Brandon, Montana Weather
Brandon, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Brandon, Madison County.
Full aviation weather for Brandon is published on the Ruby Valley Field (KRVF) page, 14 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 Brandon 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 Brandon: Dillon Airport (KDLN) 40 km · Ennis Big Sky Airport (KEKS) 44 km
Conditions reported at KRVF describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Brandon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Brandon.
About Brandon, Montana
Brandon settles into a wide, sun-drenched valley, a place where the muted greens of high plains grasses meet the pale blues of a boundless sky. It lies 41.6 miles south-south-east of Butte, MT (from Butte, MT: bearing 153°T), and is situated 2.9 miles east-north-east of Sheridan. The land rolls out in broad, sweeping gestures, punctuated by the occasional cluster of cottonwoods that gather like old friends along the faint murmur of a creek bed. Dust, fine and ochre, rises in lazy plumes from the unpaved roads, settling like a soft veil over the weathered fences and the sturdy, low-slung buildings. Even in the midday heat, there's a quietude here, a sense of space that allows the distant, jagged peaks on the horizon to hold their silent vigil. The air itself feels thin and clean, carrying the faint, dry scent of sagebrush and the promise of a cool evening breeze. The story of Brandon is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of those who have coaxed a living from this land. This was a place built on grit and perseverance, once a hub for the hardy souls who followed the promise of the earth, whether through ranching or the more transient fortunes of the railroad. The economy here still leans into the rhythm of the seasons, with cattle grazing on the expansive pastures and the occasional hum of a tractor marking the passage of a farmer’s day. You can still see the echoes of its past in the faded paint of the general store, a place where the local chatter flows as freely as the water in the distant streams, a testament to a community that values connection and the simple, enduring strength of its people.
Live animated radar for Brandon 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 | Brandon, Madison County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 45.468259°N, 112.139713°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59749 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brandon, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brandon, 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 Brandon includes coordinates 45.468259°N, 112.139713°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 59749. 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.
