Manhattan, Montana Weather
Manhattan, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Manhattan, Gallatin County.
Full aviation weather for Manhattan is published on the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (KBZN) page, 16 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 Manhattan 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 Manhattan: Three Forks Airport (K9S5) 18 km · Townsend Airport (K8U8) 54 km
Conditions reported at KBZN describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Manhattan specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Manhattan.
About Manhattan, Montana
Manhattan rests in a wide valley, a place where the earth breathes in broad, sun-drenched strokes. It lies 18.7 miles north-west of Bozeman, MT (from Bozeman, MT: bearing 311°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north-west of Belgrade. Rolling hills, clad in the muted greens and golds of prairie grasses, rise gently to meet a sky that seems impossibly vast, a canvas for clouds that drift like slow ships. The Gallatin River, a ribbon of cool, clear water, threads its way through the landscape, its banks softened by cottonwood trees whose leaves whisper secrets in the breeze. Evenings here are painted with a special light, a molten gold that spills across the fields, softening the edges of the world and lending a quiet dignity to the weathered barns and fences that dot the horizon. This corner of Gallatin County, Montana, has long been shaped by the land and the hardy souls who’ve worked it. Manhattan’s roots are deeply agricultural, with sugar beets and grains once dominating the fertile soil, leaving a legacy of sturdy farmsteads and a community that understands the patience of planting and harvest. Though the economic tides have shifted, a spirit of self-reliance and a quiet pride in the land persist. The distinctive grain elevators, sentinels of a bygone era, still stand, silent witnesses to the town’s industrious past and a visual reminder of the community’s enduring connection to the bounty of the earth.
Live animated radar for Manhattan 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 | Manhattan, Gallatin County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 45.856595°N, 111.33246°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59741 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Manhattan, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Manhattan, 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 Manhattan includes coordinates 45.856595°N, 111.332460°W, situated in Gallatin County. ZIP code 59741. 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.
