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National Weather Service Billings MT
401 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

MTZ235-161000-
Billings-Yellowstone MT
45.81N 108.53W Elev. 3648 ft
401 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      44          68          48          75          56
Temp             64 58 53 48 44 50 60 68 64 59 53 52 48 52 62 74 74 67 62 58 56
Dewpt            36 38 40 40 40 43 44 44 43 44 44 47 46 49 49 50 51 51 53 52 52
RH               35 47 61 74 86 77 55 42 46 57 71 83 93 89 62 43 44 56 72 80 86
Wind dir          E NE NE NW  W  W  N NE NE NE NE NE  N  E  E  E  E  E  W  W SW
Wind spd         16 12 11  6  8  8  8 12 13 10  9  6  5  3  5  9  8  4  4  4  5
Clouds           CL CL SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 SC SC SC SC B2 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis             K                               PF PF


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          79      54    71      51    74      49    77      50    76
Temp          71 67 57   54 64 69 56   51 67 72 56   49 70 75 57   50 70 74
Dewpt         54 54 55   52 54 50 49   47 49 45 45   44 46 42 42   41 44 42
PWind dir        NW      NW     W       W     W       E    SW      SE     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2 OV   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC FW CL   FW SC FW FW   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60      90    50      30    10       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        L  D    L  C  C  C    S
Tstms             S  C          S

$$
MTZ065-161000-
Livingston-Park MT
45.70N 110.47W Elev. 4656 ft
401 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      40          71          43          77          50
Temp             64 53 48 44 40 49 61 70 66 56 49 46 43 51 66 77 71 61 56 52 50
Dewpt            34 35 36 36 34 37 40 39 38 39 39 40 39 42 47 47 47 48 48 46 46
RH               32 50 63 73 79 63 46 32 36 53 68 79 86 71 50 35 42 62 74 80 86
Wind dir          E  E SE NW  W  W NW NE  E  E  E  E  S NW  E  E SE SE SW  W  W
Wind spd         18 13  8  3  5  8  6 12 20 24 14  6  3  4  3  8 10  5  4  6  6
Wind gust           24                   31 36 27 17
Clouds           FW FW SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW SC OV B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  S  S        S
Tstms                                                          S  S


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          76      46    71      45    75      45    78      47    77
Temp          69 65 52   47 64 67 53   46 67 71 54   46 70 74 56   48 71 72
Dewpt         49 46 49   47 46 40 41   40 41 33 35   35 37 32 33   33 35 33
PWind dir         W      SW     W      SW     W       S     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW CL   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         70      80    50      20     5       0     0       0     5
Rain shwrs     S  L  D    C  C  C  S
Tstms             S  C          C  S

$$
MTZ032-161000-
Miles City-Custer MT
46.42N 105.90W Elev. 2628 ft
401 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      49          71          47          76          57
Temp             63 56 54 52 49 58 69 70 67 58 52 48 47 54 69 75 74 66 62 58 57
Dewpt            40 41 40 41 43 48 50 49 49 49 49 48 47 51 53 54 56 58 58 57 57
RH               43 57 59 66 80 69 51 47 52 72 89100100 90 57 48 53 75 87 96100
Wind dir          E  E  E  E NE  E NW  N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         11 13 13 13  9  5 14 16 13  9  9  9  8 10 12 14 16 14 12 10  8
Clouds           CL CL SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    S
Obvis                                          PF PF PF                   PF


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          81      56    70      51    71      48    75      50    76
Temp          74 72 60   57 67 67 55   51 68 68 53   48 70 73 57   51 71 73
Dewpt         61 59 60   57 58 55 54   51 53 50 50   48 50 48 47   47 49 47
PWind dir        SE       N    NW      NW    NW       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 OV   OV B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      90    70      50    40       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs     S  C  D    D  L  L  C    C  C  C
Tstms                C    S     S  S

$$
MTZ033-161000-
Baker-Fallon MT
46.38N 104.24W Elev. 2969 ft
401 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      46          77          42          72          52
Temp             64 50 47 46 46 58 73 77 67 53 44 42 42 51 66 72 65 58 55 54 53
Dewpt            40 36 38 40 42 46 48 49 47 46 44 42 42 47 51 54 54 53 53 54 53
RH               41 58 71 79 86 64 41 37 49 77100100100 86 58 53 68 83 93100100
Wind dir          E  E  E SE SE SE  W NW  N  N NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd         10 14 17 19 18 17  9 14 16 12  9  9  9 13 18 20 21 20 17 16 13
Wind gust              27 33 29 27                            31 32 31
Clouds           FW FW FW SC SC FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C        S  S  S
Obvis                                          PF PF PF


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          78      51    69      48    71      45    74      47    77
Temp          72 71 58   55 66 63 53   51 68 65 50   48 71 69 54   49 73 70
Dewpt         60 58 57   55 56 54 53   51 51 49 49   47 48 46 47   47 48 46
PWind dir        SE      SE     S      SW    NW       E    SE      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B2   OV B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      80    80      60    50      20    10       0     5
Rain shwrs     S  C  D    D  D  D  L    C  C  C  S
Tstms                C          S  S             S

$$
WYZ199-161000-
Sheridan-Sheridan WY
44.80N 106.96W Elev. 4019 ft
401 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      44          72          43          77          51
Temp             69 58 51 46 45 57 69 71 68 53 47 44 43 56 72 76 75 63 57 54 51
Dewpt            35 38 38 37 38 40 41 41 42 42 41 42 43 48 51 52 54 54 53 50 49
RH               28 47 61 71 76 53 36 34 39 66 79 93100 74 48 43 48 72 86 86 93
Wind dir         SE SE  S  W  W NW NW NW  N  W  S  S  S  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  N
Wind spd         16 12  6  5  4  9 13 11  9  4  3  3  3  5  6 11  4  5  2  1  0
Wind gust           23
Clouds           SC B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW B1 B2 B2 OV B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  S  S              S
Tstms                                                          S
Obvis                                             PF PF


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          78      48    71      43    73      41    78      44    78
Temp          75 69 53   50 69 67 49   44 70 69 48   42 74 74 51   45 74 74
Dewpt         54 54 53   49 52 49 46   42 45 43 41   36 40 40 37   34 39 39
PWind dir        NE      NW    NW       W    NW       W     E       S     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2 OV   B2 B1 B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW CL FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         80      90    80      40    20       5     5       0     5
Rain shwrs     S  D  D    C  C  D  C    S  S  S
Tstms             S  C          C  S

$$