Montana weather, town by town

About Montana weather

The map on the Now tab shows every Montana town's current temperature from our own server, one dot per town. Tap any dot, or type a town above, for that town's full forecast.

What the weather is usually like

Across the 485 Montana towns with station normals, the warmest month is July, when the day usually reaches 82°F, and the coldest is January, when the night usually falls to 13°F. June is the wettest, with rain on about 11 days. July afternoons run from about 66°F in Basin to 92°F in Crow Agency. January nights run from about -2°F in Westby to 25°F in Bear Dance.

Means of the 1991 to 2020 station normals serving these towns, as published by NOAA; each town's page carries its own.

Where these numbers come from

• Current conditions and forecast: NOAA forecast grids decoded on our own server, corrected against the nearest reporting station and our own radar. Open-Meteo is consulted only as a fallback when our server is silent.
• Records: computed by myweatherrock from NOAA GHCN-Daily station records at the stations serving these towns. Measurements, not estimates.
• Warnings and alerts: the National Weather Service, passed through unchanged.

Montana weather records

Measured at the NOAA stations serving these towns, daily records 1880 to 2026. Station extremes, not official state records.

Common questions about Montana weather

What is the hottest temperature recorded at a Montana station?

117°F at Medicine Lake 3 Se on July 5, 1937, in the NOAA daily station records myweatherrock holds (1880 to 2026).

What is the coldest temperature recorded at a Montana station?

-59°F at Glasgow #2 on February 15, 1936.

What is the most rain a Montana station has measured in one day?

8.5 inches at Bear Mountain on November 6, 2006.

What is the biggest one-day snowfall at a Montana station?

48 inches at Shonkin 7 S on May 29, 1982.

How many Montana towns have a weather page here?

496: 369 census-designated places, 73 towns, 52 cities, 2 place. Each page carries current conditions, the hourly timeline, the ten day outlook, radar, and where a station sits close enough, measured records.

Where does the Montana forecast come from?

NOAA forecast grids (the National Weather Service digital forecast, the National Blend of Models, HRRR and GFS) decoded on our own server, corrected against the nearest reporting station and our own radar. Open-Meteo is consulted only as a fallback when our server is silent.