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Saco, Montana

Town in Phillips County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Saco

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Malta (MT), 26 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Saco

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. 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 Saco, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Saco, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MaltaM75

At an airfield/27.1 mi away/2,242 ft/59 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank135of 1,053

measured daily2 instruments

Saco 1.4 NNEMT-PH-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/2,187 ft/4 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Glasgow 14 NwGLAM8

At a cooperative observer's station/23.4 mi away/2,118 ft/65 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank858of 1,053

Station report

The weather at Malta, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.1 mi from Saco, Montana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 PM 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 Malta, 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 M75FIG. A THE SKY OVER MALTASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMalta, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS M75TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M75-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.6 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 44 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Malta: temperature 53.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 44 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M75FIG. B THE AIR AT MALTATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.4 FTEMPERATURE 53.6 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 21.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 44 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 POINTTITLEMalta, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS M75TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M75-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Malta, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, 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 M75FIG. C THE WIND AT MALTAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMalta, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS M75TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M75-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

Measured at Glasgow 14 Nw (GLAM8), 23.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Montana

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

Near Saco

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

Near Saco

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