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Argenta, Montana

Community in Beaverhead County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Argenta

Index 9, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Dillon (MT), 12 miles off.

9Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Argenta

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Argenta, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

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On the radar over Argenta, MontanaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Argenta, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Dillon 18.1 WSWMT-BV-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.6 mi away/5,845 ft/279 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bannack State ParkBSPM8

In a park or preserve/11.0 mi away/5,892 ft/232 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Dillon Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.0 mi from Argenta, Montana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Dillon Airport, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLNFIG. A THE SKY OVER DILLON AIRPORTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDillon Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DLNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

32.0 F with a dew point of 27.0 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dillon Airport: temperature 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.0, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLNFIG. B THE AIR AT DILLON AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.9 FTEMPERATURE 32.0 FDEW POINT 27.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEDillon Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DLNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Dillon Airport, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DLNFIG. C THE WIND AT DILLON AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDillon Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DLNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DLN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Dillon Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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