Storm Station
Sage Creek Colony, Montana
55°
Mostly clear· Feels like 55°·Moderate breeze 18 mph WNW
Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. West wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
37%Humidity
19%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sage Creek Colony, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Simpson - Milk RiverECCM8

At a river or reservoir gauge/23.1 mi away/2,686 ft/773 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank380of 702

Inverness US-2 MP 337.6MTINV

Beside a road/29.9 mi away/3,264 ft/195 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank641of 702

ViolettS2118

At a soil climate station/35.4 mi away/3,225 ft/234 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Whitlash 13.5 EMT-LY-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/3,505 ft/46 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Gold Butte 7NGNSM8

At a cooperative observer's station/19.7 mi away/3,497 ft/38 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Simpson - Milk River, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 23.1 mi from Sage Creek Colony. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:45 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

37.2 F with a dew point of 34.8 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Simpson - Milk River: temperature 37.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.8, 91 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ECCM8FIG. B THE AIR AT SIMPSON - MILK RIVERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.3 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 37.2 F, 34.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLESimpson - Milk River, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP ECCM8TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ECCM8-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 1 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Simpson - Milk River, north up: at 1 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ECCM8FIG. C THE WIND AT SIMPSON - MILK RIVERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESimpson - Milk River, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP ECCM8TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ECCM8-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 2,686 ft above sea level, 9 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.13 inHg and the temperature at 49.4 F; it reports 37.2 F, 12.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Simpson - Milk River stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,686 feet above sea level with 9 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.13 inches of mercury, and temperature, 49.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ECCM8FIG. D WHERE SIMPSON - MILK RIVER STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESIMPSON - MILK RIVER9 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,686 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.13 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE49.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED37.2 FTITLESimpson - Milk River, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP ECCM8TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ECCM8-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Simpson - Milk River, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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