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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
L 45°H 60°
Stanford, MT
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Heavy Drizzle
    52%
    47°36°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Snow
    41%
    39°33°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Overcast
    11%
    48°31°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Overcast
    60°36°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Light Drizzle
    47%
    49°43°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Light Drizzle
    33%
    58°41°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    47%
    66°47°
Stanford, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
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
avg 10 · pk 39 @ 11:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 100° from the wnw.
Stanford, MT
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
864.4
-0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 25.53 inHg
Now
864.4
mb
3h
-0.4
mb
12h
+1.5
mb
24h
-0.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 863866
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
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
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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).

ZIP codes in Stanford

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.