Temperature
40 F at 8 PM; 46 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 39 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 40F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 46F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 39F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Dawson Community Airport, Montana
Medium airport in Dawson County, Montana31°
57°/24°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 25°·Light breeze 6 mph NW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees warmer: a high of 73° after 57° today.
Now. Dawson Community Airport is 31° and mostly clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 25°. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 6 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 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:45 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 52 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
25Air quality
96%Humidity
33%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
31feels25
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
5724
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
7338
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6145
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6637
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6941
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6343
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6641
12%
31°
57°24°
73°38°
61°45°
66°37°
69°41°
63°43°
66°41°
As of 1:00 AM in Dawson Community Airport, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Dawson Community Airport
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Theodore Roosevelt National Park (ND), 62 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
- Ozone25Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Dawson Community Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Dawson Community Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GDV
- ICAO
- KGDV
- IATA
- GDV
- Field elevation
- 2,458 ft
- Serves
- Glendive
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- GDV
- Wind now
- From 330° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 3,002 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 36° / 216° | 2 mph head, on 02 | 5 mph from the left |
| 12 / 30 | 5,704 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | 6 mph head, on 30 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Glendive(AWOS) (GDV), Dawson Community Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 31 F, the air 70% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 5 PM to 83% at 10 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 31F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 70%
- Humidity, range
- 51 to 83%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the north northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 34 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 49 mph at 10 AM.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 34mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- 49mph
- 10 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.68 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.56 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.68inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.06inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.56inHg
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 2,700 ft at 10 AM; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 4,600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,700ft
- 10 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
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
Glendive(AWOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Dawson Community Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/2,457 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Buffalo Rapids-Glendive AgrimetBRGM8
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.4 mi away/2,133 ft/325 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
LindsayS0581
At a soil climate station/18.6 mi away/2,871 ft/413 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Beaver Hill I-94 MP 234.8MTBVR
Beside a road/23.8 mi away/2,749 ft/291 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Glendive 2.2 WMT-DW-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/2,106 ft/352 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GlendiveGNDM8
At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/2,067 ft/391 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Glendive (GNDM8), 4.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
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Near Dawson Community Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Dawson Community Airport
- Sidney - Richland Regional AirportSDY, 49 mi
- Baker Municipal AirportBHK, 61 mi
- Poplar Muni AirportPO1, 71 mi
- Miles City Airport - Frank Wiley FieldMLS, 71 mi
- L M Clayton AirportOLF, 75 mi
- Jordan AirportJDN, 102 mi
- Tillitt Field1S3, 105 mi
- Glasgow Valley County Airport Wokal FieldGGW, 112 mi