Fort Shaw, Montana Weather
Fort Shaw, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Fort Shaw, Cascade County.
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About Fort Shaw, Montana
Fort Shaw lies where the wide Montana plains begin their slow, deliberate tilt toward the Rockies, a landscape painted in muted earth tones under an immense sky. It lies 23.8 miles west of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 271°T), and is situated 15.5 miles west of Sun Prairie. The land here is a study in subtle transitions: rolling hills, etched by wind and water into soft, sweeping lines, give way to flatter expanses where grasses ripple like a pale green sea. The air, especially in the early morning or late afternoon, carries a crisp, dry scent, a clean distillation of sun-baked earth and distant pine. The horizon stretches out, an unbroken promise of distance, punctuated only by the occasional solitary farmstead or the dark, jagged silhouette of mountains far to the west. Even the shadows that lengthen across the fields seem to possess a kind of quiet, tangible weight. The history of Fort Shaw is inextricably linked to the military post that once stood sentinel here, a strategic point in the vast, untamed West. Established to protect settlers and control the movements of Indigenous peoples, its presence shaped the early development of the region. Later, the fertile land surrounding Fort Shaw drew homesteaders, and agriculture became the bedrock of its economy, with ranches and farms dotting the landscape, their fields yielding wheat and other grains. The Great Northern Railway, a vital artery for commerce, also played a significant role in its growth, bringing people and goods, and fostering a sense of connection to the wider world. Today, that agricultural heritage continues to define the character of Fort Shaw, a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of daily life, and the vastness of the sky still inspires a sense of enduring quietude.
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| Location | Fort Shaw, Cascade County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.505508°N, 111.810265°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59443 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Shaw, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Shaw, Montana, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Shaw includes coordinates 47.505508°N, 111.810265°W, situated in Cascade County. ZIP code 59443. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
