Elkhorn, Montana Weather
Elkhorn, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Elkhorn, Jefferson County.
Full aviation weather for Elkhorn is published on the Townsend Airport (K8U8) page, 36 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 Elkhorn 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 Elkhorn: Helena Regional Airport (KHLN) 37 km · Three Forks Airport (K9S5) 53 km · Bert Mooney Airport (KBTM) 55 km
Conditions reported at K8U8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 36 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elkhorn specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Elkhorn.
About Elkhorn, Montana
Elkhorn, a place of quiet resilience, unfolds its character across a landscape sculpted by wind and water. It lies 22.4 miles south of Helena, MT (from Helena, MT: bearing 169°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east-north-east of Boulder. The land here is a study in subtle transitions, where rolling foothills, softened by the passage of seasons, begin their gentle ascent towards the more rugged peaks that guard the horizon. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries a crispness that hints at the approaching chill of evening, and it often smells of dry grasses and the distant, earthy scent of livestock. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-clouded Montana sky, possesses a particular clarity, illuminating the muted greens and ochres of the terrain with an almost luminous quality. The terrain itself, a mix of open pastures and sparsely wooded draws, offers a sense of expansive solitude, broken only by the occasional ranch fence or the winding ribbon of a seasonal creek bed, currently dry and etched into the earth like a forgotten signature. The history of Elkhorn is deeply entwined with the boom and bust cycles of Montana's mining past, a legacy that still whispers in the weathered wood of abandoned structures and the faint shimmer of quartz in the hills. For a time, this was a place alive with the clang of picks and the hurried footsteps of prospectors, a small but vital hub for those seeking their fortune in the earth's hidden veins. While the grander ambitions of those days have largely faded, a hardy spirit of self-reliance and a connection to the land persist, forming the bedrock of Elkhorn's present-day economy. Ranching, with its steady rhythm of calving and haying, continues to define the broader agricultural landscape, a quiet counterpoint to the more ephemeral whispers of a forgotten gold rush. The local post office, a small building with a faded sign, serves as a central gathering point, a place where news travels at the pace of a friendly conversation, and the enduring character of the people is as evident as the vast Montana sky above.
Live animated radar for Elkhorn 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 | Elkhorn, Jefferson County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 46.274651°N, 111.945824°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59762, 59632 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elkhorn, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elkhorn, 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 Elkhorn includes coordinates 46.274651°N, 111.945824°W, situated in Jefferson County. ZIP code 59762, 59632. 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.
