Townsend, MT Weather

Broadwater County7:16 AM MDT46.32°N, 111.52°WElevation 3,842 ft

Current conditions

Mostly Sunny
41°
Mostly Sunny
Feels like 38°
High 67°·Low 43°
WindSSE 5 mph
Humidity78%
Dew point35°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover33%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:52 AM
Sunset6:30 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Wednesday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

  • Wednesday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 43. South wind around 6 mph.

  • Thursday

    Sunny, with a high near 69. South wind 5 to 9 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Sunny 41°
  2. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 40°
  3. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 43°
  4. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 49°
  5. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 54°
  6. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 58°
  7. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 62°
  8. 2 PM Mostly Sunny 65°
  9. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 66°
  10. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 67°
  11. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 66°
  12. 6 PM Clear 64°
  13. 7 PM Clear 60°
  14. 8 PM Clear 56°
  15. 9 PM Mostly Clear 53°
  16. 10 PM Mostly Clear 51°
  17. 11 PM Mostly Clear 51°
  18. Thu12 AM Mostly Clear 50°
  19. 1 AM Mostly Clear 49°
  20. 2 AM Mostly Clear 47°
  21. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 46°
  22. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 45°
  23. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 44°
  24. 6 AM Sunny 44°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TueOct 20 Sunny Sunny39°64°
  2. TodayOct 21 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny43°67°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny70%44°69°
  4. FriOct 23 Rain then Showers And Thunderstorms Rain then Showers And Thunderstorms98%31°53°
  5. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny31°50°
  6. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny18%30°51°
  7. MonOct 26 Slight Chance Light Snow then Mostly Sunny Slight Chance Light Snow then Mostly Sunny18%31°51°
  8. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny32°49°
  9. WedOct 28 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy29°48°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy31°46°

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

19
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Helena, 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 7:52 AM
Sunset 6:30 PM
Daylight 10 h 38 min (−3 min 7 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 77% lit
Moonrise 4:27 PM Moonset 2:40 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low56° / 30°
Month to date0.46 in (normal 0.47 in)

Townsend 3se, records since 1948. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in TFX, issued 2 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 140 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

21/12Z TAF Period

VFR conditions will prevail at all terminals during this TAF Period with primarily light winds and high-level clouds around. At the KWYS terminal between 21/15Z and 21/22Z there is a 15 - 30% chance for rain showers. -IG

Preliminary Point Temps

GTF 73 45 74 42 / 0 0 0 30 CTB 68 39 70 38 / 0 0 0 60 HLN 69 39 71 43 / 10 10 0 40 BZN 67 38 70 40 / 10 0 0 30 WYS 60 29 62 32 / 30 10 10 70 DLN 65 38 66 41 / 20 10 0 80 HVR 69 37 73 40 / 0 0 0 20 LWT 71 45 75 43 / 0 0 0 20

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