Weather in Big Timber, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Big Timber, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 2:52 AM
42
°
Overcast
Feels like
33°
Humidity
87%
Wind
15 mph
Sunrise
5:46 AM
Sunset
8:45 PM
Big Timber, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
63°
8p
58°
9p
55°
10p
54°
11p
53°
12a
53°
1a
51°
2a
51°
3a
48°
4a
47°
5a
46°
6a
49°
7a
54°
8a
56°
9a
58°
10a
60°
11a
62°
12p
65°
1p
66°
2p
68°
3p
68°
4p
68°
5p
66°
6p
64°
7p
Big Timber, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Heavy Snow74%63°41°
- SundayMay 17Overcast20%54°33°
- MondayMay 18Overcast19%50°32°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle12%63°33°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Rain39%54°42°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast34%65°41°
- FridayMay 22Overcast31%74°44°
Big Timber, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Big Timber, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
W
267° · veering 80°
Direction
W
267°
Sustained
15
mph
Gust
21
mph
Peak 24h
32
avg 10
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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
Big Timber, MT
Air quality
48
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.9 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.4 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.8 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 85.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.1 Low
Big Timber, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:13 AM
Sunrise
5:46 AM
Daylight
14h 59m
Sunset
8:45 PM
Civil dusk
3:21 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Big Timber, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:47 AM
- Moonset
- 3:27 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Big Timber, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Big Timber 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).