Gibson Flats, Montana Weather
Gibson Flats, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Gibson Flats, Cascade County.
Full aviation weather for Gibson Flats is published on the Great Falls International Airport (KGTF) page, 9 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 Gibson Flats 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 Gibson Flats: Dutton Airport (K5U1) 54 km · Fairfield Airport (K5U5) 58 km
Conditions reported at KGTF describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gibson Flats specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gibson Flats.
About Gibson Flats, Montana
Gibson Flats unfurls across a broad expanse where the rolling plains of Cascade County meet the distant, hazy blue of the Big Belt Mountains. It lies 3.3 miles south-east of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 130°T), and is situated 3.9 miles south-west of Malmstrom AFB. The land here is a study in subtle textures, a vast canvas of tawny grasses that sigh and shift in the persistent breeze, interspersed with the darker, more resilient clumps of sagebrush and the occasional wind-sculpted pine clinging to a shallow coulee. The sky, an immense dome overhead, seems to press down with a palpable weight, its light a sharp, clear brilliance that carves deep shadows in the late afternoon, turning the undulating terrain into a landscape of stark, beautiful contrasts. Even the air carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faint, earthy perfume of sun-baked soil and wild grasses, a constant reminder of the elemental forces that shape this high prairie country. The history of Gibson Flats is written in the stoic resilience of its inhabitants and the enduring spirit of the land itself, a place that has long been shaped by the rhythms of agriculture and the quiet determination of those who have coaxed a living from its often-challenging soil. Ranching and dryland farming have been the bedrock of its economy for generations, a legacy carried on through the seasons, marked by the planting and harvesting, the calving and the branding, all under that immense Montana sky. While the whispers of boom-and-bust cycles might echo faintly in the older buildings, the heart of Gibson Flats beats with a steady, unhurried cadence, a testament to the enduring appeal of wide-open spaces and a community that values neighborly support above all else.
Live animated radar for Gibson Flats 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 | Gibson Flats, Cascade County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.46968°N, 111.246918°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59405 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gibson Flats, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gibson Flats, 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 Gibson Flats includes coordinates 47.469680°N, 111.246918°W, situated in Cascade County. ZIP code 59405. 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.
