Boneau, Montana Weather
Boneau, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Boneau, Chouteau County.
Full aviation weather for Boneau is published on the Big Sandy Airport (K3U8) page, 24 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 Boneau 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 Boneau: Havre City County Airport (KHVR) 29 km · Edgar G Obie Airport (KS71) 56 km
Conditions reported at K3U8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Boneau specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Boneau.
About Boneau, Montana
Boneau rests in a broad, shallow basin, where the land, a tawny gold under the immense Montana sky, unfurls in a series of gentle swells towards distant, hazy horizons. It lies 86.2 miles north-east of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 50°T), and is situated 6.0 miles east of Rocky Boy West. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, a distillation of sun-baked earth and hardy prairie grasses, and in the late afternoon, the light can take on a molten quality, silvers and ochres bleeding into the vast expanse. Scattered ranches, their corrugated roofs glinting like scattered coins, punctuate the landscape, each a solitary outpost against the immensity. A palpable quietude pervades Boneau, broken only by the whisper of wind across the open country and the occasional distant lowing of cattle. The history of Boneau is deeply entwined with the cycles of agriculture and the enduring spirit of those who have coaxed a living from this sometimes unforgiving terrain. Once a vital stop along a lesser-known railway line, its fortunes ebbed and flowed with the fortunes of the wheat harvest and the price of beef. Today, the local economy still leans heavily on the bounty of the land, with ranches and farms forming the backbone of the community, their operations a testament to resilience and a quiet understanding of the seasons. While no grand monuments mark its past, the character of Boneau is etched into the weathered faces of its residents and the enduring practicality of its buildings, a place where community is found in shared purpose and a deep respect for the wide-open spaces that define it.
Live animated radar for Boneau 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.
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| Location | Boneau, Chouteau County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 48.290544°N, 109.861315°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59521 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Boneau, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Boneau, 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 Boneau includes coordinates 48.290544°N, 109.861315°W, situated in Chouteau County. ZIP code 59521. 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.
