Conrad, Montana Weather
Conrad, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Conrad, Pondera County.
Full aviation weather for Conrad is published on the Conrad Airport (KS01) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Conrad 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 Conrad: Valier Airport (K7S7) 27 km · Dutton Airport (K5U1) 40 km · Choteau Airport (KCII) 42 km · Shelby Airport (KSBX) 42 km · Cut Bank International Airport (KCTB) 58 km
Conditions reported at KS01 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Conrad specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Conrad, Montana
Conrad exists as a quiet breath on the Montana plains, where the land unfurls in broad, sun-baked swells toward horizons that seem to stretch into forever. It lies 55.1 miles north-north-west of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 327°T), and is situated 16.9 miles south-east of Valier. The sky here is a vast, ever-shifting canvas, its blues deepening to bruised purples and fiery oranges as the sun makes its slow descent, casting long, skeletal shadows from the scattered farmsteads. The air, even in summer's height, carries a crispness, a hint of the immense, wild country that presses in, a constant reminder of the untamed spaces that cradle this small human settlement. Dust, fine and ochre, is a perpetual companion, stirred by the wind that whispers through the dry grasses, a sound that is almost the only interruption to the profound stillness. The story of Conrad is written in the patient toil of those who coaxed sustenance from this formidable earth, a legacy of agricultural endeavor that has shaped its very character. Wheat fields, golden under the relentless sun, and the stoic silhouettes of grain elevators are the enduring markers of its economic lifeblood, a testament to a resilience born of hard seasons and unwavering hope. Generations have worked this land, their lives interwoven with the cycles of planting and harvest, a rhythm that dictates the pulse of Conrad. The town itself, a modest collection of buildings, serves as the nexus for this rural expanse, a place where the quiet hum of daily commerce – the infrequent rumble of a truck, the murmur of conversation at the diner – forms the gentle soundtrack to a life lived close to the soil and the immense, beautiful indifference of nature.
Live animated radar for Conrad 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 | Conrad, Pondera County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 48.17025°N, 111.94613°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59425 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Conrad, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Conrad, 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 Conrad includes coordinates 48.170250°N, 111.946130°W, situated in Pondera County. ZIP code 59425. 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.
