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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
1231 AM MDT Tue May 19 2026

MTZ312-201000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue May 19 2026

Date           05/18/26      Tue 05/19/26            Wed 05/20/26            Thu
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                      31          64          40          58          38
Temp                      35 32 47 59 61 62 53 47 43 41 51 55 56 52 47 44 41 39
Dewpt                     26 24 28 32 35 36 36 36 33 32 35 37 41 40 39 39 37 35
RH                        69 72 47 36 38 38 52 65 67 70 54 51 57 63 74 82 85 85
Wind dir                  SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW  W NW  N  N NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd                   8  9 12 11 11 10  5  9 10  9  8  8 10  9  6  6  6  5
Clouds                    FW FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          40          20          80          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.11        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S              C        L  L  C  C  S
Rain shwrs                          C  C                    L  D
Tstms                               S  S                    S  C


Date           05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26  Sun 05/24/26  Mon 05/25/26
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          63      40    70      44    76      48    78      51    78
Temp          54 62 48   41 64 68 52   46 70 74 56   50 71 75 58   53 72 73
Dewpt         34 34 34   31 33 34 38   36 35 36 37   36 34 34 35   34 35 37
PWind dir        NW       S    SW       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     0       0     5       5     0       0     5
Rain           S

$$
MTZ303-201000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue May 19 2026

Date           05/18/26      Tue 05/19/26            Wed 05/20/26            Thu
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          62          38          55          34
Temp                      33 32 47 56 59 61 52 45 42 40 44 48 53 52 46 41 37 35
Dewpt                     27 27 29 31 32 33 33 34 33 34 36 35 37 35 36 35 33 31
RH                        78 81 49 38 36 35 48 65 70 79 73 60 54 52 68 79 85 85
Wind dir                  SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd                   8  9 14 17 18 19 13 12 10 11 12 12 11 12  9 11 11 10
Wind gust                          27
Clouds                    SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          10          80          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  C  C  C     C  C
Rain shwrs                          S  S                       D
Tstms                               S  S                       S


Date           05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26  Sun 05/24/26  Mon 05/25/26
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          63      39    69      42    73      44    74      46    72
Temp          55 63 46   39 64 67 50   44 68 70 52   45 67 71 54   48 67 68
Dewpt         31 30 32   29 31 34 36   34 34 34 36   34 32 31 33   31 32 33
PWind dir        NW      SW     W      SW    SW       W     W      SW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5       0    10       5     5       0     5

$$
MTZ319-201000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue May 19 2026

Date           05/18/26      Tue 05/19/26            Wed 05/20/26            Thu
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                      31          65          38          64          38
Temp                      34 31 43 57 62 63 55 47 42 38 48 59 62 57 50 45 41 39
Dewpt                     22 22 24 28 29 29 32 33 31 31 31 33 35 36 38 38 37 37
RH                        61 69 47 33 28 27 41 58 65 76 51 37 36 45 63 76 85 92
Wind dir                   S  S  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   5  3  2  4  6  9  4  5  5  2  2  8 12 13 10  6  6  5
Wind gust                                                  18
Clouds                    FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          20          20          60          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S     S  S                       D  D  D  C
Rain shwrs                             S                    C  C  D
Tstms                                  S                    S  S  S


Date           05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26  Sun 05/24/26  Mon 05/25/26
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          63      39    71      41    76      44    78      46    78
Temp          53 63 47   39 62 69 52   43 68 74 55   45 71 76 57   47 72 75
Dewpt         34 29 32   32 33 31 35   34 35 32 34   34 32 29 33   33 33 30
PWind dir        NW       W    NW       W    SW       W    SW       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40       0     5       0     5       0     5       5    10
Rain           C

$$
MTZ326-201000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue May 19 2026

Date           05/18/26      Tue 05/19/26            Wed 05/20/26            Thu
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          62          34          63          35
Temp                      29 26 40 54 59 60 51 44 38 35 46 58 62 58 49 45 40 36
Dewpt                     23 20 21 24 24 23 31 31 29 29 30 34 33 34 39 39 37 35
RH                        78 78 46 31 26 24 46 60 70 78 53 40 33 40 68 79 89 96
Wind dir                   S  S  E NW NW NW SW SE  S  S SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                   5  4  1  3  5  5  2  3  3  3  1  5  8  9  6  4  4  5
Clouds                    FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20          40          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S              C        D  D  D  L
Rain shwrs                                                     C  D
Tstms                                                          S  S


Date           05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26  Sun 05/24/26  Mon 05/25/26
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          58      33    68      39    76      42    78      45    80
Temp          49 58 42   34 60 66 48   40 67 74 53   43 72 76 55   46 74 76
Dewpt         36 33 32   28 32 31 34   33 35 34 36   34 34 32 33   32 33 33
PWind dir        NW       E    SW       E    SW       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60       0     0       0     5      10     5       5    10
Rain           L  C

$$
MTZ330-201000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue May 19 2026

