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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
631 AM MDT Sat Aug 22 2026

MTZ312-222200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
631 AM MDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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                      90          61          89          53          80
Temp                66 78 86 86 75 71 67 64 71 84 86 84 73 63 57 53 61 74 78 79
Dewpt               53 46 44 48 52 54 54 53 54 50 42 39 38 37 38 37 38 36 35 37
RH                  63 32 23 27 45 55 63 67 55 31 21 20 28 38 49 54 42 25 21 22
Wind dir             S SW SE  E SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW  W NW NW NE
Wind spd             4  4  5  6  6 10 10 10 10 14 21 20 12  8  6  6  4  3  4  9
Wind gust                                      28 33 32
Clouds              B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     30          40          20           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C     S  C                 S
Tstms                S  C     S  C                 S


Date               Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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            53    85      56    90      57    86      53    84
Temp          63   53 74 83 66   58 83 86 66   58 81 82 63   53 77 82
Dewpt         42   42 44 41 44   45 46 43 47   46 42 36 38   39 37 33
PWind dir          NE     N       E     S       S    SW       W    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       5    10      20     5      10     5
Rain shwrs                                 S

$$
MTZ303-222200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
631 AM MDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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                      85          57          81          50          76
Temp                61 73 80 83 71 65 61 58 66 78 79 77 66 59 53 51 58 70 74 76
Dewpt               49 45 47 47 50 50 49 47 50 46 40 36 37 39 39 40 42 40 39 40
RH                  65 37 31 28 47 58 65 67 56 32 25 23 34 47 59 66 55 33 28 27
Wind dir             E  S  S SE  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N
Wind spd             4  5  5  8  6  6  8  9 12 20 26 24 16 10 10  6  5  5  4  9
Wind gust                                   25 35 39 37 26                14
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          20          20           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C        S                 S
Tstms                S  C        S                 S


Date               Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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            49    81      52    85      52    78      48    77
Temp          58   50 71 80 61   53 77 82 62   53 74 75 57   49 71 74
Dewpt         43   42 43 40 42   42 44 42 44   42 39 35 37   35 34 33
PWind dir           N    SE      SE    SE      SW     W       W     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       0    10      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                                 S

$$
MTZ319-222200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
631 AM MDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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                      90          57          87          52          84
Temp                64 76 86 85 73 68 63 59 63 78 83 83 71 63 56 52 58 73 82 83
Dewpt               49 47 44 48 54 56 55 52 53 52 47 41 41 41 39 41 41 40 34 35
RH                  58 36 23 28 51 65 75 78 70 40 28 23 34 44 53 66 53 30 18 18
Wind dir             N  E  E  S SW  S NW  S  E  W  W  W NW  W SW SW  N NW NW NW
Wind spd             0  4  6  6  8  5  3  3  4  9 14 16 10  5  5  3  0  3  9 11
Wind gust                                      20 27 26
Clouds              OV B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          60          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  S  S  L  C              S  S
Tstms                S  S  S  C  C              S  S


Date               Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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            55    86      56    87      54    85      51    83
Temp          64   55 74 84 65   56 79 83 64   54 77 82 62   51 75 80
Dewpt         40   42 45 41 46   46 49 46 48   46 46 38 40   40 41 35
PWind dir           W     E       S     S      SW     W       W    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     5       5    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                              S  S
Tstms                                   S

$$
MTZ326-222200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
631 AM MDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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                      87          53          86          50          83
Temp                65 77 84 82 68 64 59 55 62 77 81 81 66 61 53 50 58 72 81 82
Dewpt               49 47 45 52 56 58 56 53 53 46 40 42 48 48 46 46 45 43 37 38
RH                  56 35 26 35 65 81 90 93 72 33 23 25 52 62 77 86 62 35 21 21
Wind dir             N  E  E SE  S NW  E  S SW  W SW SW NW  W SE SE  N NW NW NW
Wind spd             3  2  4  5  6  4  4  3  2  8 16 12  8  3  3  4  0  3  4  5
Wind gust                                      24 26 24
Clouds              B2 B1 SC B1 OV B2 SC B1 B1 SC B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     50          40          40          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  S  C  C                 S
Tstms                S  C  S  C  C                 S


