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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Montana/Switchback Pass
Switchback Pass, Montana
Mountain pass in Flathead County, Montana, at 7,794 ft38°
41°/34°
Light drizzle·
Feels like 29°·Moderate breeze 17 mph W
Now. Switchback Pass is 38° and light drizzle at 7:15 AM. With the wind it feels like 29°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the west at 17 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 41° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 11 PM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 40°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Friday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:13 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 79% lit, and rises at 8:41 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 43 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:15 AM
38feels29
17mph
Today
Sep 30
4134
33%
28mph
Thu
Oct 1
4034
overcast
Fri
Oct 2
5132
18mph
Sat
Oct 3
5430
overcast
Sun
Oct 4
5933
overcast
Mon
Oct 5
5838
18mph
Tue
Oct 6
4935
19mph
38°
41°34°
40°34°
51°32°
54°30°
59°33°
58°38°
49°35°
As of 7:15 AM in Switchback Pass, Montana.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 7,794 ft
- County
- Flathead County
- State
- Montana
- Latitude
- 47.9111° N
- Longitude
- 113.1001° W
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Switchback Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 11.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Essex US-2 MP 179.9MTESX
Beside a road/34.7 mi away/3,848 ft/3,946 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily1 instrument
Gibson LakeGDMM8
At a cooperative observer's station/26.5 mi away/4,751 ft/3,043 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Gibson Lake (GDMM8), 26.5 miles from here, read 29 Sep, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Montana
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Switchback Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Heart Buttecommunity, 29 mi
- Snowslipcommunity, 29 mi
- Rockport Colonycommunity, 31 mi
- Dupuyercommunity, 34 mi
- Swan Lakecommunity, 34 mi
- Essexcommunity, 35 mi
- Bynumcommunity, 37 mi
- East Glacier Park Villagecommunity, 37 mi
- Birch Creek Colonycommunity, 37 mi
- Miller Colonycommunity, 37 mi
- Pendroycommunity, 39 mi
- Pondera Colonycommunity, 39 mi
Mountain passes near Switchback Pass
- Sun River Pass6 mi
- Teton Pass11 mi
- Spotted Bear Pass12 mi
- Gateway Pass12 mi
- Route Creek Pass13 mi
- Larch Hill Pass13 mi
- Headquarters Creek Pass15 mi
- Badger Pass15 mi