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National Weather Service Billings MT
524 PM MDT Fri Mar 21 2025

MTZ235-221000-
Billings-Yellowstone MT
45.81N 108.53W Elev. 3648 ft
524 PM MDT Fri Mar 21 2025

Date           03/21/25      Sat 03/22/25            Sun 03/23/25            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                      38          51          32          52          42
Temp             54 46 43 41 39 40 47 50 47 39 37 34 33 37 45 50 52 47 44 44 46
Dewpt            21 24 23 22 22 25 21 18 20 21 20 17 16 17 16 19 25 28 29 30 31
RH               27 42 45 46 50 55 35 28 34 48 50 49 49 44 31 29 35 47 55 57 55
Wind dir          W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W
Wind spd         16 11 12 16 17 25 33 33 25 17 14 14 14 18 18 17 16 12 13 16 18
Wind gust                       35 46 46    28
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          50          20           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          C  C  C  C
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  S  S  S
Snow                          C  C        S  S
Wind chill                      29                   22
Min chill                    30    29          28    22    23


Date           03/24/25  Tue 03/25/25  Wed 03/26/25  Thu 03/27/25  Fri 03/28/25
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          65      43    62      40    70      44    72      42    56
Temp          61 62 52   43 55 62 48   41 60 69 51   45 64 66 50   43 52 53
Dewpt         36 32 35   32 35 34 34   31 34 37 37   34 38 38 36   31 29 24
PWind dir         W      NW     W      SW    SW      SE    SW       W    NW
Wind char        WY      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         20      10    10       0     0       0    20      50    40
Rain shwrs     S  S                                         S  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ065-221000-
Livingston-Park MT
45.70N 110.47W Elev. 4656 ft
524 PM MDT Fri Mar 21 2025

Date           03/21/25      Sat 03/22/25            Sun 03/23/25            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                      35          42          26          46          40
Temp             47 41 39 40 37 37 39 41 39 32 31 28 28 32 40 45 46 42 42 43 45
Dewpt            21 21 22 24 26 21 19 17 16 15 15 13 13 16 19 23 27 30 31 32 32
RH               35 44 50 52 64 52 44 37 39 49 51 53 53 51 42 41 47 62 65 65 60
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd         31 29 27 29 31 39 39 36 29 18 12 12 16 18 23 23 23 20 37 42 42
Wind gust        44 44 42 49 48 52 54 48 41                34 34 35 31 52 59 59
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          80           5          10          50
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.04           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Rain                       C
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  C  C  C
Snow                       C  D  S  C  C
Obvis                        BS BS
Wind chill          30 28 28 24 23 26 29 27 20    17 16 20             30 31
Min chill              28    24    22    26    19    16    17          30    31
Wind                 Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           03/24/25  Tue 03/25/25  Wed 03/26/25  Thu 03/27/25  Fri 03/28/25
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          55      39    60      37    65      42    63      36    49
Temp          52 53 46   40 54 58 43   38 57 62 47   43 58 58 44   39 45 45
Dewpt         35 34 35   30 33 33 31   27 32 33 34   31 34 33 33   28 24 22
PWind dir        SW       W    SW      SW    SW       S    SW       W     W
Wind char        VW      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      10     5       0     0       5    40      50    50
Rain shwrs     C  C                                      S  C  C    C  C  C
Snowshwrs                                                              C

$$
MTZ032-221000-
Miles City-Custer MT
46.42N 105.90W Elev. 2628 ft
524 PM MDT Fri Mar 21 2025

Date           03/21/25      Sat 03/22/25            Sun 03/23/25            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                      35          52          31          51          38
Temp             53 44 40 36 37 39 49 50 46 40 37 33 32 35 45 49 50 42 40 40 41
Dewpt            23 25 25 24 24 26 27 27 27 24 24 24 24 23 21 18 18 20 25 30 34
RH               31 47 55 61 59 59 42 41 47 52 59 69 72 61 38 29 28 41 55 67 76
Wind dir          W SW SW  S  W SW  W  W NW NW  W  W  W  W NW  W NW  W SW SW  W
Wind spd         12  8  9  6  5 14 21 25 21 14 12 11 12 13 14 18 16  5  6  9 11
Wind gust                             35    26
Clouds           FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          60          20           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          C  C  S  L  S  S
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  C
Snow                                      S  S


