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Every forecast in Big Sky Country,
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Official National Weather Service forecasts, arctic cold and chinook winds, mountain snow, wildfire smoke, and the hail and flooding of the plains — for all 56 Montana counties, from the Bitterroot and the Flathead over the Continental Divide to the Front, the Hi-Line and the Big Open.

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Counties
1.13M
People
12,807 ft
Granite Peak
−70 °F
Rogers Pass, 1954

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Regions of Montana

Guide · 9 zones
Metro · I-90/94
Billings & the Yellowstone Valley
Billings · Laurel · Red Lodge · Hardin
Metro · I-90
Missoula & the Bitterroot
Missoula · Hamilton · Lolo · Superior
Zone · US-93
The Flathead & Glacier Country
Kalispell · Whitefish · Polson · Libby
Zone · I-15
Great Falls & the Rocky Mountain Front
Great Falls · Shelby · Cut Bank · Lewistown
Capital · I-15
Helena & the Capital Region
Helena · Townsend · Boulder
Zone · I-90
Bozeman & the Yellowstone Gateway
Bozeman · Belgrade · Livingston · Big Sky
Zone · I-90/I-15
Butte & the Upper Clark Fork
Butte · Anaconda · Dillon
Zone · US-2
The Hi-Line
Havre · Glasgow · Malta · Wolf Point
Zone · I-94
Eastern Montana & the Big Open
Miles City · Glendive · Sidney · Forsyth

The Montana Weather Story

Alerts & Climate
Warning · May–Aug
Severe & Hail Live
The plains east of the Front put up the biggest hail in the northern Rockies — Billings in August 2013, Miles City most summers — and the storm reports, the warnings and the season to date.
Services · Oct–May
Snow & the Passes
Homestake, Lookout, MacDonald, Bozeman and Monida — the pass reports, the avalanche centers, and the storms that close I-90 from the Idaho line to Billings.
Warning
Arctic Cold & Chinooks Soon
Rogers Pass hit 70 below in 1954, the lower-48 record, and the Hi-Line still posts the coldest morning in the country most Januaries — wind chill, the arctic fronts, and the chinooks that end them in an hour.
Warning · Jul–Sep
Wildfire & Smoke Soon
The 1910 Big Burn started here and the season has only gotten longer — red-flag days, the fires on the ground, and where the smoke is settling tonight.
Warning · May–Jun
Snowmelt & Flooding Soon
The Yellowstone took out the road into the park in June 2022 on rain-on-snow — the rivers, the ice jams, and the spring runoff forecast.
Guide
Climate & Records
Normals, records and long-term trends for all 56 counties — the 187-degree span between Rogers Pass and Medicine Lake, and how the winters are changing.

Weather Along the Interstates

Guide · Drive smart
Interstate
I-90
Idaho → Missoula → Butte → Bozeman → Billings → Wyoming
Interstate
I-94
Billings → Forsyth → Miles City → Glendive → North Dakota
Interstate
I-15
Idaho → Dillon → Butte → Helena → Great Falls → Shelby → Alberta