Weather in Three Forks, Montana
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Three Forks, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 2:59 AM
42
°
Overcast
Feels like
35°
Humidity
67%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
5:52 AM
Sunset
8:52 PM
Three Forks, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
64°
8p
60°
9p
57°
10p
55°
11p
54°
12a
51°
1a
50°
2a
47°
3a
45°
4a
44°
5a
42°
6a
44°
7a
53°
8a
55°
9a
56°
10a
59°
11a
61°
12p
64°
1p
65°
2p
66°
3p
66°
4p
65°
5p
65°
6p
64°
7p
Three Forks, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Drizzle54%53°39°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—50°31°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—56°32°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle—65°36°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Snow Shwrs29%54°42°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast15%65°38°
- FridayMay 22Overcast20%76°45°
Three Forks, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Three Forks, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
W
272° · backing 11°
Direction
W
272°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 7
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Three Forks, MT
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 2.1 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 81.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.1 Low
Three Forks, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:19 AM
Sunrise
5:52 AM
Daylight
15h 00m
Sunset
8:52 PM
Civil dusk
3:28 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Three Forks, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:53 AM
- Moonset
- 3:34 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Three Forks, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Three Forks at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 24°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 21 (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).