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Heart Butte, Montana Weather

Pikas hayfeeding in granite peaks. Day 78 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Heart Butte weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Heart Butte, MT
Friday, June 5 at 7:08 AM
47
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
41°
Humidity
58%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:32 AM
Sunset
9:27 PM
Heart Butte, MT
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastHeart Butte, MT: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 46 to 66 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 46°H 66°
Heart Butte, MT
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    66°44°
  2. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    15%
    56°45°-10°
  3. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    21%
    53°41°-3°
  4. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    16%
    61°42°+8°
  5. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    35%
    62°42°+1°
  6. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Drizzle
    35%
    0.17″
    43°38°-19°
  7. Thursday
    Jun 11
    Overcast
    60%
    61°41°+18°
Heart Butte, MT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WSW
253° · backing 18°
Direction
WSW
253°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
36
avg 13
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 13 · pk 36 @ 10:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 323SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 18° from the wsw.
Heart Butte, MT
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
858.9
-0.7 mb in 3h · falling · 25.36 inHg
Now
858.9
mb
3h
-0.7
mb
12h
-4.7
mb
24h
-3.7
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 857864
850855860865870-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW863.8857.1857.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Heart Butte, MT
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
-4 in 6h

AQI 40 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). Ozone at AQI 35 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
1.8μg/m³
PM 10Good
2μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
74μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 35 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 35
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 11
Heart Butte, MT
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
20%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
67.7mi
UNLIMITED
94 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
07:08 UTC ·Heart Butte, MT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
07:08 UTC ·Heart Butte, MT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Heart Butte, MT
Satellite · infrared · animated
Heart Butte, MT
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Heart Butte, MT
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
10:53 AM
Sunrise
5:32 AM
Daylight
15h 55m
Sunset
9:27 PM
Civil dusk
4:08 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Heart Butte, MT
The moon
Waning Gibbous
79% illuminated
Moonrise
6:58 AM
Moonset
4:19 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Heart Butte, MT
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Pikas hayfeeding in granite peaks

fish
Jan 143% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Heart Butte at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 20°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: June 5 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Warm-season window is open

As of June 5, the last spring frost has passed for most years. Transplant tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, basil, and cucurbits (cucumbers, squash, melons) now. Direct-sow beans and corn into warm soil.

ZIP codes in Heart Butte

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.