Fort Benton, Montana

Local Time: 9:11 PM MDT on July 05, 2009 (GMT -06) — Set My Timezone

Lat/Lon: 47.8° N 110.7° W (Google Map)

Tropical Weather: Invest 94 (East Pacific)

	Current Conditions

HADS MISSOURI RIVER AT FORT BENTON MT US USGS, Fort Benton, Montana (PWS)

Updated: 8:30 PM MDT on July 05, 2009

82 °F

Clear

Wind:	Calm
Wind Gust:	0.0 mph
Pressure:	in (Rising)
Heat Index:	80 °F
Visibility:	10.0 miles
UV:	0 out of 16
Clouds:	Clear - (Above Ground Level)
Elevation:	2613 ft

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Flight Rule:	VFR (KGFA)
Wind Speed:	7.0 kts.
Wind Dir:	0° (North)
Ceiling:	Unlimited
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City:		Temp.:	Conditions:	Updated:
	Malmstrom AFB	74 °F	Clear	8:56 PM MDT
	Great Falls	70 °F	Clear	8:53 PM MDT
	Havre	77 °F	Clear	8:53 PM MDT
	Lewistown	64 °F	Scattered Clouds	8:54 PM MDT

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Max Temperature:

Min Temperature:

Normal (KGTF)

80 °F

49 °F

Record (KGTF)

101 °F (1985)

40 °F (2000)

Yesterday

85 °F

51 °F

Yesterday's Cooling Degree Days: 3

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Today's State Extremes

State Highs:
Jordan	90°F
Miles City	90°F
Missoula	90°F
Bozeman	89°F
Glasgow	89°F

State Lows:
Butte	44°F
Lewistown	46°F
Livingston	46°F
Bozeman	47°F
Kalispell	50°F

Astronomy

July 5, 2009

Rise:

Set:

Actual Time

5:30 AM MDT

9:23 PM MDT

Civil Twilight

4:50 AM MDT

10:03 PM MDT

Nautical Twilight

3:55 AM MDT

10:58 PM MDT

Astronomical Twilight

2:30 AM MDT

12:22 AM MDT

Moon

8:38 PM MDT (7/5)

3:38 AM MDT (7/5)

Length Of Visible Light:

17h 12m

Length of Day

15h 52m

Tomorrow will be 1m 13s shorter.

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Fort Benton, MT

82 °F

Clear

at 8:30 PM MDT

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5-Day Forecast for ZIP Code 59442

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Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
85° F \| 52° F	79° F \| 54° F	74° F \| 49° F	76° F \| 50° F	83° F \| 54° F
Chance of T-storms 40% chance of precipitation	Chance of T-storms 20% chance of precipitation	Chance of T-storms 40% chance of precipitation	Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy
Hourly	Hourly	Hourly	Hourly	Hourly
Tomorrow is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as today.

Forecast for Chouteau

Updated: 2:53 PM MDT on July 5, 2009

Active Notice: Local Storm Report (US Severe Weather)

Tonight

Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce small hail in the evening. Lows 55 to 60. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

Monday

Increasing clouds with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce damaging winds and large hail in the afternoon. Highs 80 to 85. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

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Monday Night

Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then partly cloudy after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging winds and large hail. Lows 50 to 55. West winds 10 to 20 mph... decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

Tuesday

Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 75 to 80. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

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Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 50 to 55. West winds up to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.

Wednesday and Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 70 to 75. Lows 45 to 55.

Thursday and Thursday Night

Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 70 to 75. Lows 45 to 50.

Friday through Sunday

Partly cloudy. Highs 80 to 85. Lows 50 to 55.

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Sports Weather

NFL:	Date:	Forecast:
Bills vs. Titans	8:00 PM EDT on August 09, 2009	Average High 81° F/ 27° C
Redskins vs. Ravens	7:30 PM EDT on August 13, 2009	Average High 84° F/ 28° C
MLB:	Date:	Forecast:
Rays vs. Rangers	7:05 PM CDT on July 05, 2009	Chance of a Thunderstorm, 83 °F
Blue Jays vs. Yankees	1:05 PM EDT on July 06, 2009	Partly Cloudy, 81 °F
Football (Soccer):	Date:	Forecast:
Kansas City vs. New England	9:00 PM BST on July 11, 2009	Average High 66° F/ 18° C
Houston vs. Seattle	1:00 PM PDT on July 11, 2009	Chance of Rain, 74 °F
NASCAR:	Date:	Forecast:
LifeLock.com 400	7:16 PM CDT on July 11, 2009	Partly Cloudy, 81 °F
Allstate 400 at The Brickyard	2:19 PM EDT on July 26, 2009	Average High 85° F/ 29° C
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HADS MISSOURI RIVER AT FORT BENTON MT, Fort Benton, MT

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82 °F

North at mph

0.00 in / hr

80 °F

2613 ft

8:30 PM MDT

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MesoWest Loma US-87 MP 53.1 , Loma, MT

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77 °F

52 °F

41%

SE at 6 mph

0.00 in / hr

78 °F

2700 ft

8:19 PM MDT

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HADS MISSOURI RVR AT VIRGELLE FERRY L MT, Loma, MT

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°F

North at mph

0.00 in / hr

2506 ft

8:00 PM MDT

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APRSWXNET Highwood MT , Highwood, MT

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72 °F

46 °F

39%

SSW at 11 mph

29.88 in

0.00 in / hr

77 °F

3545 ft

8:49 PM MDT

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	Local Storm Report
07/04/2009 0500 PM 16 miles E of Fort Benton, Chouteau County. Hail e1.25 inch, reported by trained spotter. Spotter estimates crop damage at about 300 acres of winter wheat. 07/04/2009 0505 PM 17 miles E of Fort Benton, Chouteau County. Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by trained spotter. Damaging winds accompanied hail. It lifted the cap - which was bolted down - off a grain bin. The vent cap was torn off a workshop. It also caused crop damage - a neighbor just to the north lost 80-90 percent of their winter wheat crop. 07/04/2009 0505 PM 17 miles E of Fort Benton, Chouteau County. Hail e1.25 inch, reported by trained spotter. Numerous hailstones up to 1 1/4 inch in diameter - half dollar sized - mostly covered the ground. Hail fell from around 5 PM to 505 PM. 07/04/2009 0530 PM 17 miles E of Fort Benton, Chouteau County. Heavy rain m1.35 inch, reported by trained spotter. Heavy rainfall occurred from around 5 PM to 6 PM MDT.