Weather in Stanford, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Stanford, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 4:05 AM
40
°
Overcast
Feels like
36°
Humidity
90%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
5:43 AM
Sunset
8:51 PM
Stanford, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
50°
10p
51°
11p
50°
12a
49°
1a
48°
2a
46°
3a
46°
4a
46°
5a
45°
6a
46°
7a
48°
8a
50°
9a
52°
10a
54°
11a
56°
12p
57°
1p
59°
2p
60°
3p
60°
4p
60°
5p
60°
6p
57°
7p
54°
8p
50°
9p
Stanford, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Heavy Drizzle52%47°36°
- SundayMay 17Snow41%39°33°
- MondayMay 18Overcast11%48°31°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—60°36°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Drizzle47%49°43°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle33%58°41°
- FridayMay 22Overcast47%66°47°
Stanford, MT
Next 24 hours · Cold now
Stanford, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WNW
294° · veering 100°
Direction
WNW
294°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
39
avg 10
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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
Stanford, MT
Air quality
37
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.9 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.2 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.9 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 63.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Stanford, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:08 AM
Sunrise
5:43 AM
Daylight
15h 08m
Sunset
8:51 PM
Civil dusk
3:28 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Stanford, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:41 AM
- Moonset
- 3:35 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Stanford, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Stanford at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 24°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 29 (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).