Citizen station GW6973GW6973
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/3,761 ft/58 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Choteau, Montana
City in Teton County, Montana* WHAT...Westerly winds 30 to 50 mph with gusts up to 75 mph possible. * WHERE...East Glacier Park Region Zone, and Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera, Northern High Plains, Southern High Plains, and Southern Rocky Mountain Front. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Isolated instances of tree damage and or power outages are possible. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strong winds will also bring difficult conditions for outdoor recreation in portions Glacier National Park, particularly over and near higher terrain on the eastern side of the Park.
Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.
38°
55°/31°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 32°·Light breeze 7 mph SSW
Alert. A High Wind Watch is in force for Choteau until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 12 degrees warmer: a high of 67° after 55° today.
Now. Choteau is 38° and mostly clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 32°. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 37° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 68°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 23 mph. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 35°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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
12Air quality
67%Humidity
13%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
38feels32
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
5531
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6735
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
6843
23mph
Sun
Oct 18
5939
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6438
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
5941
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5738
18%
38°
55°31°
67°35°
68°43°
59°39°
64°38°
59°41°
57°38°
As of 9:00 PM in Choteau, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Choteau
Index 12, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Choteau (MT), 1 mile off.
12Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Choteau
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. 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 Choteau, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Choteau, MontanaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Choteau, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank802of 1,053
Teton Rvr Wx Station Nr FarmingtonFRMM8
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.3 mi away/3,855 ft/36 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Choteau South US-287 MP 56.0MTCTS
Beside a road/8.1 mi away/4,573 ft/754 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Golf1GM
At an airfield/33.5 mi away/4,333 ft/514 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Conrad Ag RcS2117
At a soil climate station/36.1 mi away/3,706 ft/113 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
ChoteauCOUM8
At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/3,839 ft/20 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Fairfield 5.0 NNEMT-TN-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.5 mi away/3,911 ft/92 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Golf, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 33.5 mi from Choteau, Montana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
42.0 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up.
The wind
From the southwest (220 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Golf, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Choteau (COUM8), 0.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:00. measured daily
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