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Ryegate, Montana

Town in Golden Valley County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Ryegate

Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Billings (MT), 51 miles off.

47Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Mon 6 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ryegate

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Ryegate, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ryegate, 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 now3 instruments

Kilo1KM

At an airfield/27.9 mi away/4,330 ft/666 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank222of 1,045

measured daily2 instruments

RyegateRYTM8

At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/3,655 ft/9 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Ryegate 5.0 S (Closed)MT-GV-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/3,983 ft/319 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Kilo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.9 mi from Ryegate, Montana. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 8:55 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 Kilo, 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 1KMFIG. A THE SKY OVER KILOSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEKilo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 1KMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-1KM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.8 F with a dew point of 25.5 F, 31 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Kilo: temperature 55.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.5, 31 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1KMFIG. B THE AIR AT KILOTHE 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 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 6,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 19.4 FTEMPERATURE 55.8 FDEW POINT 25.5 FSPREAD 30.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 31 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 POINTTITLEKilo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1KMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-1KM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Kilo, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1KMFIG. C THE WIND AT KILOPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKilo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1KMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-1KM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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