Weather in Townsend, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Townsend, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 5:10 AM
41
°
Overcast
Feels like
35°
Humidity
53%
Wind
1 mph
Sunrise
5:51 AM
Sunset
8:53 PM
Townsend, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
55°
11p
53°
12a
50°
1a
48°
2a
47°
3a
46°
4a
46°
5a
43°
6a
46°
7a
52°
8a
54°
9a
56°
10a
58°
11a
58°
12p
61°
1p
64°
2p
66°
3p
65°
4p
65°
5p
65°
6p
63°
7p
59°
8p
55°
9p
53°
10p
Townsend, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast50%50°41°
- SundayMay 17Light Drizzle11%49°32°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—56°36°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle—65°39°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Snow Shwrs38%56°44°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast19%64°40°
- FridayMay 22Overcast34%75°48°
Townsend, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Townsend, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
W
259° · backing 113°
Direction
W
259°
Sustained
1
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
24
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
Townsend, MT
Air quality
41
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.8 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.4 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 79.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Townsend, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:17 AM
Sunrise
5:51 AM
Daylight
15h 02m
Sunset
8:53 PM
Civil dusk
3:30 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Townsend, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:50 AM
- Moonset
- 3:36 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Townsend, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Townsend at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 24°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 24 (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).