East End Colony, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for East End Colony, Hill County.
Full aviation weather for East End Colony is published on the Edgar G Obie Airport (KS71) page, 28 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. 2 airfields within reach of East End Colony 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 East End Colony: Havre City County Airport (KHVR) 28 km
Conditions reported at KS71 describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at East End Colony specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for East End Colony.
East End Colony lies sprawled across the rolling Montana prairie, a place where the sky feels vast enough to swallow mountains and the wind whispers secrets through the tall, dry grasses. It lies 118.4 miles north-east of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 42°T), and is situated 15.2 miles north-north-east of Havre. The land here is a study in subtle transitions: gentle swells of earth give way to shallow draws, and the horizon is a perpetually shifting line of muted greens and ochres, broken only by the occasional stand of hardy cottonwoods or the distant, hazy silhouette of the Bear Paw Mountains. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-clouded sky, paints the landscape in broad strokes of gold and shadow, imbuing the very air with a crisp, clean scent of earth and sun-baked vegetation. The character of East End Colony is one of quiet resilience, a hardy stoicism born from the immense scale of its surroundings and the deep, often unforgiving, beauty of this high plains country. The history of East End Colony is intrinsically tied to the soil and the bounty it can yield, a narrative shaped by homesteaders who sought to tame this wild expanse and by the enduring spirit of those who followed. For generations, the local economy has been rooted in agriculture, with wheat fields stretching to the farthest reaches of visibility, golden oceans that ripple and sway with the ceaseless breeze, a testament to the patience and labor of its inhabitants. Ranching also plays a significant role, the scent of cattle and hay a constant, comforting presence in the air, a reminder of the deep connection this place has to its pastoral heritage. While modern conveniences have found their way to East End Colony, a distinct sense of continuity prevails, a respect for the traditions that have sustained its people through changing times, and a quiet pride in the enduring strength of this corner of Montana.
Live animated radar for East End Colony and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | East End Colony, Hill County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 48.751328°N, 109.547424°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59501 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for East End Colony, 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 East End Colony includes coordinates 48.751328°N, 109.547424°W, situated in Hill County. ZIP code 59501. 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.