Weather in Cooke City, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Cooke City, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 4:51 AM
34
°
Overcast
Feels like
27°
Humidity
63%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:49 AM
Sunset
8:43 PM
Cooke City, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
42°
10p
40°
11p
37°
12a
36°
1a
35°
2a
33°
3a
32°
4a
29°
5a
28°
6a
32°
7a
39°
8a
42°
9a
46°
10a
48°
11a
50°
12p
52°
1p
53°
2p
54°
3p
52°
4p
53°
5p
52°
6p
50°
7p
48°
8p
45°
9p
Cooke City, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast14%49°27°
- SundayMay 17Snow17%38°23°
- MondayMay 18Overcast19%34°22°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Snow Shwrs10%44°23°
- WednesdayMay 20Heavy Snow Shwrs51%36°25°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Snow Shwrs37%43°19°
- FridayMay 22Light Drizzle57%50°29°
Cooke City, MT
Next 24 hours · Cold now
Cooke City, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
W
281° · veering 32°
Direction
W
281°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
34
avg 12
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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
Cooke City, MT
Air quality
55
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 4.6 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 15.1 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.5 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 105.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Cooke City, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:16 AM
Sunrise
5:49 AM
Daylight
14h 54m
Sunset
8:43 PM
Civil dusk
3:18 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Cooke City, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:50 AM
- Moonset
- 3:23 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Cooke City, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Cooke City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 33°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 16 (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).