Weather in Lima, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Lima, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 3:51 AM
35
°
Clear
Feels like
24°
Humidity
47%
Wind
12 mph
Sunrise
6:00 AM
Sunset
8:52 PM
Lima, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
57°
9p
52°
10p
49°
11p
46°
12a
44°
1a
42°
2a
40°
3a
38°
4a
36°
5a
34°
6a
35°
7a
41°
8a
45°
9a
49°
10a
52°
11a
56°
12p
59°
1p
61°
2p
62°
3p
63°
4p
63°
5p
63°
6p
60°
7p
57°
8p
Lima, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—55°33°
- SundayMay 17Heavy Snow—46°23°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—47°26°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—56°30°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Snow Shwrs19%54°35°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast14%63°31°
- FridayMay 22Overcast22%69°41°
Lima, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Lima, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NW
324° · backing 150°
Direction
NW
324°
Sustained
12
mph
Gust
24
mph
Peak 24h
28
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
Lima, MT
Air quality
58
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 1.1 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.7 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 0.3 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 101.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Lima, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:28 AM
Sunrise
6:00 AM
Daylight
14h 52m
Sunset
8:52 PM
Civil dusk
3:27 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Lima, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 12:02 PM
- Moonset
- 3:33 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Lima, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Lima at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 32°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 14 (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).