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Red Lodge, Montana

City in Carbon County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Red Lodge

Index 8, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cody (WY), 47 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 4, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Red Lodge

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Red Lodge, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Red Lodge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Red LodgeRELM8

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/5,584 ft/14 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank726of 1,053

Station report

The weather at Cole Creek Snotel, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.7 mi from Red Lodge, Montana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:00 PM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 7,850 ft above sea level, 25 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 22.35 inHg and the temperature at 31.0 F; it reports 27.3 F, 3.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Cole Creek Snotel stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 7,850 feet above sea level with 25 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 22.35 inches of mercury, and temperature, 31.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLCM8FIG. D WHERE COLE CREEK SNOTEL STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,00020,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECOLE CREEK SNOTEL25 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT7,850 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 FT50 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 17,970 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE22.35 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE31.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED27.3 FTITLECole Creek Snotel, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP CLCM8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLCM8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 36 degrees above the horizon at 45.19 N, and the day is 10 h 46 min long. Level ground there takes 58 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Cole Creek Snotel, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 36 degrees above the horizon, against 68 at the June solstice, 45 at the equinoxes and 21 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 46 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLCM8FIG. E THE SUN AT COLE CREEK SNOTELELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 68°EQUINOXES 45°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 21°OCT 16, 36°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 46 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 58 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 45.19 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECole Creek Snotel, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP CLCM8TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLCM8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 7,850 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:00 PM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Cole Creek Snotel, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 15, 2026, 11:00 pm local time; air temperature, 27.3 f; precipitation gauge, 0.00 in today.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLCM8FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 15, 2026, 11:00 PM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 15, 2026, 11:00 PM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE27.3 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE0.00 IN TODAYSCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLECole Creek Snotel, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP CLCM8TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLCM8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Cole Creek Snotel, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Red Lodge (RELM8), 0.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 17:00. measured daily

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