Storm Station
Stanford, Montana
44°
Clear· Feels like 38°·Gentle breeze 12 mph WNW
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Southwest wind around 3 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
26%Humidity
8%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Stanford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

GeyserMTGYS

Beside a road/13.9 mi away/4,196 ft/94 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank641of 702

Moccasin AgrimetMCWM8

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.2 mi away/4,232 ft/58 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank349of 702

MoccasinS2119

At a soil climate station/14.2 mi away/4,256 ft/34 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

Lewistown 42 WSW04140

At a climate reference station/19.0 mi away/5,070 ft/780 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

Lewistown MunicipalLWT

At an airfield/36.2 mi away/4,167 ft/123 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Stanford 0.1 NWMT-JB-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/4,287 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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StanfordSTNM8

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/4,275 ft/15 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Geyser, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 13.9 mi from Stanford. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:45 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

29.0 F with a dew point of 18.7 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Geyser: temperature 29.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 18.7, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTGYSFIG. B THE AIR AT GEYSERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 16.6 FTEMPERATURE 29.0 FDEW POINT 18.7 FSPREAD 10.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLEGeyser, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTGYSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MTGYS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (248 degrees) at 6 mph, gusting 9 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 13 mph.

Plan of the wind at Geyser, north up: blowing from 248 degrees, the west southwest, at 6 miles an hour, gusting 9; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTGYSFIG. C THE WIND AT GEYSERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 248°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGeyser, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTGYSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MTGYS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,196 ft above sea level, 14 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.65 inHg and the temperature at 44.0 F; it reports 29.0 F, 15.0 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Geyser stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,196 feet above sea level with 14 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.65 inches of mercury, and temperature, 44.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTGYSFIG. D WHERE GEYSER 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 ATMOSPHEREGEYSER14 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,196 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 HERE25.65 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE44.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED29.0 FTITLEGeyser, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS MTGYSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MTGYS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Geyser, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Stanford (STNM8), 0.3 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 18:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Montana

20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Stanford

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.