Montana · 7 cities · Nov 11, 2026

Montana soil temperatures (4 inch)

Median across the state, top 4 inches (modelled)45°FModelled by NOAA GFS, run Nov 11, 12:00 UTC (7 am Eastern). Warmest: Great Falls 50°F · coolest: Butte 40°F
Cities
7
each on its own model grid cell
Change on a week ago
+8°F
median of the cities
Pre-emergent window open
0
of 7 cities today
Held 55°F last spring
Jun 16
median date

Soil temperature today, largest Montana cities

°F, today's average of the 0–4 in layer. Green band: 50–55°F. Bars start at 30°F, not zero.

Billings50°FMissoula45°FGreat Falls50°FBozeman44°FButte40°FHelena47°FKalispell45°F
Billings50°FMissoula45°FGreat Falls50°FBozeman44°FButte40°FHelena47°FKalispell45°F
Source: NOAA NCEP GFS, run Nov 11, 12:00 UTC (7 am Eastern).

Measured at 4 inches in Montana

Daily average of hourly probe readings (NOAA USCRN), latest full day. Measured, not modelled.

NOAA station4 in2 in8 inDay
Dillon 18 WSW36.8°F36.6°F–Nov 10
Lewistown 42 WSW42.0°F41.7°F42.5°FNov 10
Wolf Point 34 NE40.8°F40.6°F42.3°FNov 10
Wolf Point 29 ENE40.1°F39.8°F41.7°FNov 10

All 7 cities in Montana

CitySoil todayvs a week agoNext 7 daysGrass seed
Billings, MT50°F+6°F45°F–50°FToo late in the season
Missoula, MT45°F+8°F39°F–45°FToo late in the season
Great Falls, MT50°F+10°F44°F–50°FToo late in the season
Bozeman, MT44°F+7°F40°F–45°FToo late in the season
Butte, MT40°F+6°F35°F–40°FToo late in the season
Helena, MT47°F+8°F40°F–46°FToo late in the season
Kalispell, MT45°F+10°F37°F–42°FToo late in the season

City numbers are the modelled average of the top 4 inches (0–10 cm), not a probe at exactly 4 inches. Measured 2, 4 and 8 inch readings · Montana by ZIP code

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Data: Global Forecast System (GFS) 0.25°, soil temperature 0–10 cm (TSOIL) (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)); U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) hourly data, version 2 (soil temperature at 5 cm and 10 cm, air temperature) (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)); GeoNames gazetteer (cities15000) (GeoNames).