Temperature
45 F at 6 PM; 50 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 27 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 45F
- 6 PM
- Highest
- 50F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 27F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Dillon Airport, Montana
Small airport in Beaverhead County, Montana43°
55°/25°
Clear·
Feels like 43°·Calm 0 mph NE
Now. Dillon Airport is 43° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 26° 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 62°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 53°. Rain is possible Wednesday (33%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 26°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:31 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 11 hours 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
60%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
43feels43
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5525
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
5926
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
6229
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6131
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6233
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5735
19%
Wed
Oct 21
5336
33%
43°
55°25°
59°26°
62°29°
61°31°
62°33°
57°35°
53°36°
As of 7:00 PM in Dillon Airport, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Dillon Airport
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Dillon (MT), 6 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 12 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Dillon Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 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 Dillon Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DLN
- ICAO
- KDLN
- IATA
- DLN
- Field elevation
- 5,241 ft
- Serves
- Dillon
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DLN
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 18:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,600 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 48° / 228° | Calm | Calm |
| 17 / 35 | 6,501 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Dillon Airport (DLN), Dillon Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 32 F, the air 60% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 5 PM to 92% at 8 AM.
- Dew point now
- 32F
- 6 PM
- Humidity now
- 60%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 7 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 3 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 3 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.65 inHg at 7 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.34 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.65inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.34inHg
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 2,300 ft at 9 AM; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,300ft
- 9 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
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
Dillon Airport: 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 Dillon 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/5,240 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/5,197 ft/44 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Big Hole Pass CTY-278 MP 32MTBHP
Beside a road/37.0 mi away/6,719 ft/1,478 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Dillon 5.3 ENEMT-BV-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/5,299 ft/58 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Dillon WmceDLLM8
At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/5,105 ft/136 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Dillon Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Dilloncity, 5 mi
- Argentacommunity, 15 mi
- Glencommunity, 17 mi
- Sheridantown, 22 mi
- Aldercommunity, 22 mi
- Twin Bridgestown, 23 mi
- Brandoncommunity, 25 mi
- Maverick Mountaincommunity, 29 mi
- Virginia Citytown, 30 mi
- Grantcommunity, 31 mi
- Silver Starcommunity, 33 mi
- Dellcommunity, 37 mi
Airports near Dillon Airport
- Ruby Valley FieldRVF, 23 mi
- Ennis Big Sky AirportEKS, 44 mi
- Bert Mooney AirportBTM, 48 mi
- Bowman Field3U3, 64 mi
- Bozeman Yellowstone International AirportBZN, 77 mi
- Yellowstone AirportWYS, 80 mi
- Helena Regional AirportHLN, 97 mi
- Ravalli County AirportHRF, 102 mi