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Essex, Montana

Community in Flathead County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Essex

Index 0, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Glacier National Park (MT), 24 miles off.

0Good
  • Ozone0Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Essex

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. 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 Essex, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Essex, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

KalispellGPI

At an airfield/30.2 mi away/2,979 ft/857 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank241of 1,053

measured daily2 instruments

Hungry Horse DamHGHM8

At a dam/19.5 mi away/3,337 ft/499 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Kalispell, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.2 mi from Essex, Montana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 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 Kalispell, 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 GPIFIG. A THE SKY OVER KALISPELLSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEKalispell, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GPITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GPI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

29.0 F with a dew point of 27.0 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Kalispell: temperature 29.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 27.0, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GPIFIG. B THE AIR AT KALISPELLTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 29.0 F, 27.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLEKalispell, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GPITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GPI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Kalispell, north up: at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GPIFIG. C THE WIND AT KALISPELLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKalispell, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GPITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GPI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Hungry Horse Dam (HGHM8), 19.5 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 10:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Montana

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

Near Essex

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Essex

River and lake gauges