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Weather in Medicine Lake, Montana

High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Medicine Lake, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 3:44 AM
55
°
Overcast
Feels like
46°
Humidity
33%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:15 AM
Sunset
8:33 PM
Medicine Lake, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
62°
9p
60°
10p
57°
11p
55°
12a
54°
1a
52°
2a
51°
3a
49°
4a
48°
5a
48°
6a
53°
7a
57°
8a
61°
9a
64°
10a
65°
11a
65°
12p
64°
1p
66°
2p
67°
3p
64°
10%
4p
64°
15%
5p
63°
19%
6p
58°
17%
7p
57°
8p
L 48°H 67°
Medicine Lake, MT
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    May 16
    Foggy
    15%
    64°36°
  2. Sunday
    May 17
    Light Rain
    54%
    51°43°
  3. Monday
    May 18
    Heavy Drizzle
    18%
    43°37°
  4. Tuesday
    May 19
    Overcast
    60°39°
  5. Wednesday
    May 20
    Light Drizzle
    16%
    71°45°
  6. Thursday
    May 21
    Drizzle
    16%
    70°48°
  7. Friday
    May 22
    Overcast
    25%
    73°48°
Medicine Lake, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
ESE
108° · veering 77°
Direction
ESE
108°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
22
mph
Peak 24h
33
avg 11
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 11 · pk 33 @ 11:00p
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 77° from the ese.
Medicine Lake, MT
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
938.7
+0.3 mb in 3h · falling · 27.72 inHg
Now
938.7
mb
3h
+0.3
mb
12h
-3.7
mb
24h
-2.5
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 937943
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Medicine Lake, MT
Air quality
41
AQI
Good
PM 2.5
2.8 μg/m³
PM 10
3.2 μg/m³
NO₂
1.3 μg/m³
Ozone
80.0 μg/m³
UV Index
0.0 Low
Medicine Lake, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
10:39 AM
Sunrise
5:15 AM
Daylight
15h 18m
Sunset
8:33 PM
Civil dusk
3:11 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Medicine Lake, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
Moonrise
11:09 AM
Moonset
3:18 AM
In sign
♊︎ Gemini
Medicine Lake, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20

High country wildflowers peak

bird
Jan 137% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Medicine Lake at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 8°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 6 (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).

ZIP codes in Medicine Lake

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.