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Turtle Lake, Montana Weather

Monsoon storms drench the south. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Turtle Lake, MT
Saturday, July 4 at 6:29 PM
83
°
Overcast
Feels like
78°
Humidity
28%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
11:44 PM
Sunset
3:36 PM
Turtle Lake, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastTurtle Lake, MT: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 61 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 61°H 84°
Turtle Lake, MT
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    83°53°
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    84°61°+1°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Drizzle
    22%
    79°55°-5°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    22%
    87°57°+8°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Drizzle
    80°61°-7°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    81°56°+1°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Clear
    88°56°+7°
Turtle Lake, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
280° · veering 76°
Direction
W
280°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 6
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 6 · pk 17 @ 3:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2011SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 76° from the w.
Turtle Lake, MT
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
909.3
-1.1 mb in 3h · falling · 26.85 inHg
Now
909.3
mb
3h
-1.1
mb
12h
+3.5
mb
24h
-0.6
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 906911
900905910915-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW910.8905.8909.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Turtle Lake, MT
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
+11 in 6h

AQI 42 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI up 11 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Ozone at AQI 47 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
0.6μg/m³
PM 10Good
1μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
100μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 47 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 47
UV peak
2.0 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 47
Turtle Lake, MT
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
85%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
128.2mi
UNLIMITED
132 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
00:29 UTC · Turtle 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
00:29 UTC · Turtle Lake, MT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Turtle Lake, MT
Satellite · infrared · animated
Turtle Lake, MT
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Turtle Lake, MT
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:05 AM
Sunrise
11:44 PM
Daylight
15h 52m
Sunset
3:36 PM
Civil dusk
10:18 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Turtle Lake, MT
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
12:01 AM
Moonset
11:51 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Turtle Lake, MT
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Monsoon storms drench the south

insect
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Turtle Lake at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 19°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 1 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Turtle Lake

  1. Sat84°53°1%
  2. Sun84°61°1%
  3. Mon79°55°22%
  4. Tue87°57°22%
  5. Wed80°61°4%
  6. Thu81°56°4%
  7. Fri88°56°2%
  8. Sat92°61°2%
  9. Sun90°64°2%
  10. Mon96°62°3%
  11. Tue98°64°8%
  12. Wed94°65°8%
  13. Thu91°65°13%
  14. Fri96°60°3%
  15. Sat93°63°0%
  16. Sun96°64°6%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, 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 Turtle Lake

  • 59860

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.