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Zurich, Montana

Community in Blaine County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Zurich

Index 7, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Havre (MT), 29 miles off.

7Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 6, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Zurich

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Zurich, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Zurich, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

HavreHVR

At an airfield/33.4 mi away/2,598 ft/203 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank12of 1,053

measured daily2 instruments

ChinookCNKM8

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/2,402 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank30of 1,053

Hogeland 7.0 SSEMT-BL-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.8 mi away/3,154 ft/759 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Havre, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 33.4 mi from Zurich, Montana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 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 Havre, 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 HVRFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAVRESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEHavre, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HVRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HVR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

32.0 F with a dew point of 25.0 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Havre: temperature 32.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 25.0, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HVRFIG. B THE AIR AT HAVRETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 23.5 FTEMPERATURE 32.0 FDEW POINT 25.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLEHavre, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HVRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HVR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 40 mph.

Plan of the wind at Havre, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HVRFIG. C THE WIND AT HAVREPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHavre, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HVRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HVR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Chinook (CNKM8), 8.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:25. measured daily

Elsewhere in Montana

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