Storm Station
Sign in

Silver Gate, Montana

Community in Park County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Silver Gate

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Yellowstone National Park (MT), 38 miles off.

34Good
  • Ozone34Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Silver Gate

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Silver Gate, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Silver Gate, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Silver Gate 0.2 ENE (Closed)MT-PK-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/7,442 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Mystic LakeMYSM8

At a cooperative observer's station/19.8 mi away/6,535 ft/916 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank22of 1,053

Station report

The weather at Soda Butte Creek AT Silver Gate, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.6 mi from Silver Gate, Montana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:45 PM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 7,428 ft above sea level, 24 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 22.72 inHg and the temperature at 32.5 F; it reports 25.1 F, 7.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Soda Butte Creek AT Silver Gate stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 7,428 feet above sea level with 24 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 22.72 inches of mercury, and temperature, 32.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SBCM8FIG. D WHERE SODA BUTTE CREEK AT SILVER GATE 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 ATMOSPHERESODA BUTTE CREEK AT SILVER GATE24 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT7,428 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 HERE22.72 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE32.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED25.1 FTITLESoda Butte Creek AT Silver Gate, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP SBCM8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SBCM8-1DRAWN 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 45.00 N, and the day is 10 h 46 min long. Level ground there takes 59 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Soda Butte Creek AT Silver Gate, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 36 degrees above the horizon, against 68 at the June solstice, 45 at the equinoxes and 22 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 46 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SBCM8FIG. E THE SUN AT SODA BUTTE CREEK AT SILVER GATEELEVATION 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 22°OCT 16, 36°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 46 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 59 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 45.00 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLESoda Butte Creek AT Silver Gate, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP SBCM8TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SBCM8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 7,428 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:45 PM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Soda Butte Creek AT Silver Gate, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 15, 2026, 9:45 pm local time; air temperature, 25.1 f.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SBCM8FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 15, 2026, 9:45 PM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 15, 2026, 9:45 PM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE25.1 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLESoda Butte Creek AT Silver Gate, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP SBCM8TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SBCM8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Soda Butte Creek AT Silver Gate, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

-

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Montana

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

Near Silver Gate

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

Near Silver Gate

River and lake gauges