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Stanford, Montana

Town in Judith Basin County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Stanford

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lewistown (MT), 37 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
  • Ozone34Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Stanford

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 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 Stanford, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Stanford, 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 now5 instruments

GeyserMTGYS

Beside a road/13.9 mi away/4,196 ft/94 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank873of 1,045

MoccasinS2119

At a soil climate station/14.2 mi away/4,256 ft/34 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank811of 1,045

Lewistown MunicipalLWT

At an airfield/36.2 mi away/4,167 ft/123 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Stanford 0.1 NWMT-JB-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/4,287 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

StanfordSTNM8

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/4,275 ft/15 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank576of 1,045

Station report

The weather at Geyser, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 13.9 mi from Stanford, Montana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:00 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 18.1 F, 29 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Geyser: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 18.1, 29 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTGYSFIG. B THE AIR AT GEYSERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 6,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 12.1 FTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 18.1 FSPREAD 30.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 29 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 POINTTITLEGeyser, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTGYSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MTGYS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 19 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 27 mph.

Plan of the wind at Geyser, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 19; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTGYSFIG. C THE WIND AT GEYSERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 19 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGeyser, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTGYSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MTGYS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,196 ft above sea level, 14 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.65 inHg and the temperature at 44.0 F; it reports 49.0 F, 5.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Geyser stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,196 feet above sea level with 14 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.65 inches of mercury, and temperature, 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTGYSFIG. D WHERE GEYSER STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREGEYSER14 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,196 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 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE25.65 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE44.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED49.0 FTITLEGeyser, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTGYSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MTGYS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Geyser, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Stanford (STNM8), 0.3 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 18:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Montana

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

Near Stanford

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

Near Stanford

River and lake gauges