Zortman MineALDM8
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.0 mi away/4,672 ft/1,293 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 10 degrees warmer: a high of 64° after 54° today.
Now. Lodge Pole is 35° and mostly clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 31°. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 33° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 74°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
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 south-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, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Lodge Pole, Montana.
Air quality
Index 0, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Malta (MT), 37 miles off.
Yesterday measured 21, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Lodge Pole, MontanaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Lodge Pole, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Zortman MineALDM8
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.0 mi away/4,672 ft/1,293 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/11.9 mi away/3,894 ft/515 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
MaltaM75
At an airfield/36.6 mi away/2,242 ft/1,137 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Zortman 10.0 SSWMT-PH-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.1 mi away/3,030 ft/349 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Fort Belknap 2 SWBKPM8
At a cooperative observer's station/31.3 mi away/2,524 ft/855 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 36.6 mi from Lodge Pole, Montana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:50 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
26.6 F with a dew point of 26.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.
Calm.
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
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.