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National Weather Service Billings MT
402 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

MTZ235-152200-
Billings-Yellowstone MT
45.81N 108.53W Elev. 3648 ft
402 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      49          42          50          42          60
Temp             36 37 41 46 47 45 44 44 43 43 45 48 49 46 45 44 42 44 55 59 54
Dewpt            34 37 41 43 43 42 43 42 42 43 45 44 41 39 38 37 33 36 38 37 36
RH               92100100 89 86 89 96 93 96100100 86 74 76 76 76 70 73 53 44 50
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE  N NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd          4  4  4  4  5  4  5  6  8  9 10 11 10 12 14 17 18 19 20 18 12
Clouds           OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     40          60          80          40          10
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.22        0.14        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              C  S  S  S     C  S  C  D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S              C
Rain shwrs                    C
Sprinkles                                                               C  C
Tstms                         S
Obvis             F  F          PF PF PF PF PF PF


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            37    56      40    66      40    57      33    53
Temp          45   40 50 53 45   43 59 60 48   43 50 51 41   34 46 49
Dewpt         35   31 33 34 32   30 39 40 35   31 33 31 30   27 33 34
PWind dir          NW     W      SW    SW       W     W      NW     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           30     5       5    20      40    40      20    10
Flurries                                                      C  C
Rain           C    C                   S  C    C  C  C  S
Sprinkles                                                     C  C

$$
MTZ065-152200-
Livingston-Park MT
45.70N 110.47W Elev. 4656 ft
402 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      49          34          49          31          58
Temp             31 35 41 46 46 41 39 39 37 38 42 47 48 41 38 35 32 38 51 56 52
Dewpt            31 35 38 39 39 38 39 39 37 38 38 36 35 33 32 30 27 29 32 31 30
RH              100100 89 76 76 89100100100100 86 65 60 73 79 82 81 70 48 38 43
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E  E NW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          3  4  4  5  5  3  5  5  6  9 10 11 10 13 18 19 19 20 20 21 16
Wind gust                                                  29 31 31 31 31 32 26
Clouds           OV OV B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     70          60          80          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.16        0.15        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Flurries                                                       C  C
Rain              L  S  C  C  C  C  S  C  D  D  L  L  C  C              S  S  C
Sprinkles                                                   C        C
Obvis             F  F PF       PF PF PF
Wind chill                                                    24 21 27
Min chill        28    29                      28          28    21    22


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            29    57      36    63      31    53      26    51
Temp          40   31 49 53 43   40 57 56 41   34 46 48 33   27 44 47
Dewpt         31   26 28 27 32   31 36 36 31   27 28 27 26   23 29 29
PWind dir           W     W      SW    SW      SW     W       W    SW
Wind char          BZ    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC FW FW   SC SC B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           40     5      10    40      60    50      20    10
Flurries                                                      C  C
Rain           C    C                S  C  L    L  C  C  S
Snow                                               C     S
Sprinkles                                                        C

$$
MTZ032-152200-
Miles City-Custer MT
46.42N 105.90W Elev. 2628 ft
402 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      57          44          52          40          58
Temp             35 39 47 54 55 50 48 47 46 47 48 50 48 45 45 43 41 45 55 57 52
Dewpt            35 39 46 50 51 50 48 47 46 47 48 48 46 43 43 40 36 36 38 38 37
RH              100100 96 86 86100100100100100100 93 93 93 93 89 82 70 53 49 56
Wind dir         NE  E  E  E  E NE NE  N  N NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd          5  6 10 10  9  9  6  9 10 10 11 13 12 13 13 14 16 18 24 23 14
Clouds           OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     70          90          90          70          20
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.19        0.49        0.11           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 S  S           L  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S
Rain shwrs        L        C  L  L
Sprinkles                                                               C  C  C
Tstms             S        S  S  S
Obvis             F  F       PF PF PF PF PF PF


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            36    56      35    65      39    57      33    54
Temp          43   37 51 51 40   38 58 59 48   41 52 52 41   34 49 49
Dewpt         35   31 33 31 29   28 38 39 36   31 35 33 32   28 32 30
PWind dir           W     W      SW     S       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           20     5       0    10      20    30      20    10
Flurries                                                      C
Rain                S                      S    S  S  C  S
Sprinkles      C                                              C

$$
MTZ033-152200-
Baker-Fallon MT
46.38N 104.24W Elev. 2969 ft
402 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      55          41          53          37          59
Temp             39 44 50 53 51 47 45 45 44 46 49 52 48 43 41 40 38 44 55 58 53
Dewpt            39 44 45 48 47 47 45 45 44 46 47 47 44 42 40 39 36 36 37 36 35
RH              100100 83 83 86100100100100100 93 83 86 96 96 96 92 73 51 44 50
Wind dir          E SE SE  E  E  E  E NE  N NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         10 13 17 18 17 13 10  8  8 10 13 14 16 18 18 18 18 20 25 26 21
Wind gust                                                        28 32 37 37 32
Clouds           OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          90          90          70          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.18        0.80        0.26           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              S  S  C  S        C  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  L  L  S  S
Rain shwrs                    C  L
Tstms                         S  S
Obvis             F  F       PF  F PF PF PF  F


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            32    53      30    65      35    56      30    54
Temp          39   33 50 48 35   35 59 58 43   38 52 50 37   31 50 48
Dewpt         32   28 30 27 27   25 34 36 33   31 33 33 29   25 31 31
PWind dir           W    NW       W    SW      SW     W       W     W
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           10     0       0     0      20    20      20    10
Flurries            C                                         C
Rain                                       S          S  S
Sprinkles           C                              C          C

$$
WYZ199-152200-
Sheridan-Sheridan WY
44.80N 106.96W Elev. 4019 ft
402 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      59          38          48          31          60
Temp             31 36 46 54 52 45 43 42 40 42 44 46 47 39 37 34 32 39 56 59 53
Dewpt            31 36 41 46 48 45 43 42 40 42 42 41 43 39 37 34 32 33 34 33 35
RH              100100 83 74 86100100100100100 93 83 86100100100100 79 43 37 50
Wind dir         NW NE NE  N NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW SW SW  W NW NW NW
Wind spd          2  2  4  5  5  6  5  6  9 11 12 12  9  6  5  6  8 11 17 17 10
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     50          80          90          50          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.06        0.37        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              S  S  S        C  C  C  D  D  D  D  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  C
Rain shwrs                 C  L
Snow
Tstms                      S  S
Obvis             F  F       PF PF PF PF PF PF PF    PF


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            30    53      30    70      33    57      26    52
Temp          37   31 48 49 36   35 63 60 42   35 51 50 33   26 47 46
Dewpt         33   29 29 31 28   26 37 40 34   30 30 31 28   24 29 32
PWind dir          NW    NW      SW     S       W    NW       W    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           50    10       0    10      40    50      30    20
Flurries               C
Rain           C    C                      C    C  C  C  C    S  S
Snow                                                          S  S
Sprinkles              C                                            C

$$