Temperature
25 F at 2 AM; 49 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 25 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 25F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 49F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 25F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Colstrip Airport, Montana
Small airport in Rosebud County, Montana27°
66°/28°
Clear·
Feels like 23°·Light air 4 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees warmer: a high of 75° after 66° today.
Now. Colstrip Airport is 27° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 23°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 66° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° 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 75°, and the coolest Sunday, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:59 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.
0UV Low
38Air quality
87%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
27feels23
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6628
clear day
Sat
Oct 17
7542
mostly clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6446
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6942
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7044
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6545
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6946
12%
27°
66°28°
75°42°
64°46°
69°42°
70°44°
65°45°
69°46°
As of 3:00 AM in Colstrip Airport, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Colstrip Airport
Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Sheridan (WY), 74 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)38Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 40 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Colstrip Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Colstrip Airport, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- M46
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 3,426 ft
- Serves
- Colstrip
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- M46
- Wind now
- From 250° at 5 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,100 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 74° / 254° | 5 mph head, on 24 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Colstrip (M46), Colstrip Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 22 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 5 PM Thursday to 86% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 22F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 86%
- Humidity, range
- 38 to 86%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the west southwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 25 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 36 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 25mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 12 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.72 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.31 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.72inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.31inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 9 AM Thursday; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 9 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 7,000 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 5 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 7,000ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 5
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
Colstrip: 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 Colstrip 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
ColstripM46
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,425 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Badger PeakBAFM8
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.3 mi away/4,193 ft/767 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Lame Deer Divide US-212 MP 50.1 MT US MT DOTMTLAM
Beside a road/18.2 mi away/4,327 ft/901 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
ColstripCOLM8
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/3,225 ft/201 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Colstrip 0.6 NE (Closed)MT-RB-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/3,229 ft/197 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Colstrip Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Colstrip Airport
- Tillitt Field1S3, 29 mi
- Big Horn County Airport00U, 46 mi
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- Billings Logan International AirportBIL, 88 mi
- Laurel Municipal Airport6S8, 99 mi
- Jordan AirportJDN, 103 mi
- Baker Municipal AirportBHK, 122 mi
- Dawson Community AirportGDV, 127 mi