Weather in Laurel, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Laurel, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 3:49 AM
46
°
Overcast
Feels like
38°
Humidity
68%
Wind
13 mph
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Sunset
8:40 PM
Laurel, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
64°
9p
60°
10p
58°
11p
56°
12a
55°
1a
55°
2a
53°
3a
51°
4a
50°
5a
47°
6a
51°
7a
57°
8a
61°
9a
63°
10a
65°
11a
67°
12p
69°
1p
70°
2p
71°
3p
70°
4p
68°
5p
68°
6p
67°
7p
63°
8p
Laurel, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Drizzle30%69°45°
- SundayMay 17Light Drizzle37%55°40°
- MondayMay 18Overcast16%53°36°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—66°36°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Drizzle31%57°46°
- ThursdayMay 21Drizzle31%67°48°
- FridayMay 22Overcast28%75°46°
Laurel, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Laurel, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NNW
336° · veering 57°
Direction
NNW
336°
Sustained
13
mph
Gust
25
mph
Peak 24h
39
avg 9
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
Laurel, MT
Air quality
50
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 8.1 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 12.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.7 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 95.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Laurel, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:09 AM
Sunrise
5:42 AM
Daylight
14h 58m
Sunset
8:40 PM
Civil dusk
3:16 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Laurel, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:43 AM
- Moonset
- 3:21 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Laurel, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Laurel at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 20°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 20 (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).