Date           03/24/25  Tue 03/25/25  Wed 03/26/25  Thu 03/27/25  Fri 03/28/25
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          61      39    59      37    66      39    72      43    54
Temp          55 60 48   40 52 58 43   37 58 64 47   40 63 68 51   44 50 50
Dewpt         36 35 34   31 27 28 28   28 34 32 33   33 39 36 38   32 30 28
PWind dir         W      NW    NW      SE    NW       E    SE      NW    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         30       5     0       5     0       5     5      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  S                                            S    C  C  C

$$
MTZ033-221000-
Baker-Fallon MT
46.38N 104.24W Elev. 2969 ft
524 PM MDT Fri Mar 21 2025

Date           03/21/25      Sat 03/22/25            Sun 03/23/25            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                      30          50          26          47          29
Temp             49 38 35 34 33 37 47 50 44 34 32 29 28 32 40 45 46 34 32 33 34
Dewpt            23 24 23 22 21 24 31 27 29 27 25 23 23 25 21 20 20 21 20 23 29
RH               36 57 61 61 61 59 53 41 55 75 75 78 81 75 46 36 35 58 61 66 82
Wind dir          W SW SW  S  S SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW SW SW
Wind spd         13  6 11 10 10 13 21 24 23 18 18 18 19 20 20 20 18  8  5  9 10
Wind gust                             34    31             31
Clouds           SC SC FW B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          40          40           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.02           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S  C  C  C
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  C
Snow                                      C  C  S  S
Snowshwrs                                                               C
Wind chill                                  23 20 17 14 20
Min chill              27    25    22          20    14    15          25    25


Date           03/24/25  Tue 03/25/25  Wed 03/26/25  Thu 03/27/25  Fri 03/28/25
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          55      33    54      30    61      34    67      36    52
Temp          48 54 41   34 49 52 36   31 54 59 41   35 60 63 46   37 48 47
Dewpt         35 36 33   28 26 25 26   24 31 31 29   28 37 37 35   31 32 29
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       E     S      SE    SE       S    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      LT    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50      10     0       5     0       5     5      30    40
Rain shwrs     C  C                                                 C  C  C

$$
WYZ199-221000-
Sheridan-Sheridan WY
44.80N 106.96W Elev. 4019 ft
524 PM MDT Fri Mar 21 2025

Date           03/21/25      Sat 03/22/25            Sun 03/23/25            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                      25          46          22          46          31
Temp             46 33 31 30 29 33 42 44 40 31 29 26 24 30 40 45 44 36 34 34 36
Dewpt            27 23 21 20 19 22 28 26 21 21 20 16 14 16 18 20 23 25 25 27 29
RH               47 66 66 66 66 63 57 49 46 66 69 65 65 55 41 36 43 64 69 75 75
Wind dir         SW  S  S  S  S  W NW NW NW NW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd          5  4  5  5  6 13 20 26 21 14 13 11 11 12 16 13  8  5  5  8  9
Wind gust                             40    27             26
Clouds           FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          80          20           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             C
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S  C
Snow                             C  D  C  S  S
Wind chill                                  20 18 15 13
Min chill              24    21    19    30    18    13    15          29    27


Date           03/24/25  Tue 03/25/25  Wed 03/26/25  Thu 03/27/25  Fri 03/28/25
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          60      35    58      33    66      37    71      36    53
Temp          54 55 44   36 51 55 40   34 58 64 44   38 63 65 46   37 47 47
Dewpt         36 35 35   29 36 35 32   26 37 36 33   29 37 40 36   31 32 30
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      SW    SW       S    SW       W    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         30      20    10       0     0       0    10      40    50
Rain shwrs     C  S  S                                         C    C  C  C

$$