Dillon, MT Weather

Beaverhead County11:01 PM MDT45.22°N, 112.64°WElevation 5,102 ft

Current conditions

Partly Cloudy
46°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like 42°
High 67° Thursday·Low 38° tonight
WindSSW 7 mph
Humidity86%
Dew point42°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover33%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:55 AM
Sunset6:37 PM

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

Forecast

10-day
  • Wednesday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. South wind around 7 mph.

  • Thursday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. South wind around 6 mph.

  • Thursday Night

    Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.

  1. Now Partly Cloudy 46°
  2. Thu12 AM Mostly Clear 45°
  3. 1 AM Mostly Clear 43°
  4. 2 AM Mostly Clear 42°
  5. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 42°
  6. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 41°
  7. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 40°
  8. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 40°
  9. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 38°
  10. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 39°
  11. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 41°
  12. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 47°
  13. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 53°
  14. 12 PM Sunny 59°
  15. 1 PM Sunny 63°
  16. 2 PM Sunny 65°
  17. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 66°
  18. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 66°
  19. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 65°
  20. 6 PM Chance Light Rain 63°32%
  21. 7 PM Chance Light Rain 59°32%
  22. 8 PM Chance Light Rain 55°32%
  23. 9 PM Chance Light Rain 51°32%
  24. 10 PM Chance Light Rain 50°32%

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy36°
  2. TodayOct 21 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny38°66°
  3. ThuOct 22 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny82%40°67°
  4. FriOct 23 Showers And Thunderstorms then Rain Showers And Thunderstorms then Rain99%26°48°
  5. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny26°47°
  6. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny26°50°
  7. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny16%26°50°
  8. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny13%51°
  9. WedOct 28 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy31°53°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy33°53°

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

20
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Dillon, MT reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:55 AM
Sunset 6:37 PM
Daylight 10 h 41 min (−3 min 0 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 82% lit
Moonrise 4:30 PM Moonset 2:47 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low54° / 29°
Record high78° (2003)
Record low11° (1984)
Wettest1.00 in (1974)
Month to date0.51 in (normal 0.66 in)

Dillon U Of Montana Western, records since 1895. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in TFX, issued 11 hrs ago

Key Messages

- It will be mostly dry across North-central, Central, and Southwestern Montana through the day on Thursday.

- It will be windy across North-central Montana on Friday.

- Widespread precipitation returns late Thursday through Friday.

- Temperatures will be well-above seasonal averages through Thursday with temperatures cooling down Friday through this weekend.

Discussion

/Issued 501 AM MDT Wed Oct 21 2026/

- Meteorological Overview:

Today over Southwestern Montana there remains Southwest flow aloft with weak zonal flow (west-east) over North-central, and Central Montana. Due to slightly stronger warm air advection today temperatures will rebound to above seasonal averages. Across North- central and Central Montana it will be dry with a low chance for showers across Southwestern Montana today. See the Forecast Confidence & Scenarios Section for details. On Thursday there remains southerly flow aloft and an upper-level trough associated with a Pacific Cold front begins to move over North-central, Central, and Southwestern Montana by Thursday evening. This will allow temperatures to remain above seasonal averages with mostly dry weather until Thursday evening. Thursday evening into Friday morning precipitation will gradually spread over North-central, Central, and Southwestern Montana.

On Friday the upper-level trough merges with a shortwave trough moving south from Canada. This combined with the cold front that moved through will bring widespread precipitation and cooler temperatures (below seasonal averages) to the area. Due to the cold front that moved through Thursday evening into Friday morning snow-levels will lower and the precipitation that falls in mountain areas on Friday will transition from rain to snow by Friday evening. On Friday there is an increasing pressure gradient and strong low-level and mid-level winds. This will bring windy conditions to North-central Montana on Friday. On Saturday an upper-level ridge begins to build in over North-central, Central, and Southwestern Montana. This will allow the area to dry out with cool temperatures lingering.

On Sunday the upper-level ridge remains over North-central, Central, and Southwestern Montana. This will keep dry and cool (below seasonal averages) weather for the area on Sunday. Monday through Tuesday an upper-level trough moves over North-central, Central, and Southwestern Montana. This will bring cooler temperatures and widespread precipitation to the area on Monday and Tuesday. -IG

- Forecast Confidence & Scenarios:

Aviation

21/18Z TAF Period

VFR conditions will continue at all terminals during this TAF period. Generally, cloud cover will be limited to a few high level clouds and winds will be mild. However, KWYS is expected to have a period of increased mid-level cloud cover between 0900-1600Z. -ESH

Preliminary Point Temps

GTF 45 74 42 50 / 0 0 30 100 CTB 39 70 38 46 / 0 0 60 90 HLN 39 71 43 51 / 10 0 40 100 BZN 38 70 40 51 / 0 0 30 100 WYS 29 62 32 46 / 10 10 70 100 DLN 38 66 41 48 / 10 0 80 100 HVR 37 73 40 55 / 0 0 20 100 LWT 45 75 43 52 / 0 0 20 100

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