Date           05/18/26      Tue 05/19/26            Wed 05/20/26            Thu
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                      17          54          26          57          30
Temp                      20 18 33 50 54 53 43 35 29 26 39 54 57 55 45 38 34 31
Dewpt                     16 15 15 14 14 15 21 23 21 21 23 23 26 29 34 35 34 31
RH                        84 88 47 23 20 22 41 61 72 81 52 30 30 37 65 89100100
Wind dir                   N  N  N SW SW  W  W SE NE SE SW SW  W  W  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                   0  0  0  4  6  8  2  2  1  1  3  9  8  5  1  0  0  0
Wind gust                                18             13 19 19 18
Clouds                    FW CL FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          10          10          40          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                 L  D  D  S
Rain shwrs                                                  S  C  L
Snow                                                                       D  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  S


Date           05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26  Sun 05/24/26  Mon 05/25/26
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          55      26    62      30    69      34    74      36    75
Temp          49 53 34   27 58 60 40   32 63 67 44   35 68 71 47   37 70 72
Dewpt         29 24 28   26 27 32 32   29 30 35 33   30 29 30 30   28 28 31
PWind dir         N      NE    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         40       5    20       5     5      10     5       5     5
Rain           C                S
Rain shwrs        S
Snow           C
Tstms             S

$$
MTZ328-201000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue May 19 2026

Date           05/18/26      Tue 05/19/26            Wed 05/20/26            Thu
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                      26          61          34          62          35
Temp                      29 26 39 54 59 60 50 43 37 35 46 58 61 60 50 44 38 36
Dewpt                     18 18 21 23 21 21 27 28 27 26 29 31 30 31 34 36 34 33
RH                        63 71 48 30 23 22 41 55 67 69 51 36 31 33 54 73 85 89
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW  W  W SE  S  S  S  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                   4  5  4  6  9  9  5  4  4  4  4  8  9 10  8  6  8  8
Clouds                    FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20          20          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S                       C  L  L  C
Rain shwrs                                                        C
Tstms                                                             S


Date           05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26  Sun 05/24/26  Mon 05/25/26
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          60      35    68      39    75      41    78      44    79
Temp          51 59 43   36 61 66 48   40 67 73 52   43 72 76 55   46 73 76
Dewpt         32 29 29   26 32 30 32   30 33 30 32   30 31 27 29   27 30 28
PWind dir         N       E     W      SE    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40       0     0       0     5       0     0       0    10
Rain           C

$$
MTZ305-201000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue May 19 2026

Date           05/18/26      Tue 05/19/26            Wed 05/20/26            Thu
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                      29          68          40          62          36
Temp                      34 31 45 62 67 63 55 49 45 41 49 57 60 59 52 46 41 37
Dewpt                     23 23 27 34 34 36 39 39 37 35 39 39 37 35 37 39 36 34
RH                        64 72 49 35 29 36 55 68 73 79 68 51 42 40 56 76 82 89
Wind dir                   S  S SW SW  W  W  S SW SW SW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd                   5  4  5 11 11 10  6  9 10 10 11 13 13 12  8  5  6  6
Clouds                    B1 B1 CL SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          30          30          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0        0.04        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S     C  C                 C
Rain shwrs                             C                    C
Tstms                                  S                    S


Date           05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26  Sun 05/24/26  Mon 05/25/26
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          66      38    73      43    79      46    79      49    81
Temp          59 65 48   39 67 71 53   45 73 76 57   48 74 77 59   51 76 77
Dewpt         37 34 36   32 36 33 37   36 38 37 40   38 36 35 38   36 38 37
PWind dir         W       S     W      SE    SW      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC FW FW FW   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       0     5      10     5       5     5

$$
MTZ314-201000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue May 19 2026

Date           05/18/26      Tue 05/19/26            Wed 05/20/26            Thu
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                      26          60          36          58          35
Temp                      27 31 48 55 58 57 48 43 40 37 51 55 56 52 45 42 39 36
Dewpt                     22 25 30 30 33 35 36 33 31 28 33 35 39 40 39 37 36 33
RH                        81 78 49 38 39 43 63 67 70 70 50 47 53 63 79 82 89 89
Wind dir                  SE  S  W  W  W  W SW  S SW SW  W NW NW NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd                   8  8  8  6  5  5  4  6  6  6  9  9  9  8  4  4  4  6
Clouds                    SC SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          30          20          80          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.10        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S                       D  D  L  L  C
Rain shwrs                             S                    D  D
Tstms                                  S                    C  C


Date           05/21/26  Fri 05/22/26  Sat 05/23/26  Sun 05/24/26  Mon 05/25/26
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          57      35    66      40    72      43    74      45    77
Temp          49 56 41   37 61 64 47   44 67 70 51   47 70 72 54   50 72 73
Dewpt         34 34 32   28 32 34 34   34 35 37 36   35 34 36 34   33 35 38
PWind dir        NW      SW     W       S    SW      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         50       5     5       5     5      10     5       5    10
Rain           C  C

$$
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