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Swan Lake, Montana Weather

Monsoon storms drench the south. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Swan Lake weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Swan Lake, MT
Friday, July 3 at 7:56 PM
65
°
Clear
Feels like
63°
Humidity
50%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
11:41 PM
Sunset
3:37 PM
Swan Lake, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSwan Lake, MT: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 54 to 67 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 54°H 67°
Swan Lake, MT
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 3
    Overcast
    67°51°
  2. Saturday
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    72°54°+5°
  3. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    76°52°+4°
  4. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    78°43°+2°
  5. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    21%
    80°49°+2°
  6. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Partly Cloudy
    82°53°+2°
  7. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    75°46°-7°
Swan Lake, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WSW
250° · backing 9°
Direction
WSW
250°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
19
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 5
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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
avg 5 · pk 19
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2110SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 9° from the wsw.
Swan Lake, MT
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
859.0
+1.4 mb in 3h · rising · 25.37 inHg
Now
859.0
mb
3h
+1.4
mb
12h
+6.1
mb
24h
+2.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 853859
845850855860865-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW859.0852.7859.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
The low is filling — pressure climbing out of storm territory.
Swan Lake, MT
Air quality
39
AQI
Good
+3 in 6h

AQI 39 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). Ozone at AQI 42 now. With UV 6.5 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 26 around 1 PM.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
3.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
4μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
89μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
6.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 42 now. With UV 6.5 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 26 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 42
UV peak
6.5 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 26
Swan Lake, MT
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
10%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
82.2mi
UNLIMITED
94 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
01:56 UTC · Swan Lake, MT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
01:56 UTC · Swan Lake, MT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Swan Lake, MT
Satellite · infrared · animated
Swan Lake, MT
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Swan Lake, MT
Almanac · Friday, July 3
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:01 AM
Sunrise
11:41 PM
Daylight
15h 56m
Sunset
3:37 PM
Civil dusk
10:19 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Swan Lake, MT
The moon
Waning Gibbous
86% illuminated
Moonrise
11:26 PM
Moonset
9:22 AM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Swan Lake, MT
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Monsoon storms drench the south

bird
Jan 150% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Swan Lake at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 65°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: June 3 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Swan Lake

  • 59911

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.