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National Weather Service Billings MT
Issued by National Weather Service Glasgow MT
1250 AM MST Tue Feb 17 2026

MTZ235-172315-
Billings-Yellowstone MT
45.81N 108.53W Elev. 3648 ft
1250 AM MST Tue Feb 17 2026

Date                Tue 02/17/26            Wed 02/18/26            Thu 02/19/26
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      54          16          23           7          16
Temp          39 38 38 50 50 45 37 30 24 19 16 17 22 19 14 12 10  9  7 11 16 16
Dewpt         21 22 23 23 16 11 14 13 11  6  3  1  0  0  0  2  1 -1 -1  1  1  1
RH            48 52 54 34 25 25 38 49 57 56 56 49 37 42 53 63 66 63 69 63 51 51
Wind dir       E SW SW  W  W NW  W  W SW NE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       8 11 19 32 37 33 19 13 10 11 13 16 17 18 16 13 11 10  9  6  6  8
Wind gust              44 52 46
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5          30          80          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.10        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  S
Snow                                            C  C  D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S
Snowshwrs               S
Wind chill                         19     7  2  2  8  4 -2 -3 -5 -5 -7  0     5
Min chill        31    28          19     7     2     4    -5    -6    -7     1
High Wind            W  W  W  W


Date               Fri 02/20/26  Sat 02/21/26  Sun 02/22/26  Mon 02/23/26
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max             5    35      14    34      12    37      20    53
Temp           9    7 23 34 19   16 27 31 18   14 27 35 24   23 43 49
Dewpt          1    0  9 12 10    9 13 12  8    7 12 16 13   14 21 23
PWind dir          SE    SW       W     W       E     E      SE    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr           10    10      10    10       5     0       0     5

$$
MTZ065-172315-
Livingston-Park MT
45.70N 110.47W Elev. 4656 ft
1250 AM MST Tue Feb 17 2026

Date                Tue 02/17/26            Wed 02/18/26            Thu 02/19/26
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      45          19          28          10          26
Temp          37 37 37 41 42 38 32 28 26 24 21 22 26 22 18 15 13 12 11 18 25 24
Dewpt         22 24 24 24 14  5  9 11 12 11 10  9 10  6  6  4  3  2  2  4  6  5
RH            54 59 59 50 31 25 37 48 55 57 62 57 50 49 59 61 63 63 66 53 44 43
Wind dir      SE  E  S  W  W  W  W SW SW NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  S SW  W SE
Wind spd      13 11 36 40 34 32 24 17  9  8 10 13 14 16 13 10  6  5  5  6  8  6
Wind gust           51 56 51 44
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                     60          20          60          80          30
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0        0.03        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Rain shwrs        S
Snow                                      S  S  L  L  D  D  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Snowshwrs         S  L  C     S
Wind chill          23 28 30 25 19 16       10  9 14  8  4  2
Min chill        28    21    25    16    15     9     8     2     1     0    12
Wind                 Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Fri 02/20/26  Sat 02/21/26  Sun 02/22/26  Mon 02/23/26
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            12    32      15    36      16    40      25    52
Temp          16   13 27 30 21   18 29 34 21   19 33 38 30   30 46 48
Dewpt          4    2  8  8  8    8  9  9 10    9 14 15 16   17 20 22
PWind dir           S    SW      SW    SW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           20    20      10     5       5     0       5    10
Snow           S          S

$$
MTZ032-172315-
Miles City-Custer MT
46.42N 105.90W Elev. 2628 ft
1250 AM MST Tue Feb 17 2026

Date                Tue 02/17/26            Wed 02/18/26            Thu 02/19/26
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      55          14          22           4          10
Temp          39 35 37 52 53 40 31 26 23 17 14 17 21 18 13 12  9  6  5  7 10 10
Dewpt         27 24 26 29 30 26 19 14 11  4  2  2  3  3  3  3  1 -2 -2 -2 -1 -1
RH            62 64 64 41 41 57 61 60 59 56 58 51 45 51 63 66 69 69 72 66 60 60
Wind dir       E  E  E  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  N
Wind spd       9  9 10 16 26 36 33 29 24 16 14 16 14 14 13 13 12 10  9  8  6  5
Wind gust                 36 51 47 41
Clouds        SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          30           5          60          50
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.01           0        0.05        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  C
Snow                                                  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C
Snowshwrs                  C  C
Wind chill                   27 16  9  7  2 -1  2  8  4 -2 -3 -7 -9 -9 -6 -1
Min chill        28    27    27     9     2    -2     4    -3    -9   -10    -4
High Wind            W  W  W  W


