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Dodson, Montana

Town in Phillips County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Dodson

Index 0, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Malta (MT), 18 miles off.

0Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dodson

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Dodson, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Dodson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 15.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MaltaM75

At an airfield/15.2 mi away/2,242 ft/42 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank135of 1,053

measured daily2 instruments

MaltaMLAM8

At a cooperative observer's station/17.4 mi away/2,244 ft/40 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank32of 1,053

Hogeland 7.0 SSEMT-BL-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/29.4 mi away/3,154 ft/870 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Malta, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.2 mi from Dodson, Montana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:50 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 Malta, 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 M75FIG. A THE SKY OVER MALTASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMalta, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS M75TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M75-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

24.8 F with a dew point of 24.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Malta: temperature 24.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 24.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M75FIG. B THE AIR AT MALTATHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 24.8 F, 24.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEMalta, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS M75TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M75-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Malta, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M75FIG. C THE WIND AT MALTAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMalta, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS M75TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M75-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Montana

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Dodson

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Near Dodson

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