Columbus, MT Weather

Stillwater County5:06 PM MDT45.64°N, 109.25°WElevation 3,586 ft

Current conditions

Mostly Sunny
65°
Mostly Sunny
Feels like 65°
High 67°·Low 35°
WindNE 7 mph
Humidity45%
Dew point43°
Cloud cover28%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:41 AM
Sunset6:24 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    Mostly sunny. High near 67, with temperatures falling to around 65 in the afternoon. North wind around 7 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 35. Northeast wind 1 to 6 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Mostly sunny. High near 70, with temperatures falling to around 68 in the afternoon. Southeast wind 0 to 8 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 8 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Sunny 65°
  2. 6 PM Partly Cloudy 62°
  3. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 56°
  4. 8 PM Mostly Clear 52°
  5. 9 PM Mostly Clear 49°
  6. 10 PM Mostly Clear 46°
  7. 11 PM Mostly Clear 44°
  8. Wed12 AM Mostly Clear 42°
  9. 1 AM Mostly Clear 40°
  10. 2 AM Mostly Clear 39°
  11. 3 AM Mostly Clear 38°
  12. 4 AM Mostly Clear 37°
  13. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 36°
  14. 6 AM Partly Sunny 35°
  15. 7 AM Partly Sunny 34°
  16. 8 AM Partly Sunny 35°
  17. 9 AM Sunny 39°
  18. 10 AM Sunny 46°
  19. 11 AM Sunny 52°
  20. 12 PM Sunny 58°
  21. 1 PM Sunny 64°
  22. 2 PM Sunny 68°
  23. 3 PM Sunny 69°
  24. 4 PM Sunny 70°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny35°67°
  2. WedOct 21 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny37°70°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny17%41°74°
  4. FriOct 23 Rain Showers Rain Showers88%32°61°
  5. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny27°55°
  6. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny26°54°
  7. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny26°53°
  8. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny28°55°
  9. WedOct 28 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny26°52°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy29°43°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

17
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Billings, MT reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:41 AM
Sunset 6:24 PM
Daylight 10 h 43 min (−3 min 4 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 72% lit
Moonrise 3:57 PM Moonset 1:23 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in BYZ, issued 16 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Seasonably warm and mainly dry into Thursday, with occasional breezy conditions over eastern Montana and light showers in the Absaroka-Beartooth mountains.

- A weather system will likely bring cooler temperatures, windy conditions, and precipitation to portions of the area Friday into Saturday, though confidence remains low on exact impacts.

Aviation

VFR can be expected through the period. A dry cold front will shift winds to the north and northwest late this morning into the afternoon, with easterly winds working into the western foothills, including KLVM. There is a low chance (15% or less) of showers over the Beartooth-Absaroka mountains this afternoon and evening. STP

Preliminary Point Temp

Tdy Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon ------------------------------------------------------- BIL 066 038/066 043/073 047/063 037/054 032/053 031/051 0/U 00/U 00/U 19/T 80/B 00/U 00/B LVM 069 035/069 039/073 040/054 026/050 025/054 026/053 0/U 00/B 00/U 4+/W 80/U 01/B 11/B HDN 068 035/070 039/075 045/067 035/055 029/056 028/054 0/U 00/U 00/U 08/W 80/B 00/U 00/B MLS 068 037/069 045/074 050/070 037/051 030/053 031/052 0/U 00/U 00/U 03/W 71/N 00/U 00/B 4BQ 070 038/072 049/077 055/074 038/052 032/057 033/055 0/U 00/U 00/U 03/W 51/B 00/U 00/U BHK 070 034/068 043/078 049/077 033/050 027/054 027/052 0/U 00/U 00/U 01/N 51/N 00/U 11/B SHR 071 035/072 041/075 045/068 032/052 026/057 028/056 0/U 00/U 00/U 05/W 71/B 00/U 00/U

Byz Watches

MT...None. WY...None.

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