Deer Lodge, Montana Weather
Deer Lodge, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Deer Lodge, Powell County.
Full aviation weather for Deer Lodge is published on the Deer Lodge City County Airport (K38S) page, 3 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. 4 airfields within reach of Deer Lodge 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 Deer Lodge: Bowman Field (K3U3) 29 km · Riddick Field (KU05) 45 km · Bert Mooney Airport (KBTM) 52 km
Conditions reported at K38S describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Deer Lodge specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Deer Lodge, Montana
Deer Lodge unfolds in a broad valley, a wide embrace of Montana earth cradled by the stoic peaks of the Flint Creek Range. It lies 28.6 miles north-north-west of Butte, MT (from Butte, MT: bearing 341°T), and is situated 21.1 miles north-north-east of Anaconda. The air here, especially in the hushed moments before dawn, carries the crisp, clean scent of pine and damp soil, a refreshing balm against the lungs. Rivers, like the Silver Bow Creek, trace silver threads across the landscape, their banks often softened by willows that catch the wind in a whispered conversation. The sky above Deer Lodge is a vast canvas, prone to dramatic shifts in light, where storm clouds can gather with an almost theatrical flair before parting to reveal skies of an impossible blue. The very texture of the land, a blend of rolling hills and flatter expanses, invites a slow, contemplative gaze. This valley has long been a crossroads, its history etched into the very bones of the place by generations of prospectors, ranchers, and railroad men. The legacy of mining still lingers, a subtle undercurrent in the local economy, though agriculture now dominates, with vast fields of grain and hay stretching towards the horizon, their amber waves shimmering under the summer sun. Deer Lodge is also home to the Montana State Prison, a historic and imposing structure that has been a significant employer and a defining feature of the town for over a century. The quiet hum of daily life here is punctuated by the distant lowing of cattle and the occasional whistle of a passing train, a constant reminder of the enduring connections to the land and its past.
Live animated radar for Deer Lodge 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 | Deer Lodge, Powell County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 46.395761°N, 112.730038°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59722 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Deer Lodge, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Deer Lodge, 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 Deer Lodge includes coordinates 46.395761°N, 112.730038°W, situated in Powell County. ZIP code 59722. 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.
