Temperature
43 F at 10 AM; 54 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 28 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 10 AM
- Highest
- 54F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 28F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Big Timber Airport, Montana
Small airport in Sweet Grass County, Montana43°
70°/29°
Clear·
Feels like 39°·Light breeze 7 mph SW
Now. Big Timber Airport is 43° and clear at 10 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 73°, and the coolest Sunday, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:13 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
32Air quality
56%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 AM
43feels39
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7029
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
7344
21mph
Sun
Oct 18
5939
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6737
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6743
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6141
12%
Thu
Oct 22
6442
18%
43°
70°29°
73°44°
59°39°
67°37°
67°43°
61°41°
64°42°
As of 10:00 AM in Big Timber Airport, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Big Timber Airport
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Billings (MT), 71 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
- Ozone9Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Big Timber Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Big Timber Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 6S0
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 4,492 ft
- Serves
- Big Timber
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 6S0
- Wind now
- From 230° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 10:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,285 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 74° / 254° | 5 mph head, on 24 | 2 mph from the left |
| 18 / 36 unlit | 3,475 ft | 75 ft | Turf | - | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Big Timber (6S0), Big Timber Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 28 F, the air 56% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 2 PM Thursday to 91% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 28F
- 10 AM
- Humidity now
- 56%
- Humidity, range
- 37 to 91%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
6 mph from the southwest at 10 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 23 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 6mph
- from the southwest
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 1 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.55 inHg at 10 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.55inHg
- 10 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.11inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 4,800 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 4,800ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 3
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Big Timber: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Big Timber Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Big Timber6S0
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/4,475 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/14.2 mi away/4,236 ft/256 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Derby Mountain RAWSDBYM8
A remote fire weather station/16.6 mi away/6,020 ft/1,528 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Big TimberBGTM8
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/4,112 ft/380 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Big Timber 11.3 NNEMT-SG-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.5 mi away/4,531 ft/39 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Montana
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Big Skysurveyed ski areaBillingscityBozemancityBridger Bowlsurveyed ski areaButtecityCooke CitytownDiscovery Ski Areaski areaFlathead LakefeatureGlacier National ParkfeatureGranite PeakfeatureGreat Divideski areaGreat FallscityHavrecityHelenacityKalispellcityMissoulacityMontana Snowbowlski areaRed Lodge Mountainski areaWest YellowstonetownWhitefish Mountainsurveyed ski area
Near Big Timber Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Big Timbercity, 2 mi
- Greycliffcommunity, 10 mi
- Springdalecommunity, 13 mi
- Reed Pointcommunity, 22 mi
- Nyecommunity, 27 mi
- Livingstoncity, 30 mi
- Clyde Parktown, 31 mi
- Absarokeecommunity, 33 mi
- Wineglasscommunity, 33 mi
- Fishtailcommunity, 34 mi
- Wilsallcommunity, 35 mi
- Pine Creekcommunity, 35 mi
Airports near Big Timber Airport
- Mission FieldLVM, 24 mi
- Bozeman Yellowstone International AirportBZN, 57 mi
- Laurel Municipal Airport6S8, 59 mi
- Billings Logan International AirportBIL, 69 mi
- Ennis Big Sky AirportEKS, 89 mi
- Lewistown Municipal AirportLWT, 89 mi
- Yellowstone AirportWYS, 95 mi
- Helena Regional AirportHLN, 111 mi