Right now
17°C / 63°F
Clear · wind 7 km/h · 60% RH
Soil (6 cm)
15°C / 58°F
Most seeds germinate
Hardiness zone
5a
est. from 10-yr extreme low -28°C
Frost window
May 9 – Oct 6
~150 frost-free days · first frost in ~28 days
Sun
07:04 – 20:01
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
9% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/Denver
Tue
Overcast
17° / 7°
dry
Wed
Overcast
23° / 10°
dry
Thu
Overcast
27° / 14°
dry
Fri
Drizzle
22° / 9°
0.4 mm
Sat
Drizzle
19° / 9°
1.1 mm
Sun
Showers
10° / 7°
17.6 mm
Mon
Drizzle
21° / 6°
0.4 mm
Writing your field guide — reading the forecast, the moon and the map…
Your ecological region
Western Mountains & Interior Plateaus
The Rockies, Cascades and BC interior: conifer forest, alpine meadows, dry valleys and cold fast rivers.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 5a
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -28°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Missoula every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.