Cut Bank, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Cut Bank, Glacier County.
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Cut Bank lies under a sky so vast it seems to hold its breath, a wide expanse of prairie land that rolls gently towards horizons that promise endless journeys. It lies 91.5 miles north-north-west of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 329°T), and is situated 23.2 miles west-north-west of Shelby. The air here carries the clean scent of sagebrush and dry grasses, a constant whisper from the land itself, and the light, especially as the sun begins its slow descent, paints the distant mountains in hues of lavender and rose. The character of Cut Bank is one of quiet resilience, a place where the wind sculpts the landscape as much as the hands of its people, and the streets, though few, feel broad and open, inviting the sky to spill onto them. The history of Cut Bank is etched in the westward expansion, a place where the Great Northern Railway once brought a surge of hopeful settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile land and the lure of the Rockies. Its economy, historically tied to agriculture and the ranching that defines so much of this Montana landscape, still finds its pulse in the cycles of the seasons, the grain elevators standing like silent sentinels against the sky. Cut Bank is also known for its proximity to Glacier National Park, a gateway for those seeking the majestic peaks and alpine lakes, but the true heart of Cut Bank beats in its own unassuming way, a testament to a life lived close to the land and under that immense, ever-present sky.
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| Location | Cut Bank, Glacier County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 48.63304°N, 112.326162°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59427 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cut Bank, Montana, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Cut Bank includes coordinates 48.633040°N, 112.326162°W, situated in Glacier County. ZIP code 59427. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.