Circle, Montana Weather
Circle, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Circle, McCone County.
Full aviation weather for Circle is published on the Circle Town County Airport (K4U6) page, 2 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.
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.
Conditions reported at K4U6 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Circle specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Circle.
About Circle, Montana
Circle, Montana, is a place where the sky feels vast enough to swallow the horizon whole. It lies 104.6 miles west-south-west of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 242°T), and is situated 46.5 miles west-north-west of Glendive. The land here unfurls in broad, gentle swells, a sea of prairie grass rippling under an immense, ever-changing blue. A scattering of cottonwoods and cedars offer sparse, welcome shade, their roots clinging stubbornly to the earth that seems to stretch on forever. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the wild sagebrush and the faint, sweet perfume of sun-baked soil. Dust devils, ephemeral dancers, sometimes twirl across the open fields, brief bursts of energy against the quiet immensity of the landscape. The story of Circle is written in the sturdy grain elevators that pierce the flat horizon, silent sentinels of harvests past and present. This is a land sustained by the deep, dark earth, where ranching and agriculture form the bedrock of its economy, a legacy stretching back to the homesteaders who first broke this soil. The rhythm of life in Circle is dictated by the seasons, by the needs of livestock and the cycles of planting and harvest, a steady, unhurried cadence that has weathered booms and busts. The local diner, with its worn linoleum and the comforting clatter of coffee cups, serves as the heart of the community, a place where news is exchanged and connections are forged, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who call this wide-open country home.
Live animated radar for Circle 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 | Circle, McCone County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.416675°N, 105.592222°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59215 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Circle, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Circle, 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 Circle includes coordinates 47.416675°N, 105.592222°W, situated in McCone County. ZIP code 59215. 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.
