Weather in Columbia Falls, Montana
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Columbia Falls, MT
Sunday, May 17 at 2:50 AM
42
°
Overcast
Feels like
36°
Humidity
74%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
5:54 AM
Sunset
9:11 PM
Columbia Falls, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
54°
8p
51°
9p
49°
10p
49°
11p
50°
12a
49°
15%
1a
49°
13%
2a
47°
14%
3a
47°
10%
4a
45°
12%
5a
44°
6a
45°
7a
46°
8a
49°
9a
50°
10a
52°
11a
53°
12p
56°
1p
57°
2p
58°
3p
57°
4p
56°
5p
54°
6p
53°
7p
Columbia Falls, MT
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle42%48°38°
- SundayMay 17Snow63%50°36°
- MondayMay 18Light Drizzle—54°35°
- TuesdayMay 19Drizzle49%60°41°
- WednesdayMay 20Light Drizzle48%57°44°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast27%67°41°
- FridayMay 22Overcast37%71°47°
Columbia Falls, MT
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Columbia Falls, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SSW
211° · veering 5°
Direction
SSW
211°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
9
mph
Peak 24h
24
avg 7
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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
Columbia Falls, MT
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 0.6 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 0.8 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.2 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 82.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.1 Low
Columbia Falls, MT
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:19 AM
Sunrise
5:54 AM
Daylight
15h 17m
Sunset
9:11 PM
Civil dusk
3:49 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Columbia Falls, MT
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:51 AM
- Moonset
- 3:59 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Columbia Falls, MT
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Columbia Falls at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 21°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: June 5 (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).