Miles City, Montana Weather
Miles City, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Miles City, Custer County.
Full aviation weather for Miles City is published on the Miles City Airport - Frank Wiley Field (KMLS) 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.
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 KMLS describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Miles City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Miles City, Montana
Miles City unfurls like a sun-baked scroll along the Yellowstone River, its embrace of rolling prairie and the stark, arcing buttes a testament to the vastness of eastern Montana. It lies 134.6 miles east-north-east of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 70°T), and is situated 36.5 miles south-west of Terry. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a dry, almost sweet scent of sagebrush and sun-scorched earth, a fragrance that clings to the weathered wood of the buildings and the dust kicked up by the infrequent passing car. The sky, an immense canvas of shifting blues and grays, seems to press down on the landscape, a constant, silent witness to the land’s enduring character. The town itself, a collection of sturdy structures painted in hues of faded ochre and pale blue, sits with a quiet confidence, its streets laid out with a practical, unpretentious grid, reflecting the straightforward nature of its people. This is a place where the echoes of the Old West still resonate, a town that grew up around the vital arteries of the Yellowstone River and the railroads that followed. Miles City’s economy has long been tethered to the land, to the ranching heritage that defines so much of the surrounding country, the cattle drives and the hardy spirit of those who carved a life from this often-challenging terrain. The Bucking Horse Sale, a legendary event, still draws crowds, a vibrant splash of color and tradition against the muted tones of the landscape, a reminder of the town’s enduring connection to its cowboy roots. The Miles City Saddlery, a venerable institution, continues to craft leather goods with the same meticulous skill as it did a century ago, a tangible link to the town's industrious past.
Live animated radar for Miles City 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 | Miles City, Custer County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 46.408336°N, 105.840558°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59301 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Miles City, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Miles City, 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 Miles City includes coordinates 46.408336°N, 105.840558°W, situated in Custer County. ZIP code 59301. 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.
