diff --git a/static/day.js b/static/day.js
index 8405a9a..41f0931 100644
--- a/static/day.js
+++ b/static/day.js
@@ -132,6 +132,22 @@ function render(data) {
   ].join("");
 }
 
+// Collapse a space-separated unit shared by both bounds ("17.3 g/m³–19.9 g/m³"
+// → "17.3–19.9 g/m³") so ranges fit the narrow value column on phones. Attached
+// units (76°, 0.25") pass through untouched.
+function fmtRange(fmt, lo, hi) {
+  const a = fmt(lo), b = fmt(hi);
+  const i = a.lastIndexOf(" ");
+  if (i > 0 && b.endsWith(a.slice(i))) return `${a.slice(0, i)}–${b}`;
+  return `${a}–${b}`;
+}
+// The unit-less value for the ◀ marker — the unit is already on the range beside
+// it and in the card's summary, and dropping it keeps the marker on one line.
+const bareVal = (fmt, v) => {
+  const s = fmt(v), i = s.lastIndexOf(" ");
+  return i > 0 ? s.slice(0, i) : s;
+};
+
 // One metric card: an observed summary line + the tier ladder (highest tier on
 // top). The tier the observed value falls into is highlighted with its value.
 function ladderCard(title, m, fmt, kind) {
@@ -153,7 +169,7 @@ function ladderCard(title, m, fmt, kind) {
     ? `median ${fmt(m.ladder.median)}`
     : `${m.ladder.rain_days.toLocaleString()} rain days · dry ${m.ladder.dry_pct}%`;
   const note = `<span class="ladder-note-left">${noteLeft}</span>` +
-    `<span class="ladder-range">Historical Range ${fmt(m.ladder.min)}–${fmt(m.ladder.max)}</span>`;
+    `<span class="ladder-range">Historical Range ${fmtRange(fmt, m.ladder.min, m.ladder.max)}</span>`;
 
   const rows = m.ladder.tiers.map((t) => {
     const active = t.c === activeClass ? " active" : "";
@@ -163,9 +179,9 @@ function ladderCard(title, m, fmt, kind) {
     if (t.c === "dry") { val = t.range; pct = ""; }
     else if (t.hi == null) val = `> ${fmt(t.lo)}`;   // top tier: strictly beyond p99
     else if (t.lo == null) val = `< ${fmt(t.hi)}`;   // bottom tier: strictly below p1
-    else val = `${fmt(t.lo)}–${fmt(t.hi)}`;
+    else val = fmtRange(fmt, t.lo, t.hi);
     const marker = t.c === activeClass && obs
-      ? `<span class="ladder-mark">◀ ${fmt(obs.value)}</span>` : "";
+      ? `<span class="ladder-mark">◀ ${bareVal(fmt, obs.value)}</span>` : "";
     return `<div class="ladder-row${active}">
       <span class="ladder-sw" style="background:${tierColor(t.c)}"></span>
       <span class="ladder-label" style="--cat:${tierColor(t.c)}">${t.label}</span>
diff --git a/static/style.css b/static/style.css
index a86365c..26a0f40 100644
--- a/static/style.css
+++ b/static/style.css
@@ -459,10 +459,12 @@ main { max-width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 20px 24px 60px; }
 .day-step:disabled { opacity: .4; cursor: default; }
 
 /* Metric cards: one column on phones, side by side on monitors so the page
-   doesn't run as a single long strip of full-width ladders. */
-#day-body { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 16px; align-items: start; }
-@media (min-width: 1000px) { #day-body { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); } }
-@media (min-width: 3400px) { #day-body { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); } }
+   doesn't run as a single long strip of full-width ladders. minmax(0, 1fr)
+   (not bare 1fr, whose min is the content) so one wide ladder row can't inflate
+   the shared column track past the viewport and push the whole page off-center. */
+#day-body { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 16px; align-items: start; }
+@media (min-width: 1000px) { #day-body { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); } }
+@media (min-width: 3400px) { #day-body { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); } }
 
 .ladder-card {
   background: var(--surface); border: 1px solid var(--border);
@@ -502,10 +504,14 @@ main { max-width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 20px 24px 60px; }
 .ladder-sw { width: 14px; height: 14px; border-radius: 4px; }
 .ladder-label { font-weight: 700; color: color-mix(in oklab, var(--cat, var(--text)), var(--text) 22%); }
 .ladder-pct { color: var(--muted); font-size: 12px; }
-.ladder-val { justify-self: end; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; white-space: nowrap; }
+/* Value ranges may wrap (long unit strings like "8.1 g/m³–12.9 g/m³" on narrow
+   phones) — nowrap here would widen the row past the card and scroll the page. */
+.ladder-val { justify-self: end; text-align: right; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
 /* Observed marker: stays in the rightmost column but reads from its left edge,
    so the arrow sits right beside the value range it points at. */
 .ladder-mk { justify-self: start; min-width: 0; }
+/* Markers are unit-less ("◀ 11.5") so nowrap can't push them past the card —
+   the widest (precip, ◀ 0.25") bleeds a few px into the row padding at most. */
 .ladder-mark { color: var(--accent); font-weight: 800; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 12.5px; }
 
 
@@ -857,10 +863,13 @@ main { max-width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 20px 24px 60px; }
   #cal-tip .tt-type { font-size: 13.5px; margin: 1px 0 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; }
   #cal-tip .tt-grid { column-gap: 8px; row-gap: 2px; }
   /* Day ladder on mobile: tighten the fixed tracks but keep every column (including
-     the percentile range) so the ranges still line up down the ladder. */
+     the percentile range) so the ranges still line up down the ladder. Slack moved
+     from the pct/marker tracks to the value column keeps the longest range
+     ("17.3–19.9 g/m³", ~88px) on one line down to ~375px screens; narrower than
+     that it wraps at the unit. The label track can't give ("Above Normal" ≈ 89px). */
   .day-nav { width: 100%; }
   .day-date { flex: 1; }
-  .ladder-row { grid-template-columns: 13px 90px 54px 1fr 48px; column-gap: 8px; font-size: 12.5px; }
+  .ladder-row { grid-template-columns: 13px 90px 46px 1fr 42px; column-gap: 8px; font-size: 12.5px; }
 
   header { padding: 14px 16px; }
   h1 { font-size: 19px; }