Fort Benton, Montana Weather
Fort Benton, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fort Benton, Chouteau County.
Full aviation weather for Fort Benton is published on the Fort Benton Airport (K79S) page, 4 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. 3 airfields within reach of Fort Benton 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 Fort Benton: Geraldine Airport (K5U8) 39 km · Big Sandy Airport (K3U8) 56 km
Conditions reported at K79S describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fort Benton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fort Benton.
About Fort Benton, Montana
Fort Benton, a sentinel on the Missouri River, surveys a landscape sculpted by wind and water, where the vast Montana sky presses down on rolling plains that stretch to the horizon. It lies 36.8 miles north-east of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 53°T), and is situated 32.3 miles north-east of Malmstrom AFB. The air here carries the dry, sweet scent of prairie grass and the faint, metallic tang of dust, a constant reminder of the immense, open spaces. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-dramatic cloud formations, washes the earth in shades of ochre and gold, illuminating the subtle undulations of the terrain. The Missouri itself, a broad, silty ribbon, flows with a quiet power, its banks edged with cottonwood trees that rustle like whispered secrets in the breeze. The character of Fort Benton is one of enduring resilience, a place that has weathered the elements and the tides of history with a stoic grace. This is a place where history echoes in the very stones of its buildings, a former vital hub for steamboat commerce that once plied these waters, bringing goods and people to the untamed West. Fort Benton was the head of navigation, a crucial gateway for trappers, traders, and settlers venturing into the northern territories. The local economy, once dominated by the fur trade and later by agricultural endeavors, now finds its strength in ranching and the enduring legacy of its past, drawing visitors eager to explore the historic Stockgrowers Bank or the old Benton Bridge. The river, though no longer a highway for grand steamboats, remains a central artery, a source of life and a quiet companion to the town's unhurried rhythm, a place where the past feels not so much gone as deeply ingrained, a living part of the present.
Live animated radar for Fort Benton 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 | Fort Benton, Chouteau County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.818303°N, 110.667436°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59442 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Benton, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Benton, 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 Fort Benton includes coordinates 47.818303°N, 110.667436°W, situated in Chouteau County. ZIP code 59442. 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.
