Weather in Fairfield, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Fairfield, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 4:52 AM
42
°
Overcast
Feels like
31°
Humidity
63%
Wind
15 mph
Sunrise
5:48 AM
Sunset
8:59 PM
Fairfield, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
51°
10p
49°
11p
48°
12a
47°
1a
45°
2a
44°
3a
44°
4a
42°
5a
42°
13%
6a
44°
7a
48°
11%
8a
51°
9a
53°
10a
55°
11a
57°
12p
59°
1p
59°
2p
60°
3p
61°
4p
60°
5p
59°
6p
57°
7p
56°
8p
51°
9p
Fairfield, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast15%54°41°
- SundayMay 17Snow49%38°32°
- MondayMay 18Overcast11%53°33°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle19%63°37°
- WednesdayMay 20Rain36%53°41°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast19%64°40°
- FridayMay 22Overcast30%70°47°
Fairfield, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Fairfield, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
N
006° · veering 86°
Direction
N
006°
Sustained
15
mph
Gust
23
mph
Peak 24h
25
avg 11
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
Fairfield, MT
Air quality
45
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.7 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.8 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 84.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Fairfield, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:13 AM
Sunrise
5:48 AM
Daylight
15h 11m
Sunset
8:59 PM
Civil dusk
3:37 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Fairfield, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:46 AM
- Moonset
- 3:45 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Fairfield, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Fairfield at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 22°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: June 1 (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).