Medicine Lake, Montana Weather
Medicine Lake, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Medicine Lake, Sheridan County.
Full aviation weather for Medicine Lake is published on the Sher-Wood Airport (KPWD) page, 32 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. 2 airfields within reach of Medicine Lake 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 Medicine Lake: Big Sky Field (KS85) 39 km
Conditions reported at KPWD describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Medicine Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Medicine Lake.
About Medicine Lake, Montana
Medicine Lake lies in a wide, shallow basin, a vast expanse of prairie reaching towards horizons that seem to stretch into infinity under the immense Montana sky. It lies 47.5 miles west-north-west of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 301°T), and is situated 19.1 miles south of Plentywood. The land here is a study in subtle gradients, a rolling tapestry of grasses that shift from pale gold to deep green with the changing seasons, punctuated by the occasional cluster of cottonwood trees along the infrequent watercourses. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of sun-baked earth and distant pine, and in the late afternoon, the light often takes on a honeyed quality, softening the stark beauty of the landscape into something almost luminous. The silence here is profound, broken only by the keen cry of a hawk or the rustle of wind through the tall grass, a natural quietude that seems to absorb all other sounds. The history of Medicine Lake is inextricably linked to the fertile, if sometimes unforgiving, land that defines it. For generations, this area has been a heartland of agriculture, with ranches and farms dotting the prairies, their livelihoods tied to the capricious generosity of the weather. The economy, though modest, is rooted in the enduring spirit of those who have worked this soil, a quiet resilience that mirrors the landscape itself. While no grand monuments mark its past, the weathered barns and the fences stretching for miles across the open country tell their own stories of perseverance and a life lived in honest labor. The spirit of Medicine Lake is one of self-reliance and a deep, abiding connection to the natural world, a place where the rhythm of life is dictated by the sun, the rain, and the turning of the earth.
Live animated radar for Medicine Lake 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 | Medicine Lake, Sheridan County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 48.501414°N, 104.504677°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59247 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Medicine Lake, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Medicine Lake, 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 Medicine Lake includes coordinates 48.501414°N, 104.504677°W, situated in Sheridan County. ZIP code 59247. 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.
