Weather in Cardwell, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Cardwell, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 2:53 AM
42
°
Overcast
Feels like
33°
Humidity
52%
Wind
11 mph
Sunrise
5:54 AM
Sunset
8:54 PM
Cardwell, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
62°
8p
58°
9p
55°
10p
53°
11p
52°
12a
50°
1a
48°
2a
47°
3a
46°
4a
45°
5a
45°
6a
47°
7a
51°
8a
53°
9a
55°
10a
57°
11a
59°
12p
62°
1p
64°
2p
65°
3p
64°
4p
64°
5p
64°
6p
62°
7p
Cardwell, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast34%52°37°
- SundayMay 17Overcast22%49°29°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—55°32°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Drizzle—64°37°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Snow Shwrs27%55°40°
- ThursdayMay 21Partly Cloudy19%65°37°
- FridayMay 22Overcast18%75°46°
Cardwell, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Cardwell, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NW
325° · backing 93°
Direction
NW
325°
Sustained
11
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
23
avg 6
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
Cardwell, MT
Air quality
43
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.8 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.2 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.9 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 85.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.1 Low
Cardwell, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:21 AM
Sunrise
5:54 AM
Daylight
15h 00m
Sunset
8:54 PM
Civil dusk
3:29 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Cardwell, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:54 AM
- Moonset
- 3:36 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Cardwell, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Cardwell at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 24°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 21 (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).