Temperature
28 F at 2 AM; 48 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 28 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 28F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 48F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 28F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Miles City Airport - Frank Wiley Field, Montana
Medium airport in Custer County, Montana29°
65°/26°
Clear·
Feels like 23°·Light breeze 5 mph SSW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees warmer: a high of 74° after 65° today.
Now. Miles City Airport - Frank Wiley Field is 29° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 23°. The dew point is 26°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 63° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° 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 74°, and the coolest Sunday, near 65°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:53 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 54 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
92%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
29feels23
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6526
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
7436
mostly clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6543
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7041
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7143
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6643
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7042
partly cloudy day
29°
65°26°
74°36°
65°43°
70°41°
71°43°
66°43°
70°42°
As of 3:00 AM in Miles City Airport - Frank Wiley Field, Montana.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Miles City Airport - Frank Wiley Field
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 Miles City Airport - Frank Wiley Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MLS
- ICAO
- KMLS
- IATA
- MLS
- Field elevation
- 2,630 ft
- Serves
- Miles City
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MLS
- Wind now
- From 140° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,764 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 52° / 232° | 0 mph head, on 04 | 7 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 5,624 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 7 mph head, on 13 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Miles City (MLS), Miles City Airport - Frank Wiley Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 26 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 4 PM Thursday to 92% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 26F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 92%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the south southeast at 3 AM; at its strongest 29 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 43 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the south southeast
- Strongest
- 29mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 43mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.72 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.38 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.72inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.38inHg
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 3,400 ft at 10 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,400ft
- 10 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 10
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
Miles City: 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 Miles City Airport - Frank Wiley Field, 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 now3 instruments
Miles CityMLS
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/2,628 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Yellowstone River 1 NW Miles CityMILM8
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.2 mi away/2,425 ft/205 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Government HillMTGOV
Beside a road/12.4 mi away/3,166 ft/536 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Ismay 27.6 WSWMT-CS-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/30.8 mi away/2,484 ft/146 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
TerryTERM8
At a cooperative observer's station/37.5 mi away/2,241 ft/389 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 Terry (TERM8), 37.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Miles City Airport - Frank Wiley Field
- Tillitt Field1S3, 37 mi
- Colstrip AirportM46, 56 mi
- Dawson Community AirportGDV, 71 mi
- Baker Municipal AirportBHK, 78 mi
- Jordan AirportJDN, 80 mi
- Big Horn County Airport00U, 97 mi
- L M Clayton AirportOLF, 116 mi
- Sidney - Richland Regional AirportSDY, 119 mi