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Baker, Montana

City in Fallon County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Baker

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Theodore Roosevelt National Park (ND), 55 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good-
  • Ozone25Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Baker

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Baker, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Baker, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BakerBHK

At an airfield/1.4 mi away/2,972 ft/28 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank85of 1,053

Cannonball CkCACM8

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.1 mi away/2,917 ft/27 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank10of 1,053

measured daily2 instruments

Baker 0.4 SW (Closed)MT-FL-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/2,946 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

PlevnaPLEM8

At a cooperative observer's station/12.0 mi away/2,749 ft/195 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank830of 1,053

Station report

The weather at Baker, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.4 mi from Baker, Montana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:51 PM 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 Baker, 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 BHKFIG. A THE SKY OVER BAKERSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBaker, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BHKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BHK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

34.0 F with a dew point of 28.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Baker: temperature 34.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BHKFIG. B THE AIR AT BAKERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.7 FTEMPERATURE 34.0 FDEW POINT 28.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEBaker, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BHKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BHK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 54 mph.

Plan of the wind at Baker, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 10 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 BHKFIG. C THE WIND AT BAKERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBaker, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BHKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BHK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Plevna (PLEM8), 12.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:47. measured daily

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