Weather in Basin, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Basin, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 1:30 AM
32
°
Snow
Feels like
22°
Humidity
73%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
5:54 AM
Sunset
8:56 PM
Basin, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
50°
7p
47°
8p
43°
9p
41°
10p
40°
11p
40°
12a
38°
1a
37°
2a
36°
3a
37°
4a
35°
5a
34°
6a
36°
7a
40°
8a
41°
9a
43°
10a
46°
11a
47°
12p
50°
1p
51°
2p
51°
3p
51°
4p
51°
5p
51°
6p
Basin, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Heavy Snow50%39°23°
- SundayMay 17Snow45%38°18°
- MondayMay 18Light Snow Shwrs—46°25°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—53°27°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Snow Shwrs44%43°32°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle21%56°28°
- FridayMay 22Overcast27%63°39°
Basin, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Basin, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NW
307° · backing 29°
Direction
NW
307°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
24
mph
Peak 24h
28
avg 8
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
Basin, MT
Air quality
42
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.4 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.8 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.6 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 95.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.3 Low
Basin, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:20 AM
Sunrise
5:54 AM
Daylight
15h 02m
Sunset
8:56 PM
Civil dusk
3:33 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Basin, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:54 AM
- Moonset
- 3:39 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Basin, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Basin at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 33°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 24 (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).