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Landusky, Montana

Community in Phillips County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Landusky

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Malta (MT), 45 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 12 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Landusky

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Landusky, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Landusky, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Zortman MineALDM8

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.5 mi away/4,672 ft/668 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank202of 1,045

measured daily2 instruments

Zortman 10.0 SSWMT-PH-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.8 mi away/3,030 ft/974 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ValentineVALM8

At a cooperative observer's station/39.0 mi away/2,910 ft/1,094 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank581of 1,045

Station report

The weather at Zortman Mine, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.5 mi from Landusky, Montana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:32 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 21.7 F, 19 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Zortman Mine: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 21.7, 19 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALDM8FIG. B THE AIR AT ZORTMAN MINETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,0000 F20 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 9,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 13.3 FTEMPERATURE 65.0 FDEW POINT 21.7 FSPREAD 43.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 19 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 POINTTITLEZortman Mine, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP ALDM8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALDM8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Zortman Mine, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALDM8FIG. C THE WIND AT ZORTMAN MINEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEZortman Mine, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP ALDM8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALDM8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,672 ft above sea level, 16 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.20 inHg and the temperature at 42.3 F; it reports 65.0 F, 22.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Zortman Mine stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,672 feet above sea level with 16 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.20 inches of mercury, and temperature, 42.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALDM8FIG. D WHERE ZORTMAN MINE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREZORTMAN MINE16 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,672 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE25.20 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE42.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED65.0 FTITLEZortman Mine, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP ALDM8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALDM8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Zortman Mine, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Valentine (VALM8), 39.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Montana

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

Near Landusky

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

Near Landusky

River and lake gauges