Date               Fri 02/20/26  Sat 02/21/26  Sun 02/22/26  Mon 02/23/26
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max             0    25       7    25       4    29      14    43
Temp           5    1 16 23 12    9 19 22 10    6 21 27 18   16 33 38
Dewpt          0   -2  8 12  8    7 10 10  6    4 10 14 13   13 20 24
PWind dir           E    SE       N    NW      NE     E       E    SE
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B1   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           10     5       5     5       0     0       0     0

$$
MTZ033-172315-
Baker-Fallon MT
46.38N 104.24W Elev. 2969 ft
1250 AM MST Tue Feb 17 2026

Date                Tue 02/17/26            Wed 02/18/26            Thu 02/19/26
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      58          14          23           2           9
Temp          36 34 37 53 56 43 34 28 23 17 14 20 23 19 12 10  7  4  2  6  8  8
Dewpt         29 27 28 28 31 33 25 18 14  8  5  8  8  8  5  4  1 -2 -4 -1  0  0
RH            75 75 70 38 38 67 69 66 68 67 67 59 52 61 73 76 76 75 75 72 69 69
Wind dir      SE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd      20 18 19 23 23 28 37 35 34 24 21 19 17 13 14 14 14 13 12 12 12  9
Wind gust           29       40 52 49 48
Clouds        SC B1 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          60          10          50          60
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.03           0        0.02        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  L
Snow                                                  S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C
Snowshwrs                     L  S
Obvis                        BS BS
Wind chill    25 23             19 11  4 -1 -4  4  9  6 -4 -7-10-14-15-10 -8 -5
Min chill        23    22          11    -1    -5     6    -7   -14   -15    -9
High Wind                  W  W  W  W


Date               Fri 02/20/26  Sat 02/21/26  Sun 02/22/26  Mon 02/23/26
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            -3    22       3    23       1    25       9    37
Temp           2   -2 15 18  8    6 18 18  8    4 19 21 14   12 29 31
Dewpt         -1   -5  6 10  4    4  9  8  4    2  8  9  8    8 16 21
PWind dir          NW    SW      NW    NW      NW     E      SE    SE
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           30    10       5    10       5     5       0     0
Snow           C

$$
WYZ199-172315-
Sheridan-Sheridan WY
44.80N 106.96W Elev. 4019 ft
1250 AM MST Tue Feb 17 2026

Date                Tue 02/17/26            Wed 02/18/26            Thu 02/19/26
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      54          13          33           2          18
Temp          35 34 35 50 52 44 35 27 22 17 16 26 32 26 14 11  8  5  3 13 17 16
Dewpt         23 23 24 17  9  4  8  8  7  8  8 10 10  9  5  5  3  0 -1  3  3  4
RH            61 64 64 27 17 19 32 44 52 67 70 50 39 48 67 76 79 79 83 63 53 58
Wind dir      SE SE SW  W  W NW  W  W  S  E  N NE NE  N  N  N  N NW NW  N NE  E
Wind spd      14 18 27 36 39 33 24 10  4  2  2  6 10 12  8  5  4  3  2  4  5  4
Wind gust           39 51 55 47
Clouds        SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          20          30          90          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.20        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C
Snow                                            C  C  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C
Snowshwrs               C     S
Wind chill       23 22          23                   15  3
Min chill        23    18          17    15    14    15    -1    -3    -4     8
High Wind      W  W  W  W  W  W


Date               Fri 02/20/26  Sat 02/21/26  Sun 02/22/26  Mon 02/23/26
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max             0    31       8    32       6    39      16    54
Temp           4    2 24 27 13   11 26 27 12    9 31 34 21   20 45 46
Dewpt         -1   -3  7 11  7    6 11 12  7    4 14 17 14   13 21 23
PWind dir           S     W       W    NW      SW    SE       S     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr           10    10      10    10       5     5       0     0

$$