Temperature
31 F at 1 AM; 59 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 24 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 31F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 59F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 24F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Glacier Park International Airport, Montana
Medium airport in Flathead County, Montana32°
63°/28°
Clear·
Feels like 32°·Calm 0 mph E
Now. Glacier Park International Airport is 32° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 27°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 61° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 66°, and the coolest Sunday, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:46 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:18 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 49 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
92%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
32feels32
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6328
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
6632
19mph
Sun
Oct 18
5931
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6230
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6134
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6032
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5931
10%
32°
63°28°
66°32°
59°31°
62°30°
61°34°
60°32°
59°31°
As of 2:00 AM in Glacier Park International Airport, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Glacier Park International Airport
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Flathead Valley (MT), 5 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good4.9 mi
- Ozone-0 ppb18.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)22Good4.9 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 33, good.
GoodModerate
- 33YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Glacier Park International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Glacier Park International Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GPI
- ICAO
- KGPI
- IATA
- FCA
- Field elevation
- 2,977 ft
- Serves
- Kalispell
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- GPI
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 9,007 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 35° / 215° | Calm | Calm |
| 12 / 30 | 3,510 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Kalispell (GPI), Glacier Park International 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 96% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 4 PM Thursday to 97% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 30F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 96%
- Humidity, range
- 40 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph from the north at 2 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 2mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 5 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.57 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.57inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 miles at 4 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 4 AM Thursday
- 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 100 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 2 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 2
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
Kalispell: 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 Glacier Park International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
KalispellGPI
At an airfield/0.6 mi away/2,979 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/4.2 mi away/3,009 ft/32 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Hungry Horse RAWSHNYM8
A remote fire weather station/10.5 mi away/3,123 ft/146 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Kalispell 9 NNEKSPM8
At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/2,963 ft/14 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Columbia Falls 1.9 SSWMT-FH-39
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/3,036 ft/59 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 Glacier Park International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Helena Flatscommunity, 3 mi
- Columbia Fallscity, 5 mi
- Evergreencommunity, 6 mi
- Whitefishcity, 8 mi
- Kalispellcity, 8 mi
- Rhodescommunity, 10 mi
- Hungry Horsecommunity, 10 mi
- Bataviacommunity, 12 mi
- Martin Citycommunity, 12 mi
- Whitefish Mountainsurveyed ski area, 13 mi
- Coramcommunity, 13 mi
- Forest Hill Villagecommunity, 13 mi
Airports near Glacier Park International Airport
- Ronan Airport7S0, 52 mi
- Plains AirportS34, 65 mi
- Cut Bank International AirportCTB, 88 mi
- Missoula Montana AirportMSO, 97 mi
- Shelby AirportSBX, 110 mi
- Ravalli County AirportHRF, 142 mi
- Great Falls International AirportGTF, 145 mi
- Helena Regional AirportHLN, 159 mi