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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
335 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

MTZ312-221000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
335 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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          92          62          91          55
Temp             87 77 70 65 62 67 80 89 89 76 70 66 64 70 86 89 85 73 65 58 55
Dewpt            45 47 48 48 48 48 48 48 48 53 54 53 53 53 48 41 39 40 39 38 39
RH               23 35 45 54 60 50 33 24 24 45 57 63 67 55 27 19 20 30 38 47 55
Wind dir         NE NE  E  E  S  S  S SE SE  S SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd          9  8  5  2  3  3  3  5  5  8 10 10 10 10 12 20 21 11  8  6  5
Wind gust                                                     31
Clouds           SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S           S              S  S
Tstms                                        S                 S


Date           08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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      54    85      57    89      56    84      53    84
Temp          74 79 63   55 76 83 66   58 82 85 66   57 78 82 63   54 77 82
Dewpt         38 37 41   43 44 41 44   45 45 39 44   44 41 34 39   39 37 34
PWind dir         W      NE    NW       E    SW       S    SW       W    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL CL FW   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW SC   B1 SC FW SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5     5      20     5      20     5
Rain shwrs                                       S             S

$$
MTZ303-221000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
335 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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                      55          86          57          82          51
Temp             82 72 65 60 57 62 73 83 85 73 65 61 59 66 79 81 78 67 59 53 51
Dewpt            45 46 46 47 47 48 47 48 46 50 50 48 47 48 47 42 36 38 37 37 38
RH               27 39 50 62 69 60 40 30 26 44 58 62 64 52 32 25 22 34 44 54 61
Wind dir          E  E SE  E  E SE SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          8  6  5  5  4  5  6  8  6  5  6  6  8  9 17 25 24 13 11 10  8
Wind gust                                                  28 37 36 25
Clouds           SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 SC B2 OV SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S           S  S           S  S
Tstms                                        S  S              S


Date           08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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          77      50    81      52    84      51    78      49    77
Temp          69 75 57   51 73 79 61   53 77 81 61   52 72 76 57   50 71 76
Dewpt         41 39 43   43 43 39 41   42 42 39 41   40 37 34 37   36 35 33
PWind dir        NW       N    SE      SE    SE      SW     W       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      10     5      20     0
Rain shwrs                                                     S    S

$$
MTZ319-221000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
335 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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                      61          91          58          88          53
Temp             92 80 72 66 62 64 78 88 86 74 68 63 59 64 80 86 82 71 64 57 53
Dewpt            42 43 46 47 47 48 48 46 46 53 55 55 53 54 49 46 41 43 43 39 42
RH               18 27 39 50 58 56 35 23 25 48 63 75 80 70 34 25 23 36 46 51 66
Wind dir         NE  W  W  W  N  W SE SE SW  S  S  S  S  N  S  W  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd          5  6  6  5  0  2  5  8  6  8  5  3  3  0  8 12 12  9  6  5  3
Wind gust                                                     24 24
Clouds           SC B2 SC B1 B2 B2 SC B1 OV OV SC SC SC FW B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          40          40          30           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.28           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S     S  S  C  S              C  C
Tstms                               S  S  S  S              S  S


Date           08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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      55    87      55    87      53    84      51    83
Temp          74 83 64   55 77 84 65   55 79 83 64   53 76 81 62   51 75 81
Dewpt         41 37 41   43 45 41 45   46 48 43 45   45 43 37 39   40 41 36
PWind dir         W       W     E      SW    SE      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL CL FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC FW SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0    20       5    10      20    10      10     5
Rain shwrs                      S                S
Tstms                           S                S

$$
MTZ326-221000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
335 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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          88          54          87          51
Temp             89 75 70 63 59 65 77 85 83 69 64 58 54 63 79 85 81 67 61 54 51
Dewpt            39 46 47 48 48 50 48 46 50 56 57 55 53 54 51 46 46 49 49 47 46
RH               17 36 44 58 67 58 36 26 32 63 78 90 96 72 38 26 29 52 65 77 83
Wind dir          N  E SE SE  S NW NW  E SE NE SE SE SE SE  W  W SW NW  S SE SE
Wind spd          4 10  6  4  6  4  3  4  6  6  4  4  3  3  4 13 12  6  3  3  4
Wind gust           24 19                                     25 23
Clouds           SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC OV B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30          50          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S     S  S  C  C              C  C  S  S
Tstms                               S  S  C  S              S  C  S