Date               Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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            51    84      51    86      51    84      49    83
Temp          62   51 74 82 61   53 79 80 61   52 77 81 59   49 74 81
Dewpt         45   44 46 43 49   47 47 46 50   46 45 39 45   42 42 37
PWind dir           E    NW      SE     S      SE    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC SC B2   B1 FW FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     5      10    10      30    10      10     5
Rain shwrs                                 C
Tstms                                      S

$$
MTZ330-222200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
631 AM MDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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                      81          45          78          41          78
Temp                58 74 80 75 64 55 51 47 54 71 77 72 62 54 46 41 52 71 78 72
Dewpt               50 49 45 49 55 53 51 47 52 51 43 44 46 44 41 40 43 41 36 41
RH                  75 41 29 40 73 93100100 93 49 30 37 56 69 83 96 71 34 22 33
Wind dir             N SW SW SW  S  N  N  N SW SW SW SW SW  N  N  N  N SW SW SW
Wind spd             0  6 10  6  2  0  0  0  3 16 18 12  6  0  0  0  0  5 10  6
Wind gust                                   17 28    24
Clouds              B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC B2 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          40          30          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.05           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  S  C  C                 C
Tstms                S  C  S  C  C                 C


Date               Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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            43    78      41    79      41    76      39    75
Temp          53   43 70 71 51   42 72 71 52   41 71 70 50   39 69 69
Dewpt         44   41 46 44 46   42 47 43 45   41 43 34 36   33 36 30
PWind dir          SW    SW       W    SW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           10    20      10    10      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                S                S
Tstms                     S                S

$$
MTZ328-222200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
631 AM MDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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                      86          52          85          48          84
Temp                63 76 83 79 65 60 56 54 59 77 83 82 67 58 51 48 55 74 83 81
Dewpt               51 49 46 53 56 55 53 51 53 48 36 37 40 40 38 38 42 45 38 41
RH                  65 39 27 41 73 84 90 90 80 36 19 20 37 51 61 68 61 35 20 24
Wind dir             S SW SW SW  E  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW  W  W  W
Wind spd             4  3  6  8  5  5  5  6  4 17 24 17 10  6  5  4  2  2  4  8
Wind gust                                      35 36 32
Clouds              SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     40          60          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  C  L  C
Tstms                S  C  C  C  C


Date               Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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            50    83      50    84      49    83      47    82
Temp          59   50 73 80 59   52 76 77 58   49 74 79 56   48 73 78
Dewpt         43   41 47 46 48   46 48 47 46   43 44 39 40   38 40 37
PWind dir          SE    SW      SE    SW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC B1 SC B1   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           10    10      20    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                   S          S  S
Tstms                        S          S

$$
MTZ305-222200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
631 AM MDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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                      93          61          93          55          82
Temp                69 84 91 90 80 71 67 63 69 86 89 84 74 65 60 56 62 75 81 80
Dewpt               50 49 49 51 54 53 53 52 53 49 42 45 47 43 40 41 43 46 44 42
RH                  51 30 24 26 41 53 61 67 57 28 19 26 38 45 47 57 50 36 27 26
Wind dir             E SE  S SE  E SE  S SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd            12 13 13 12  9  8  5  8 10 10 12 13 11 11 11 11 11 12 13 13
Clouds              SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20           5          40          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.12        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  S                          C  S  S
Tstms                S  S                          C
Heat index                      80
Max heat               82    89    86          84    88    80                80


Date               Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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            52    86      55    93      57    89      53    85
Temp          61   53 77 84 64   57 84 90 68   59 81 86 63   54 77 82
Dewpt         44   44 45 41 44   44 45 42 47   46 43 38 40   38 36 33
PWind dir           N    NE       E    SE      SE    SW       W     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     5      20    10      20     5
Rain shwrs                                 S    S        S

$$
MTZ314-222200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
631 AM MDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
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                      88          59          89          52          79
Temp                68 81 85 84 72 68 64 60 72 84 84 78 68 62 56 53 62 72 77 78
Dewpt               49 49 47 51 53 52 51 48 51 46 44 49 51 47 41 38 40 37 36 39
RH                  51 33 27 32 51 57 63 64 48 27 25 36 54 58 57 57 44 28 23 25
Wind dir            SE SE  S SE  S  S  S SW  W  W  W NW  W  W SW SW  W NW NW NW
Wind spd             6  5  6  5  8  6  5  3  3  5  9  5  5  5  3  4  4  6  8  6
Wind gust                                      16 19 17
Clouds              B1 SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30          40          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S     S  C                 C  S  S
Tstms                   S     S  C                 C


Date               Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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            50    83      53    87      54    85      51    83
Temp          58   51 76 81 61   56 82 82 63   56 80 80 60   52 76 80
Dewpt         41   40 44 43 45   44 45 45 47   45 42 41 41   38 38 37
PWind dir           E     E      SE     S      SE     W       W     W
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     5       5    10      20    10      20     5
Rain shwrs                                 S             S

$$
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