48°
1a
46°
2a
44°
3a
43°
4a
43°
5a
41°
6a
44°
7a
46°
8a
49°
9a
51°
10a
53°
11a
55°
12p
56°
1p
58°
2p
58°
3p
58°
4p
58°
5p
58°
6p
56°
7p
53°
8p
49°
9p
Sapphire Ridge, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Drizzle55%50°38°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Snow22%39°30°
- MondayMay 18Freezing Drizzle16%44°26°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast30%57°33°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Snow Shwrs65%49°41°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Snow Shwrs36%54°38°
- FridayMay 22Overcast50%64°44°
Sapphire Ridge, MT
Next 24 hours · Cold now
Sapphire Ridge, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WNW
283° · veering 67°
Direction
WNW
283°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
24
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
Sapphire Ridge, MT
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.7 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.8 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 84.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Sapphire Ridge, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:10 AM
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Daylight
15h 06m
Sunset
8:50 PM
Civil dusk
3:27 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Sapphire Ridge, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:43 AM
- Moonset
- 3:34 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Sapphire Ridge, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Sapphire Ridge at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 25°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 27 (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).