Laurel, Montana Weather
Laurel, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Laurel, Yellowstone County.
Full aviation weather for Laurel is published on the Laurel Municipal Airport (K6S8) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Laurel 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 Laurel: Billings Logan International Airport (KBIL) 24 km · Woltermann Memorial Airport (K6S3) 37 km · Bridger Municipal Airport (K6S1) 44 km
Conditions reported at K6S8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Laurel specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Laurel, Montana
Laurel lies in a wide valley, a place where the Yellowstone River and the creek of the same name meet, their waters carving a gentle path through rolling hills that rise towards the distant, rugged shoulders of the Absaroka Range. It lies 15.3 miles west-south-west of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 239°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east-north-east of Park City. The air here carries a clean scent of sagebrush and sun-baked earth, a fragrance deepened by the cottonwood trees that line the waterways, their leaves rustling like a thousand whispered secrets in the prairie wind. The sky overhead is a vast, ever-changing canvas, from the sharp, crystalline blue of midday to the bruised, violet hues that bleed into the horizon at dusk, painting the land with a profound and quiet beauty. The history of Laurel is inextricably bound to the iron horse, the railroads that thundered through this land, forging a connection for the farmers and ranchers who settled these fertile plains. For generations, the local economy has drawn sustenance from the earth and the river, from the golden waves of wheat that sway in the summer breeze to the cattle that graze on the open range, their silhouettes stark against the setting sun. Echoes of its past as a vital railroad hub can still be felt in the quiet hum of activity that defines Laurel today, a place where the rhythm of life moves with a steady, unhurried grace, marked by the changing seasons and the enduring spirit of the people who call this valley home.
Live animated radar for Laurel 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 | Laurel, Yellowstone County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 45.669116°N, 108.771533°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59044 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Laurel, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Laurel, 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 Laurel includes coordinates 45.669116°N, 108.771533°W, situated in Yellowstone County. ZIP code 59044. 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.
