Weather in Lincoln, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Lincoln, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 1:31 AM
42
°
Overcast
Feels like
31°
Humidity
52%
Wind
15 mph
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Sunset
9:00 PM
Lincoln, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
51°
7p
49°
8p
46°
9p
45°
10p
44°
11p
43°
12a
42°
1a
42°
2a
42°
3a
42°
4a
41°
12%
5a
40°
6a
40°
7a
43°
8a
44°
9a
46°
10a
49°
11a
50°
12p
52°
1p
53°
2p
54°
3p
55°
4p
54°
5p
54°
6p
Lincoln, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle35%45°34°
- SundayMay 17Snow59%43°31°
- MondayMay 18Light Snow Shwrs12%57°31°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—60°32°
- WednesdayMay 20Heavy Drizzle50%51°36°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Drizzle23%65°35°
- FridayMay 22Overcast26%71°42°
Lincoln, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Lincoln, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
WNW
287° · veering 19°
Direction
WNW
287°
Sustained
15
mph
Gust
24
mph
Peak 24h
29
avg 10
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
Lincoln, MT
Air quality
44
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.7 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.9 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.4 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 95.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.4 Low
Lincoln, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:19 AM
Sunrise
5:53 AM
Daylight
15h 07m
Sunset
9:00 PM
Civil dusk
3:37 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Lincoln, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:52 AM
- Moonset
- 3:44 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Lincoln, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Lincoln at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 23°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 28 (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).