Kilby Butte Colony, Montana Weather
Kilby Butte Colony, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Kilby Butte Colony, Musselshell County.
Full aviation weather for Kilby Butte Colony is published on the Roundup Airport (KRPX) page, 17 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 KRPX describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kilby Butte Colony specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kilby Butte Colony.
About Kilby Butte Colony, Montana
Kilby Butte Colony unfolds across a wide, undulating prairie, a land shaped by wind and time, where the horizon stretches endlessly under a vast Montana sky. It lies 53.2 miles north of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 8°T), and is situated 11.5 miles north-east of Roundup. The terrain here is a study in subtle contours, the land rising and falling in gentle swells that meet the distant, hazy outline of the Musselshell River. Scattered ranches and farmsteads dot the landscape, their buildings stark against the immensity, often softened by the golden light of late afternoon that seems to settle like dust upon the dry grasses. The air carries the clean, crisp scent of sagebrush and distant pine, a fragrance that speaks of the untamed wildness that still holds sway in these parts. The history of Kilby Butte Colony is deeply rooted in the hardy spirit of those who sought to tame this frontier, drawn by the promise of fertile land and open spaces. Early settlers, many of them homesteaders carving out lives from the seemingly unforgiving earth, established a community built on resilience and self-reliance, their legacy visible in the weathered barns and fences that still stand. The local economy has long been tied to the land, with cattle ranching and agriculture forming the backbone of life in Kilby Butte Colony, a tradition that continues to sustain its residents. The quiet hum of tractors in the fields and the distant lowing of cattle are the sounds that define its present, a constant echo of its enduring connection to the soil.
Live animated radar for Kilby Butte Colony and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Kilby Butte Colony, Musselshell County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 46.545804°N, 108.34929°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59072 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kilby Butte Colony, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kilby Butte Colony, 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 Kilby Butte Colony includes coordinates 46.545804°N, 108.349290°W, situated in Musselshell County. ZIP code 59072. 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.
