Milford Colony, Montana Weather
Milford Colony, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Milford Colony, Lewis and Clark County.
Full aviation weather for Milford Colony is published on the Fairfield Airport (K5U5) page, 38 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 Milford Colony 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 Milford Colony: Lincoln Airport (KS69) 53 km · Choteau Airport (KCII) 56 km
Conditions reported at K5U5 describe the airfield itself. Weather 38 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Milford Colony specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Milford Colony.
About Milford Colony, Montana
Milford Colony rests in a broad valley, cradled by slopes that rise with a gentle, persistent grace towards the Montana sky. It lies 44.1 miles west-south-west of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 255°T), and is situated 22.4 miles south-south-west of Fairfield. The land here is a study in subtle greens and ochres, a rolling expanse where the wind plays across the sagebrush and the occasional juniper stands as a sentinel. Creeks, often no more than silver threads in the summer sun, carve meandering paths, their banks fringed with cottonwoods that whisper secrets to the passing breeze. The air itself carries a crispness, a clean, cool breath that speaks of distance and wide-open spaces, and in the late afternoon, the light softens, painting the hills in hues of rose and lavender, a painterly farewell to the day. The story of Milford Colony is one of hardy beginnings, a place where early settlers carved a life from the fertile, if sometimes unforgiving, soil. The economy has long been tied to the land, with ranches dotting the landscape, their cattle a familiar sight against the panoramic backdrop. While farming remains a cornerstone, the quiet hum of the region also carries the echoes of a more industrial past, whispers of resource extraction that shaped the terrain and the lives of those who came before. Today, Milford Colony maintains a character of unassuming resilience, a community that finds its beauty not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of its people and the vast, untamed elegance of its natural surroundings.
Live animated radar for Milford Colony 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 | Milford Colony, Lewis and Clark County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.329669°N, 112.209734°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59648, 59410 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Milford Colony, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Milford Colony, 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 Milford Colony includes coordinates 47.329669°N, 112.209734°W, situated in Lewis and Clark County. ZIP code 59648, 59410. 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.
