Jette, Montana Weather
Jette, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Jette, Lake County.
Full aviation weather for Jette is published on the Polson Airport (K8S1) page, 2 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 Jette 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 Jette: Ronan Airport (K7S0) 18 km · Hot Springs Airport (KS09) 34 km · St Ignatius Airport (K52S) 44 km · Kalispell City Airport (KS27) 52 km · Meadow Creek USFS Airport (K0S1) 60 km
Conditions reported at K8S1 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Jette specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Jette.
About Jette, Montana
Jette lies in the embrace of Montana's rugged beauty, a place where the sky stretches vast and the mountains stand as ancient sentinels. It lies 33.5 miles south of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 170°T), and is situated 2.1 miles north-west of Polson. The landscape here is a symphony of deep evergreen forests that cling to steep slopes, giving way to meadows carpeted with wildflowers in the warmer months. Rivers, born from snowmelt high above, carve their paths through the terrain, their waters a glacial blue that mirrors the heavens. The air itself carries a crisp, clean scent, a perpetual whisper of pine needles and damp earth, and in the fleeting moments of twilight, the western peaks are brushed with a molten gold that seems to set the very air ablaze. The story of Jette is one of resilience and resourcefulness, a quiet testament to those who sought a life amidst this grandeur. For generations, the valley has sustained its people through the bounty of the land, with ranching and timber shaping its economy, their rhythms dictated by the changing seasons. The distant murmur of logging trucks, a sound as old as the first sawmills, still occasionally echoes through the valleys, a reminder of the industry that once defined this place. While the grand pronouncements of history might pass Jette by, a deeper narrative unfolds in the steadfastness of its inhabitants and the enduring, almost primal, connection they share with the wild heart of Montana.
Live animated radar for Jette 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 | Jette, Lake County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.717439°N, 114.191507°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59860 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Jette, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jette, 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 Jette includes coordinates 47.717439°N, 114.191507°W, situated in Lake County. ZIP code 59860. 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.
