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National Weather Service Billings MT
1018 PM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

MTZ235-241000-
Billings-Yellowstone MT
45.81N 108.53W Elev. 3648 ft
1018 PM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date           08/23/26      Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26            Wed
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          88          60          85          61
Temp                   71 67 63 68 78 85 86 75 68 63 60 65 76 83 83 74 68 63 61
Dewpt                  54 53 50 47 42 37 39 43 43 44 45 46 47 44 45 46 46 46 47
RH                     55 61 62 47 28 18 19 32 40 50 58 50 36 25 26 37 45 54 60
Wind dir               NW  W  W  W NW NE NE NE NE  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E NE  N
Wind spd                6  8  6  4  4  5  9 10  6  5  5  4  8  9  8  9  8  6  4
Clouds                 FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B2 B1 B2 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms
Obvis                                  K  K


Date           08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26  Sun 08/30/26
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          90      63    93      64    90      62    89      60    83
Temp          78 87 71   63 85 89 71   64 83 88 70   62 82 86 68   60 76 81
Dewpt         48 46 48   49 49 44 50   50 47 42 46   47 45 39 44   45 43 37
PWind dir         E       E    SW      SW     W       E     W      NW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      10    10      40     5      20    10      20     5
Rain shwrs                         C             S             S

$$
MTZ065-241000-
Livingston-Park MT
45.70N 110.47W Elev. 4656 ft
1018 PM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date           08/23/26      Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26            Wed
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          86          49          84          51
Temp                   61 54 49 58 74 83 84 68 60 54 50 57 73 82 82 68 61 55 51
Dewpt                  49 47 46 45 41 34 33 38 41 41 43 42 44 43 43 46 47 47 46
RH                     65 77 89 62 30 17 16 33 49 61 77 57 35 25 25 45 60 74 83
Wind dir                W  W  W  W  W NW  N  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SW
Wind spd                6  8  6  6  6 12  8  6  8  6  4  3  5  5  6  6  3  2  2
Clouds                 FW SC FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                          S
Obvis                      K  K  K  K     K  K


Date           08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26  Sun 08/30/26
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          89      52    90      52    88      50    86      47    81
Temp          78 83 63   52 83 84 62   52 80 83 63   50 78 81 60   47 73 78
Dewpt         47 43 48   47 44 41 47   45 42 35 42   41 38 34 40   39 37 30
PWind dir         S      SW     W      SW     W      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 SC FW B1   SC FW FW B1   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      30    20      40    10      20    10      30    10
Rain shwrs        S  C          S  C             S             C
Tstms             S             S  S                           S

$$
MTZ032-241000-
Miles City-Custer MT
46.42N 105.90W Elev. 2628 ft
1018 PM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date           08/23/26      Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26            Wed
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                      63          86          58          85          56
Temp                   72 66 63 69 78 84 84 71 66 61 58 65 76 83 82 70 64 58 56
Dewpt                  57 56 52 45 38 37 40 43 45 45 47 50 50 48 47 48 48 46 47
RH                     59 70 67 42 24 19 21 36 47 56 67 58 40 30 29 45 56 64 72
Wind dir                W  W  W NW NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE NE
Wind spd                6  8  9 12 13 14 11  6  5  5  5  8 10 11 10  5  3  3  3
Clouds                 SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms


Date           08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26  Sun 08/30/26
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          87      61    93      64    91      61    89      58    84
Temp          78 84 68   61 85 91 73   65 84 88 69   61 82 86 67   58 77 80
Dewpt         47 46 46   48 54 49 54   55 53 47 51   53 52 45 50   50 46 41
PWind dir         E       E    SE      SE     S      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC B1 SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    10      20     5      20    10      20     5
Rain shwrs                         S             S    S        S    S
Tstms                              S             S    S        S    S

$$
MTZ033-241000-
Baker-Fallon MT
46.38N 104.24W Elev. 2969 ft
1018 PM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date           08/23/26      Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26            Wed
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                      60          88          53          85          50
Temp                   69 65 61 72 82 85 83 69 63 58 54 65 77 81 80 67 61 55 51
Dewpt                  59 56 53 50 42 38 38 41 42 42 43 46 48 48 45 46 47 46 45
RH                     70 73 75 46 24 19 20 36 46 55 66 50 36 32 29 47 60 72 80
Wind dir                S SW  W NW NW  W NW NW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N
Wind spd                6  6  8 14 16 17 14  6  5  5  8 13 17 18 17  8  3  0  0
Wind gust                             27                   27 29
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC FW SC B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S
Tstms                   S


Date           08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26  Sun 08/30/26
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          86      53    90      57    91      56    89      54    85
Temp          79 82 62   56 84 86 67   60 85 86 66   59 84 83 64   56 79 79
Dewpt         44 39 44   46 49 48 53   55 54 49 53   52 51 47 51   50 46 40
PWind dir         N       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     E
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    10      30    20      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs                         C    S     S  C    S     C  C    S     S
Tstms                              C    S     S  S          S  C    S     S

$$
WYZ199-241000-
Sheridan-Sheridan WY
44.80N 106.96W Elev. 4019 ft
1018 PM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Date           08/23/26      Mon 08/24/26            Tue 08/25/26            Wed
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          87          54          84          52
Temp                   64 60 57 66 78 84 85 70 63 58 54 64 76 82 82 68 61 55 52
Dewpt                  52 49 49 48 45 43 44 46 45 45 45 45 42 44 45 48 47 47 47
RH                     65 67 75 52 31 24 24 42 52 62 71 50 30 26 27 49 60 74 83
Wind dir               SW SW  W NW  N  N  N  W  W  N  N  N  N  N  N SW  N  N  N
Wind spd                5  5  8  8  5  5  5  4  4  3  3  1  2  3  3  2  0  0  0
Clouds                 SC FW SC SC FW FW B2 SC B1 B1 OV SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20           0           5          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S


Date           08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26  Sat 08/29/26  Sun 08/30/26
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          88      55    91      57    89      55    88      54    84
Temp          80 84 63   56 85 87 64   58 83 85 63   56 83 85 63   55 78 79
Dewpt         46 46 48   47 45 44 47   45 44 42 46   45 41 38 42   42 40 39
PWind dir         E       S     N      SW    NW      SW    NW       W    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      10    10      10    10      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs                                       S

$$