At an airfield/0.8 mi away/3,658 ft/22 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 12 degrees warmer: a high of 67° after 55° today.
Now. Great Falls International Airport is 42° and clear at 7 PM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 12 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 Saturday, near 70°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 26 mph. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:14 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.
As of 7:00 PM in Great Falls International Airport, Montana.
Air quality
Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Choteau (MT), 45 miles off.
Yesterday measured 18, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 12 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 12 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 10,502 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 5 mph head, on 03 | 7 mph from the right |
| 07 / 25 | 4,294 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 8 mph head, on 07 | 1 mph from the right |
| 17 / 35 | 6,030 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 1 mph head, on 17 | 8 mph from the left |
The 5 instruments nearest Great Falls International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.8 mi away/3,658 ft/22 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At an airfield/0.8 mi away/3,665 ft/15 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Gary Cooper Bridge I-15 MP 242MTYEP
Beside a road/32.9 mi away/3,438 ft/242 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/3,701 ft/21 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Great Falls 1.9 WNWMT-CC-22
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/3,371 ft/309 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Great Falls Mt (TFX), 1.7 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.