Temperature
43 F at 9 PM; 53 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 38 F at its coolest, 8 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 53F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 38F
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Fort Benton Airport, Montana
Small airport in Chouteau County, Montana42°
57°/34°
Clear·
Feels like 35°·Gentle breeze 11 mph ESE
Coming up. Tomorrow is 13 degrees warmer: a high of 70° after 57° today.
Now. Fort Benton Airport is 42° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-southeast at 11 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 29° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 74°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 56°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 24 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 54 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
2Air quality
58%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
42feels35
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5734
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
7028
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
7445
24mph
Sun
Oct 18
6242
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6236
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6039
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5637
16%
42°
57°34°
70°28°
74°45°
62°42°
62°36°
60°39°
56°37°
As of 10:00 PM in Fort Benton Airport, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Fort Benton Airport
Index 2, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Havre (MT), 66 miles off.
2Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 6, good.
GoodModerate
- 6YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fort Benton Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Fort Benton Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 79S
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,869 ft
- Serves
- Fort Benton
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 79S
- Wind now
- From 130° at 13 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 4,300 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 61° / 241° | 5 mph head, on 05 | 12 mph from the right |
| 14 / 32 unlit | 1,700 ft | 75 ft | Grass | 154° / 334° | 12 mph head, on 14 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Fort Benton (79S), Fort Benton Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 30 F, the air 59% saturated; the humidity ran from 36% at 5 PM to 87% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 30F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 59%
- Humidity, range
- 36 to 87%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the southeast at 9 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 18 mph at 9 PM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the southeast
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 9 AM
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.63 inHg at 9 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.29 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.63inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.29inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 7 AM
- 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 6,000 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 6,000ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
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
Fort Benton: 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 Fort Benton Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Fort Benton79S
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,867 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Missouri River AT Fort BentonFBNM8
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.4 mi away/2,635 ft/234 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Loma US-87 MP 53.1MTLOM
Beside a road/9.5 mi away/2,776 ft/93 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Fort BentonFTBM8
At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/2,631 ft/238 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Loma 0.1 SEMT-CH-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.8 mi away/2,579 ft/290 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Fort Benton (FTBM8), 3.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Montana
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Fort Benton Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fort Bentoncity, 2 mi
- Lomacommunity, 9 mi
- Cartercommunity, 16 mi
- Highwoodcommunity, 19 mi
- Flowereecommunity, 20 mi
- Sunnybrook Colonycommunity, 22 mi
- Twin Hills Colonycommunity, 23 mi
- Geraldinetown, 24 mi
- Riverview Colonycommunity, 30 mi
- Square Buttecommunity, 31 mi
- Big Sandytown, 33 mi
- Belttown, 34 mi
Airports near Fort Benton Airport
- Great Falls International AirportGTF, 42 mi
- Havre City County AirportHVR, 63 mi
- Shelby AirportSBX, 74 mi
- Lewistown Municipal AirportLWT, 78 mi
- Cut Bank International AirportCTB, 96 mi
- Helena Regional AirportHLN, 106 mi
- Malta AirportM75, 130 mi
- Big Timber Airport6S0, 144 mi