Fort Peck, Montana Weather
Fort Peck, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fort Peck, Valley County.
Full aviation weather for Fort Peck is published on the Glasgow Valley County Airport Wokal Field (KGGW) page, 26 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KGGW describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fort Peck specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fort Peck.
About Fort Peck, Montana
Fort Peck stretches across a wide, open expanse where the Montana prairie meets the vast, shimmering surface of the reservoir. It lies 131.0 miles west of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 267°T), and is situated 15.6 miles south-east of Glasgow. The land here is a study in subtle shifts of elevation, rolling in gentle swells that catch the immense sky, a canvas that can shift from the harsh brilliance of noon to the soft, bruised purples of twilight. Sagebrush and hardy grasses carpet the terrain, their muted greens and browns blending into the horizon, punctuated by the occasional windbreak of cottonwoods or the stark, geometric lines of human endeavor. The air itself feels clean and vast, carrying the scent of dry earth and distant, unseen water, and the quiet here is profound, broken only by the whisper of the wind or the cry of a hawk circling high above. The history of Fort Peck is inextricably linked to a monumental feat of engineering, the creation of the dam that birthed the immense reservoir, a project born of necessity during a time of great economic hardship. This colossal structure, a landmark in its own right, transformed the arid landscape and shaped the very character of Fort Peck, drawing people to its shores for work and later, for recreation. The local economy, once reliant on the construction and then the operation of the dam, now finds a significant pulse in the tourism drawn by the vast waters, where fishing and boating draw visitors from far and wide. The rhythm of life in Fort Peck is largely dictated by the seasons and the water, a quiet cadence that echoes the immense, patient power of the natural world that surrounds it.
Live animated radar for Fort Peck 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 Peck, Valley County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 48.008889°N, 106.448611°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59248, 59223 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Peck, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Peck, 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 Peck includes coordinates 48.008889°N, 106.448611°W, situated in Valley County. ZIP code 59248, 59223. 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.
