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National Weather Service Billings MT
1250 AM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

MTZ235-151000-
Billings-Yellowstone MT
45.81N 108.53W Elev. 3648 ft
1250 AM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun
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                      59          72          57          75          56
Temp                      62 60 60 66 71 69 64 62 61 58 59 67 73 73 67 63 59 57
Dewpt                     60 58 60 59 60 60 59 59 59 56 58 60 60 59 58 57 55 54
RH                        93 93100 78 68 73 84 90 93 93 96 78 64 62 73 81 87 90
Wind dir                   N  N NW NW  N NE NE  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E SW NW SW
Wind spd                   8  8  6  5  9  9  5  5  4  4  4  5  8  8  5  5  3  3
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     80          60          60          30          40
QPF 12hr                   0.17        0.03        0.17        0.01        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 L  L  C     S  L  C  C  S  S        S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                  S  C  S                 S  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          83      58    86      58    78      55    79      56    83
Temp          75 81 66   59 80 82 65   60 73 74 62   56 73 76 63   57 76 81
Dewpt         59 56 55   52 56 54 57   56 56 57 57   54 55 53 52   51 52 50
PWind dir         W      SW     W       W     W      NW    SW      NW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW B1   B1 B1 SC B2   OV OV B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5      30    10      60    40      40    20      30    10
Rain shwrs           C             L    C  C  C  C          S  C
Tstms                S             S          S  S             S

$$
MTZ065-151000-
Livingston-Park MT
45.70N 110.47W Elev. 4656 ft
1250 AM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun
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                      53          71          45          77          45
Temp                      57 55 57 67 68 65 57 55 52 49 53 67 74 73 64 57 51 46
Dewpt                     57 55 57 54 52 53 53 54 52 49 53 53 54 51 54 53 51 46
RH                       100100100 63 57 65 86 96100100100 61 50 46 70 86100100
Wind dir                   E SW NW  N NE SW  S  N  N  E  E  E  E  E SW SW  W SW
Wind spd                   2  2  3  3  3  4  4  2  2  1  2  3  3  4  4  3  3  4
Clouds                    OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr                     90          80          70          40          50
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.13        0.15           0        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 D  C  S  C  L  L  C  S        S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                            S  C  C  C  S              S  C  C
Obvis                     PF


Date           08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          82      48    84      47    77      44    78      45    81
Temp          74 79 60   49 77 78 60   51 70 72 56   45 70 74 57   47 73 78
Dewpt         51 46 49   46 49 48 54   51 51 49 52   45 49 45 48   47 47 44
PWind dir         W      SW     W       W     W      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   OV B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      30    20      80    60      60    30      20    20
Rain shwrs           C          S  D    C  C  L  L    S     C  S    S     S
Tstms                S          S  C          C  S          C  S          S

$$
MTZ032-151000-
Miles City-Custer MT
46.42N 105.90W Elev. 2628 ft
1250 AM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun
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                      62          75          55          76          53
Temp                      65 64 65 70 73 73 65 62 59 57 60 68 73 75 66 61 56 54
Dewpt                     63 63 64 66 66 64 61 60 58 57 57 59 60 58 56 55 53 53
RH                        93 97 97 87 79 73 87 93 96100 90 73 64 55 70 81 90 96
Wind dir                   E NE NE NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW NW  N  N NE  E  E  E
Wind spd                   8  6  5  8 11 12  6  5  4  4  4  6  6  6  4  4  3  3
Clouds                    B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     70          60           5          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.03           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  L  C  C                                S  S  S
Tstms                      S        S  S
Obvis                        PF


Date           08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          84      57    88      58    79      53    80      54    84
Temp          75 83 66   58 80 86 67   60 74 76 61   54 73 78 62   55 77 81
Dewpt         60 58 57   55 57 53 57   57 59 57 58   54 57 53 54   53 56 52
PWind dir        SE       E     W       N     N      NE     N       E    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   SC B1 SC B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20       5     5      40    40      40    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     S                   C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S  S
Tstms                              S          S  S             S          S

$$
MTZ033-151000-
Baker-Fallon MT
46.38N 104.24W Elev. 2969 ft
1250 AM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun
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                      62          75          52          76          49
Temp                      66 64 68 72 72 70 62 58 56 53 60 69 73 71 62 57 54 50
Dewpt                     62 63 64 66 64 62 59 57 56 53 55 56 56 53 52 52 51 48
RH                        87 97 87 81 76 76 90 96100100 84 63 55 53 70 83 90 93
Wind dir                  SE SE SE  S  W NW NW  W NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  E  N SE
Wind spd                  12 11 11 11 11 12 10  8  9  8 10 12 11 10  5  3  0  2
Wind gust                                                     21
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 OV B2 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          90          30           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.23        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                      S     S  C  C  S


Date           08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          82      53    88      54    79      50    79      50    83
Temp          75 80 63   55 83 83 64   58 74 73 58   53 72 74 58   54 77 77
Dewpt         55 54 56   52 53 50 55   55 57 54 56   53 55 50 53   52 52 49
PWind dir        SE       S     W       N    NE       E     W      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   FW SC SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      20    10      40    50      40    30      20    30
Rain shwrs           S             C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  S    S     C
Tstms                S             S    S  S  C  C    S     S  S          S

$$
WYZ199-151000-
Sheridan-Sheridan WY
44.80N 106.96W Elev. 4019 ft
1250 AM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Date           08/13/26      Fri 08/14/26            Sat 08/15/26            Sun
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                      57          74          50          73          48
Temp                      60 59 63 71 72 71 62 58 56 54 57 66 71 71 61 57 52 49
Dewpt                     60 59 60 61 59 59 59 58 56 54 56 60 60 58 57 56 52 49
RH                       100100 90 71 64 66 90100100100 96 81 68 63 87 96100100
Wind dir                   W NW NW NW  N NW NW  W  N  N NE  E  E  E  S  S  N  N
Wind spd                   1  2  9 10  8  6  3  1  0  0  2  3  3  3  2  1  0  0
Clouds                    B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          50          50          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.06        0.13        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          C  C  C  C  C     S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                               C  C  C  S           S  C  C  C  S


Date           08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26
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          80      50    84      51    78      49    78      48    82
Temp          73 79 58   50 80 80 59   53 75 73 58   50 72 74 57   50 75 79
Dewpt         56 55 53   48 52 50 53   52 54 54 55   50 53 52 52   49 50 49
PWind dir        NE      SW     N       W    NW       W    NE      SW     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW SC SC B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      10    10      30    50      40    30      20    20
Rain shwrs                         C    C  C  C  C          C  S          S
Tstms                              S          C  S          S  S          S

$$