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
Medicine Lake, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Foggy15%64°36°
- SundayMay 17Light Rain54%51°43°
- MondayMay 18Heavy Drizzle18%43°37°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—60°39°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Drizzle16%71°45°
- ThursdayMay 21Drizzle16%70°48°
- FridayMay 22Overcast25%73°48°
Medicine Lake, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Medicine Lake, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
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
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
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
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).