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National Weather Service Billings MT
1249 PM MDT Wed Jul 22 2026

MTZ235-222200-
Billings-Yellowstone MT
45.81N 108.53W Elev. 3648 ft
1249 PM MDT Wed Jul 22 2026

Date             Wed 07/22/26            Thu 07/23/26            Fri 07/24/26
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          67          93          69         101
Temp                      84 84 81 75 70 68 74 84 91 91 86 79 73 70 79 94100 99
Dewpt                     53 52 54 56 56 58 59 59 57 54 54 56 55 54 56 53 44 43
RH                        34 33 39 52 61 70 59 43 32 29 34 45 53 57 45 25 15 15
Wind dir                   E  E  N  W  W SW  W  W SW  S  S SW SW  W SW  W  W  W
Wind spd                  10 10  8  9  5  6  8  3  4  4  6  9 12 14 13 14 18 12
Clouds                    SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S              S  S
Tstms                         S  S              S  S


Date               Sat 07/25/26  Sun 07/26/26  Mon 07/27/26  Tue 07/28/26
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            69   103      69   100      68    97      67    97
Temp          79   70 94 99 80   70 93 97 79   69 88 94 79   68 89 95
Dewpt         51   50 47 50 53   52 46 47 50   47 43 43 46   47 48 45
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW    SW       W     N      NE     N
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW SC B1   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW CL
PoP 12hr           10    20      40    10      20     5      20    10
Rain shwrs                S  C             S             S    S
Tstms                     S  S             S

$$
MTZ065-222200-
Livingston-Park MT
45.70N 110.47W Elev. 4656 ft
1249 PM MDT Wed Jul 22 2026

Date             Wed 07/22/26            Thu 07/23/26            Fri 07/24/26
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                      84          58          92          59         100
Temp                      82 79 71 69 62 59 68 84 90 91 79 72 64 60 72 90 97 98
Dewpt                     50 54 57 58 56 56 57 57 53 50 53 52 51 51 51 48 43 44
RH                        33 42 61 68 81 90 68 40 28 25 41 49 63 72 48 24 16 16
Wind dir                   E  E  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                  10 10 11  5  4  4  6  5  5  5  5  8 10 10  9 18 23 17
Clouds                    B2 OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          50          20          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  C              S  S
Tstms                      C  C  S              S  S
Flood                      A  A  A  A


Date               Sat 07/25/26  Sun 07/26/26  Mon 07/27/26  Tue 07/28/26
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            60    99      59    98      58    95      57    95
Temp          73   61 92 95 73   61 91 94 72   59 87 91 72   59 87 93
Dewpt         50   48 47 46 51   50 44 43 48   47 44 42 47   47 44 39
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW     W      SW    NW       S    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW   SC FW SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr           10    20      30    20      20    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                S  C          S  S             S
Tstms                     S  C          S  S

$$
MTZ032-222200-
Miles City-Custer MT
46.42N 105.90W Elev. 2628 ft
1249 PM MDT Wed Jul 22 2026

Date             Wed 07/22/26            Thu 07/23/26            Fri 07/24/26
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          66          95          68         105
Temp                      88 89 81 76 71 67 75 87 93 93 84 77 72 69 81 96102104
Dewpt                     56 54 55 58 59 60 62 61 56 53 56 57 57 58 58 53 47 47
RH                        34 30 41 54 66 78 64 42 29 26 38 50 59 68 46 24 16 15
Wind dir                   E  E  E  E SE  E  S  S  S  E SE  S  S SW  W  W  W NW
Wind spd                   6  8  9 10  6  4  3  3  3  3  5  6  6  8 11 11 16 12
Clouds                    SC SC B1 OV SC B2 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date               Sat 07/25/26  Sun 07/26/26  Mon 07/27/26  Tue 07/28/26
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            69   107      73   103      70    99      68   100
Temp          79   69 97106 84   74 95102 81   72 93 98 79   70 93 98
Dewpt         51   51 51 49 53   53 50 46 49   50 49 46 48   51 55 51
PWind dir           W    SW      SW    NW       N     N      NE     E
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW CL SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            5     0      30     5      20     5      20    10
Rain shwrs                   C                  S             S
Tstms                        S

$$
MTZ033-222200-
Baker-Fallon MT
46.38N 104.24W Elev. 2969 ft
1249 PM MDT Wed Jul 22 2026

Date             Wed 07/22/26            Thu 07/23/26            Fri 07/24/26
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          60          92          63         102
Temp                      85 85 75 68 64 61 73 85 91 90 78 72 67 64 81 96101100
Dewpt                     52 53 57 57 57 57 59 59 55 53 56 59 58 56 56 55 48 44
RH                        32 33 54 68 78 87 62 41 30 28 47 64 73 75 42 25 17 15
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE SE SE  S SE  N  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W NW
Wind spd                  11 12 14 14 10  8  5  5  3  5  9 10 10 11 14 16 20 18
Clouds                    FW FW B2 B2 B1 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date               Sat 07/25/26  Sun 07/26/26  Mon 07/27/26  Tue 07/28/26
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            65   106      69   103      66    99      63    98
Temp          74   66 98104 80   71 97101 77   68 93 97 73   66 91 95
Dewpt         48   46 47 47 51   52 49 45 48   49 47 45 48   50 50 49
PWind dir           W    SW       S     W      NE    NW      NE     E
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            5     0      20    10      20     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                   S                  S             S  S  S
Tstms                        S                                      S

$$
WYZ199-222200-
Sheridan-Sheridan WY
44.80N 106.96W Elev. 4019 ft
1249 PM MDT Wed Jul 22 2026

Date             Wed 07/22/26            Thu 07/23/26            Fri 07/24/26
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          61          87          59          99
Temp                      85 83 73 71 67 63 69 79 84 85 74 69 64 60 76 93 98 95
Dewpt                     58 60 61 62 63 61 62 63 62 60 60 58 56 53 56 52 49 50
RH                        40 46 66 73 87 93 78 58 48 43 62 68 75 78 50 25 19 22
Wind dir                   S  W  S  S SE  W NW  W NE SE  S  S SW SW  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   3 11  4  3  2  2  2  4  2  2  3  3  3  3  0  5 12  6
Clouds                    B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          60          40           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.07        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                      C  C  C  S  S     S  C  S
Flood                      A  A  A  A


Date               Sat 07/25/26  Sun 07/26/26  Mon 07/27/26  Tue 07/28/26
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            61   103      64    99      63    95      61    95
Temp          73   62 95 97 75   67 93 95 75   65 88 91 73   64 88 92
Dewpt         53   49 42 49 53   52 49 48 52   52 47 48 52   52 51 50
PWind dir          SW     W      SW    NW      SW    NW      SW     N
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            5     5      10    10      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                                 S          S  S          S
Tstms                                      S             S          S

$$