Acton, Montana Weather
Acton, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Acton, Yellowstone County.
Full aviation weather for Acton is published on the Billings Logan International Airport (KBIL) page, 17 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 3 airfields within reach of Acton have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Acton: Laurel Municipal Airport (K6S8) 26 km · Woltermann Memorial Airport (K6S3) 55 km
Conditions reported at KBIL describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Acton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Acton.
About Acton, Montana
Acton rests in a wide basin where the high plains begin their slow, majestic climb toward the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Rockies. It lies 13.4 miles north-west of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 320°T), and is situated 18.6 miles north-north-east of Laurel. The land here is a study in subtle earth tones – ochre and umber in the dry grasses, a muted sage green from hardy shrubs that cling to the rolling terrain. The sky above is an immense, boundless canvas, often painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a prairie sunset, and the air carries a crisp, clean scent, hinting at the vast, untamed wilderness that surrounds Acton. The roads, ribbon-like and sparsely travelled, seem to unspool across the landscape, inviting contemplation of the sheer scale of the natural world. The history of Acton is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of those who sought a livelihood from this challenging, yet beautiful, land. Ranching and agriculture have long been the bedrock of the local economy, with cattle grazing on the expansive pastures and hardy crops finding purchase in the fertile pockets of soil. The faint, almost spectral outline of a bygone railroad track might still be discerned by the keen eye, a whisper of past connections and the dreams of progress that once passed through this quiet corner of Montana. The rhythm of life in Acton is dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land, a steady, unhurried cadence that fosters a deep sense of connection to the earth and to one's neighbors.
Live animated radar for Acton and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Acton, Yellowstone County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 45.930508°N, 108.680698°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59002 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Acton, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Acton, Montana, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Acton includes coordinates 45.930508°N, 108.680698°W, situated in Yellowstone County. ZIP code 59002. Telephone area code: 406. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Denver).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
