Manhattan, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Manhattan, Gallatin County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Manhattan.
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.
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| 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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.