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Weather in Fortine, MT · National Weather Service + NOAA

Fortine is warming faster than most towns

Fortine has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 83°, a January night drops to 16°, and about 41 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 39° and a normal night drops to 24°.

Winter 32°/17°Spring 57°/31°Summer 80°/46°Fall 55°/31°
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Sunrise 9:34 am · sunset 7:11 pm

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What stands out about Fortine’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 1.9° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 90% of U.S. towns.A dry climateJust 16 inches of rain and melted snow a year, less than 93% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Fortine’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
32° / 17°
22 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
57° / 31°
Last frost around May 16
Summer
80° / 46°
16 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
55° / 31°
First frost around Sep 18
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 18). Last frost next spring: May 16
Best months to be outside
JunJulAug
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Fortine get?About 41 inches a winter.When is it wettest?June, with 2.8 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.9° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Fortine itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Fortine 1 N, MT (1 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.