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National Weather Service Billings MT
526 AM MDT Mon Mar 9 2026

MTZ235-092200-
Billings-Yellowstone MT
45.81N 108.53W Elev. 3648 ft
526 AM MDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Date             Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26            Wed 03/11/26
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                      45          29          41          21          50
Temp             31 31 39 44 42 35 33 32 30 30 35 40 39 32 29 25 23 27 41 48 50
Dewpt            24 23 27 25 22 23 21 20 18 18 17 15 11 14 12  9  7  8 11 13 18
RH               75 72 62 47 44 61 61 61 60 60 47 36 31 47 48 50 50 44 29 24 28
Wind dir         NE NE  N NW NW  N NW NW NE  N NW NW NW NW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd         13 12 14 16 14 10  6  5  5  9 10 13 18 11  9 10 11 13 18 19 16
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          50          60          20           0
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.01        0.02        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain shwrs        S
Snowshwrs         S  C  L  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  L  S  S
Wind chill                                                       12 16
Min chill        21    20          26    24    22    29    20    12    13


Date               Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26
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            39    61      33    47      31    47      20    34
Temp          42   44 58 54 40   34 42 46 39   34 42 42 29   22 28 32
Dewpt         20   23 29 28 27   30 32 31 28   28 31 28 20   16 19 19
PWind dir          SW     W       N    NE      NE    NE       N    NE
Wind char          BZ    VW      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 OV   OV OV OV OV   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr           10    40      70    60      60    80      70    40
Rain shwrs                C  L    L  L  C  C    L     D
Snowshwrs                    L    L  L     C    L  L     L    C  C  C

$$
MTZ065-092200-
Livingston-Park MT
45.70N 110.47W Elev. 4656 ft
526 AM MDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Date             Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26            Wed 03/11/26
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                      48          24          37          18          48
Temp             42 41 43 46 42 35 33 30 26 26 33 36 34 28 27 22 21 26 39 46 47
Dewpt            25 24 23 18 12 14 13 14 14 14 10  6  5  5  5  3  4  6  8 13 16
RH               50 50 45 32 29 41 43 51 60 60 38 28 29 37 38 43 47 42 27 26 28
Wind dir          W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd         27 26 29 29 24 18 10  8  5 11 21 26 27 19 12 13 13 19 29 33 31
Wind gust        39 36 41 41 34                   36 39             31 46 48 49
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     50          20          60          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain shwrs        C                                                           S
Snowshwrs            C  C  C  S     S  S  C  C  L  L                          S
Wind chill                                     21 24 21 15 16  9  8 12 27
Min chill              29          23    20    16    21    14     8     9    31


Date               Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26
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            39    56      41    53      40    54      26    42
Temp          44   47 53 51 46   44 51 52 47   45 51 51 38   32 37 40
Dewpt         21   26 28 26 30   30 29 29 29   31 31 27 23   21 18 19
PWind dir          SW    SW       W     W       W     W       W     W
Wind char          VW    SD      VW    VW      WY    VW      WY    BZ
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 OV   OV OV OV OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr           20    50      50    50      50    80      60    40
Rain shwrs     S    S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  L  D  L
Snowshwrs      S    S                                    L    C  C  C

$$
MTZ032-092200-
Miles City-Custer MT
46.42N 105.90W Elev. 2628 ft
526 AM MDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Date             Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26            Wed 03/11/26
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                      41          26          40          22          45
Temp             30 30 35 40 39 33 31 30 28 29 36 40 38 30 29 25 24 27 38 44 43
Dewpt            26 24 28 27 25 26 24 22 19 18 16 14 15 17 18 15 15 15 12 11 14
RH               85 78 75 59 57 75 75 72 68 63 43 34 38 58 63 65 68 60 34 26 30
Wind dir         NE  E NE NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         10  9 10 11 10  6  6  6  5  8  9 10 10  9  8 10 10 11 13 14 10
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          20          20          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1       00-00       00-00
Snowshwrs         S  C  C  S     S              S  S
Wind chill                                                          16
Min chill        21    20    29    24    21    20    31    21    14    14


