Philipsburg, MT Weather

Granite County2:35 PM MDT46.33°N, 113.29°WElevation 5,243 ft

Current conditions

Mostly Sunny
64°
Mostly Sunny
Feels like 64°
High 66°·Low 32°
WindNNW 1 mph
Humidity29%
Dew point31°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover34%
UV index3 Moderate
Sunrise7:58 AM
Sunset6:39 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. North northwest wind around 2 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 32. East southeast wind around 3 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny, with a high near 68. South southwest wind around 3 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 12 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Sunny 64°
  2. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 66°
  3. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 65°
  4. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 64°
  5. 6 PM Mostly Clear 59°
  6. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 51°
  7. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 47°
  8. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 44°
  9. 10 PM Partly Cloudy 42°
  10. 11 PM Mostly Clear 41°
  11. Wed12 AM Mostly Clear 39°
  12. 1 AM Mostly Clear 38°
  13. 2 AM Mostly Clear 37°
  14. 3 AM Mostly Clear 36°
  15. 4 AM Mostly Clear 34°
  16. 5 AM Mostly Clear 34°
  17. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 35°
  18. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 33°
  19. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 34°
  20. 9 AM Sunny 37°
  21. 10 AM Sunny 46°
  22. 11 AM Sunny 53°
  23. 12 PM Sunny 60°
  24. 1 PM Sunny 65°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny32°66°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny36°68°
  3. ThuOct 22 Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain88%33°67°
  4. FriOct 23 Rain then Chance Rain And Snow Rain then Chance Rain And Snow88%21°46°
  5. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny14%23°48°
  6. SunOct 25 Slight Chance Light Snow Slight Chance Light Snow20%24°51°
  7. MonOct 26 Slight Chance Light Snow then Mostly Sunny Slight Chance Light Snow then Mostly Sunny22%25°53°
  8. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny29°54°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy29°52°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy29°48°

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

18
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Hamilton, 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 7:58 AM
Sunset 6:39 PM
Daylight 10 h 41 min (−3 min 8 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 71% lit
Moonrise 4:16 PM Moonset 1:38 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low55° / 29°
Record high75° (2003)
Record low14° (1905)
Wettest0.84 in (2006)
Month to date1.12 in (normal 0.63 in)

Anaconda, records since 1901. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

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Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in MSO, issued 12 hrs ago

Discussion

KEY MESSAGES:

- Mild day-time temperatures through Thursday.

- Patchy valley fog around sunrise each morning.

- Significant change coming Friday into the weekend.

A broad ridge of high pressure will continue to bring mild day- time temperatures across the Northern Rockies through Thursday. Stable conditions under the ridge are promoting the development of valley inversions and cold air pools, with observations the last few days suggesting high temperatures are struggling to reach their full warming potential. High cloud cover this morning into the early afternoon will limit solar heating, with temperatures feeling sluggish to warm until inversions weaken by mid-late afternoon. High clouds will generally decrease late afternoon as well, with plenty of sunshine for those looking to get outdoors.

Model guidance continues to advertise a significant change, as a trough and surface cold front tracks across the region Thursday night into Friday. The front will bring wind gusts of around 20 mph in Idaho and 20-35 mph across most of western Montana on Friday. Atmospheric moisture with this system will move northward the Great Basin, with precipitation focusing along and south of the I-90 corridor and along the Continental Divide in northwest Montana. The majority of the precipitation will fall within the warm sector of the trough, ahead of the approaching cold front, limiting the potential for winter weather impacts. Snow levels will fall to around 5,000 ft Friday and lower over the weekend as shower activity begins to decrease. Therefore, forecast snow amounts across the region are generally less than an inch, and mostly above 5,000 ft. The exception of course is the higher elevations of Flathead National Forest and Glacier National Park, which will likely pick up several inches of snow this weekend.

Aviation

Stable conditions will continue today under a ridge of high pressure. Valley inversions and cold air pools will set the stage for areas of valley fog, particularly near large bodies of water and river systems. The primary period to watch will be from 20/1200-1500Z, including Terminal KMSO. Fog can not be ruled out at KGPI as well, but the probability of impacts is less than 10 percent as high cloud cover has reduced overnight cooling.

Mso Watches

MT...None. ID...None.

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