Hot Springs, Montana Weather
Hot Springs, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Hot Springs, Sanders County.
Full aviation weather for Hot Springs is published on the Hot Springs Airport (KS09) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs: Plains Airport (KS34) 23 km · Polson Airport (K8S1) 38 km · Ronan Airport (K7S0) 43 km · Thompson Falls Airport (KTHM) 46 km · Mineral County Airport (K9S4) 51 km
Conditions reported at KS09 describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Hot Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hot Springs.
About Hot Springs, Montana
Hot Springs rests in a wide valley, a gentle embrace of Montana's rugged terrain. It lies 43.8 miles south-south-west of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 202°T), and is situated 14.3 miles north-east of Plains. The Flathead River, a broad, cool artery, flows nearby, its presence a constant murmur on the air, carrying the scent of damp earth and pine needles from the surrounding slopes. These slopes, in places, rise sharply, their shoulders cloaked in the dense green of lodgepole pine and Douglas fir, while lower down, the land softens into meadows dotted with the wildflowers that bloom with a quiet persistence through the short, vibrant summer. The light here, especially as evening descends, takes on a quality of molten gold, bathing the landscape in a warm, almost tangible glow that seems to linger long after the sun dips below the western peaks. The story of Hot Springs is deeply entwined with the natural thermal springs that give it its name, a legacy of healing and respite that drew people to this spot long before it became a named place. For a time, the local economy found its pulse in the timber industry, the rhythmic clang of saws echoing through the valley, and more recently, agriculture has taken root, with ranches and farms spreading across the valley floor, raising livestock and hardy crops suited to the Northern Rockies. The town itself maintains a character of quiet self-sufficiency, a place where the pace is dictated by the changing seasons and the steady flow of the river, fostering a sense of community built on shared understanding and the simple beauty of this Montana pocket.
Live animated radar for Hot Springs 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 | Hot Springs, Sanders County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.609104°N, 114.668741°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59845 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hot Springs, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hot Springs, 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 Hot Springs includes coordinates 47.609104°N, 114.668741°W, situated in Sanders County. ZIP code 59845. 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.