Date           08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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          85      52    85      52    86      51    84      50    83
Temp          73 81 61   52 76 83 62   53 78 82 62   51 76 81 60   50 75 80
Dewpt         44 40 46   45 47 43 49   47 47 42 48   45 44 39 43   42 41 37
PWind dir         W       E    SW       E    SW      SE    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC FW B1   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    20      10    10      20     5      20     5
Rain shwrs                   S                   S             S
Tstms                                            S

$$
MTZ330-221000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
335 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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                      52          81          46          79          42
Temp             87 71 60 55 52 58 74 80 75 64 55 50 47 54 72 78 72 61 53 46 42
Dewpt            35 43 43 45 45 49 49 45 48 54 52 50 47 51 50 43 44 46 44 41 40
RH               16 36 53 69 77 72 41 29 38 70 90100100 90 46 29 37 58 71 83 93
Wind dir          N NE  N NE  N  N SW SW SW  N  N  N  N  N SW SW SW SW  N  N  N
Wind spd          5  3  4  2  0  0  8 10  4  0  0  0  0  0 12 17 13  4  0  0  0
Wind gust                                16
Clouds           SC B1 B1 OV OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30          40          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  S  C  S  C              C  C
Tstms                               S  C  S  S              S  C


Date           08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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      42    78      42    78      41    76      39    75
Temp          72 70 51   43 71 72 52   42 72 72 52   41 70 70 50   39 69 69
Dewpt         43 40 45   43 46 41 45   42 45 40 43   39 41 33 36   34 37 29
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       W    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B2 SC FW SC   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      30    20      20    20      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs           C       S  S  S          S  S
Tstms                S          S  S          S  S

$$
MTZ328-221000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
335 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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                      58          86          52          85          49
Temp             88 73 66 62 59 63 77 84 80 65 60 56 54 59 77 84 80 66 58 52 49
Dewpt            44 47 45 46 46 51 48 46 54 56 55 53 52 53 48 40 41 43 42 40 40
RH               22 40 47 56 62 65 36 27 41 73 84 90 93 80 36 21 25 43 55 63 71
Wind dir         NE  E  S  S  S SE  S  W  W  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd          9  5  3  5  5  4  2  6  9  5  5  5  5  4  9 21 18 10  8  5  4
Wind gust                                                     35 29
Clouds           SC B2 B2 OV OV OV SC B1 B2 B2 SC B1 OV SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          40          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  S  C  S  S  S  C  C  S              S  S
Tstms                S              S  C  C  S              S  S
Heat index                               80
Max heat         87    83                83                      81


Date           08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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      50    84      51    84      49    82      47    82
Temp          74 78 58   51 75 79 59   51 76 78 58   49 74 78 57   48 73 78
Dewpt         45 44 46   44 47 47 48   46 48 46 45   42 44 41 40   39 41 39
PWind dir        SW       S    SW       S    SW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      10    10      20    20      10    10       5     0
Rain shwrs                         S          S
Tstms                                         S

$$
MTZ305-221000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
335 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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          94          62          94          56
Temp             89 77 68 66 62 69 84 91 91 80 72 68 64 70 86 92 87 73 66 60 56
Dewpt            48 48 48 49 48 47 48 49 50 53 53 54 53 53 50 44 46 47 43 39 40
RH               24 36 49 54 60 45 29 24 25 39 51 61 67 55 29 19 24 40 43 46 55
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S SE SE SE  S SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW  W
Wind spd         11  9  9 10 12 12 14 14 12 10  6  5  6  9  9 11 16 10 10 10 10
Clouds           FW SC SC B1 B1 SC B2 OV B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          10          10          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  S
Heat index                                  80
Max heat         86    84          82    90    86          84    88    80


Date           08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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      52    87      55    92      56    86      53    84
Temp          75 80 62   54 78 84 64   57 83 89 66   57 78 83 63   54 77 81
Dewpt         46 42 45   45 45 41 43   44 45 41 45   44 42 37 40   41 39 35
PWind dir         W       N     N       E    SE      SE     W      SW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      20     5      20     5
Rain shwrs                                       S                  S

$$
MTZ314-221000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
335 PM MDT Fri Aug 21 2026

Date           08/21/26      Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon
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                      58          89          59          90          54
Temp             83 72 66 63 60 67 81 86 85 73 67 63 60 71 85 88 82 68 62 57 55
Dewpt            48 49 48 47 47 48 49 48 52 54 53 51 49 50 46 47 51 51 47 41 40
RH               30 44 52 56 62 50 33 27 32 51 61 65 67 47 26 24 34 54 58 55 57
Wind dir          E  E  E  E  E  E SE SW SE  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W SW  W SW SW
Wind spd         12 11 14 16  9  6  6  6  5  6  5  4  4  3  4  9  8  5  4  3  4
Wind gust              25 28                               14    18
Clouds           SC SC B1 B2 SC SC B1 B2 SC B2 OV OV B2 FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          20          20          30          20
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                 S  S


Date           08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
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      51    84      54    87      54    83      51    82
Temp          74 77 59   52 76 81 61   55 81 82 62   55 77 80 60   52 76 79
Dewpt         41 39 42   42 44 43 45   44 44 44 46   44 41 40 42   40 39 38
PWind dir         W       E    NE       E     S       S     W      SE     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     5       0    10      20    10      20    10
Rain shwrs                                       S             S    S
Tstms                                            S

$$
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