Fairfield, Montana Weather
Fairfield, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fairfield, Teton County.
Full aviation weather for Fairfield is published on the Fairfield Airport (K5U5) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Fairfield 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 Fairfield: Choteau Airport (KCII) 28 km · Dutton Airport (K5U1) 33 km · Great Falls International Airport (KGTF) 48 km
Conditions reported at K5U5 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fairfield specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairfield.
About Fairfield, Montana
Fairfield exists as a quiet breath held against the grand sweep of the Teton landscape. It lies 32.7 miles west-north-west of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 284°T), and is situated 16.6 miles south-east of Choteau. The land here rolls and dips with a patient, ancient rhythm, a tapestry of sagebrush plains giving way to the rugged shoulders of distant, snow-dusted peaks. Sunlight, when it breaks through the vast Montana sky, casts a sharp, almost crystalline light, illuminating the subtle hues of dry grasses and the darker, more somber greens of hardy pines clinging to the higher slopes. The air itself carries a crispness, a clean scent of earth and distant pine resin, a constant reminder of the wildness that hems Fairfield in, a wildness that feels both grand and intimately present. The story of Fairfield is one of resilience and quiet perseverance, a testament to those who sought a life in this formidable terrain. Its economy, historically tethered to the cycles of ranching and the occasional mineral vein, now finds a steadier footing in agriculture, with fields of grain catching the wind like golden waves. Ranchers still move their herds across the open country, their figures small against the immense backdrop, a continuity of a way of life that defines the character of Fairfield. There are no grand monuments or bustling attractions here, but rather a profound sense of place, a feeling of being rooted in a landscape that demands respect and offers a stark, unvarnished beauty in return.
Live animated radar for Fairfield 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 | Fairfield, Teton County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.614673°N, 111.980278°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59436 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairfield, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairfield, 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 Fairfield includes coordinates 47.614673°N, 111.980278°W, situated in Teton County. ZIP code 59436. 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.
