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Lima, Montana

Town in Beaverhead County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Lima

Index 4, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Dillon (MT), 39 miles off.

4Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-

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 Lima

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Lima, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Lima, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

LimaLMAM8

At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/6,253 ft/1 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Dillon 5.5 SSWMT-BV-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/35.2 mi away/5,243 ft/1,011 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Antelope RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.2 mi from Lima, Montana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:59 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

36.0 F with a dew point of 28.5 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Antelope RAWS: temperature 36.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.5, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LMRM8FIG. B THE AIR AT ANTELOPE RAWSTHE 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 F50 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.9 FTEMPERATURE 36.0 FDEW POINT 28.5 FSPREAD 7.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEAntelope RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP LMRM8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LMRM8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (277 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 10 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 15 mph.

Plan of the wind at Antelope RAWS, north up: blowing from 277 degrees, the west, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 10; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LMRM8FIG. C THE WIND AT ANTELOPE RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 277°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAntelope RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP LMRM8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LMRM8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 6,729 ft above sea level, 22 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 23.33 inHg and the temperature at 35.0 F; it reports 36.0 F, 1.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Antelope RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 6,729 feet above sea level with 22 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 23.33 inches of mercury, and temperature, 35.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LMRM8FIG. D WHERE ANTELOPE RAWS 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 ATMOSPHEREANTELOPE RAWS22 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT6,729 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 HERE23.33 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE35.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED36.0 FTITLEAntelope RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LMRM8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LMRM8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

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