Date               Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26
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            34    55      26    39      26    38      14    28
Temp          35   39 52 44 31   27 34 37 31   27 33 34 23   15 22 26
Dewpt         20   25 31 25 23   24 29 29 28   27 29 28 20   14 16 17
PWind dir          SW     W      NW    NW      NE    NE       N     N
Wind char          GN    WY      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B2   OV OV B2 OV   OV OV OV OV   OV OV OV OV   OV OV B2
PoP 12hr           30    60      60    70      60    80      70    20
Rain shwrs          C  C  L  C          L  C
Snowshwrs           C     S  C    L  L  L  C    L  L  D  L    C  S  S

$$
MTZ033-092200-
Baker-Fallon MT
46.38N 104.24W Elev. 2969 ft
526 AM MDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Date             Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26            Wed 03/11/26
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                      38          22          39          18          42
Temp             27 28 34 37 36 29 28 26 24 27 35 38 36 25 24 22 21 24 37 41 39
Dewpt            23 21 23 25 25 24 23 22 20 17 17 16 15 15 17 15 13 14 12 10 12
RH               85 75 64 61 64 81 81 85 84 65 47 40 42 65 74 74 71 65 35 27 32
Wind dir          N  E  E SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          8  8 11 12 10  8  8  8  4  9 11 11 10  8  5  9 10 13 16 16 11
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     60          20          30          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Snowshwrs         S  C  L  C  S  S              C  C
Wind chill                                                       10 11
Min chill        19    17    25    20    17    17    28    15    10    10    30


Date               Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26
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            27    50      23    37      22    37      12    27
Temp          30   34 48 42 28   25 33 35 28   24 32 32 20   14 21 24
Dewpt         17   23 29 24 21   20 23 26 25   24 26 25 18   12 13 14
PWind dir          SW     W      NW     W       E     E      NE     N
Wind char          GN    WY      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   OV OV B2 OV   OV OV OV OV   OV OV OV OV   OV OV B2
PoP 12hr           30    60      50    70      60    80      70    30
Rain shwrs          C  L  L
Snowshwrs           C  L  L  C    C  L  L  L    L  L  D  L    C  C

$$
WYZ199-092200-
Sheridan-Sheridan WY
44.80N 106.96W Elev. 4019 ft
526 AM MDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Date             Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26            Wed 03/11/26
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          21          36          15          45
Temp             35 35 52 54 46 34 29 25 23 24 31 35 33 24 22 18 16 21 34 42 43
Dewpt            24 25 25 23 26 25 23 20 18 20 23 24 20 17 15 10  7  9 10 13 16
RH               64 66 35 30 45 69 78 81 81 84 72 64 58 74 74 70 67 59 36 30 33
Wind dir          N NE NW NW  N  N NW  W  N NE  N  N NW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  S
Wind spd          8  8 14 21 17  8  6  5  2  6  9 13 12  6  4  4  4  5  9  9  8
Clouds           SC SC FW B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          60          80          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.08        0.14        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           1           2
Rain shwrs                 S
Snowshwrs                     C  L  C  C  L  L  D  D  C  C  S  S
Winter Weath                  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26
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            28    59      28    50      28    55      18    36
Temp          32   38 54 51 33   29 44 48 34   33 48 48 29   20 30 33
Dewpt         17   23 29 29 30   27 32 29 28   26 31 29 25   19 20 19
PWind dir          SW     W       N     N       W    NW      NW     N
Wind char          GN    WY      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B2 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   OV OV B2
PoP 12hr            5    40      70    40      40    60      80    50
Rain shwrs                C  L    C  C  C  C    C  C  L  D
Snowshwrs                    L    C  C     C    C  C     D    L  C  C

$$