Montaqua, Montana Weather
Montaqua, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Montaqua, Carbon County.
Full aviation weather for Montaqua is published on the Laurel Municipal Airport (K6S8) page, 24 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. 5 airfields within reach of Montaqua 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 Montaqua: Bridger Municipal Airport (K6S1) 24 km · Woltermann Memorial Airport (K6S3) 30 km · Billings Logan International Airport (KBIL) 44 km · Red Lodge Airport (KRED) 46 km
Conditions reported at K6S8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Montaqua specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Montaqua.
About Montaqua, Montana
Montaqua’s bones are carved from the arid, sun-baked earth of Carbon County, where the land rolls in muted ochres and tans, broken by the sharp, dark lines of juniper and hardy sagebrush. It lies 27.1 miles south-west of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 226°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south of Park City. The air here, especially in the long, drawn-out afternoons of summer, carries the dry scent of dust and sun-warmed pine needles, a scent that clings to everything. The sky is a vast, unbroken dome, often a startling, piercing blue, and when the sun begins its descent, it bleeds across the western horizon in hues of molten gold and bruised plum, a spectacle that stills the hurried heart. Small, resilient wildflowers, improbable bursts of purple and yellow, push through the cracked soil, a quiet testament to the tenacious spirit of this place. The story of Montaqua is deeply entwined with the earth’s hidden riches, a legacy of coal that once pulsed beneath the surface, shaping the lives and livelihoods of its early inhabitants. Though the deep mines have long since fallen silent, their echoes linger in the stoic character of the people and the weathered facades of the buildings that still stand. The local economy now leans towards a more gentle cultivation, with ranches dotting the surrounding landscape, their fences like fine stitches across the wide canvas of the plains, and a quiet tourism that draws those seeking the stark, unvarnished beauty of the high plains. Montaqua itself is a place where time seems to expand, allowing for a thoughtful contemplation of the vastness that surrounds it, a quiet hum of existence rather than a clamor.
Live animated radar for Montaqua 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 | Montaqua, Carbon County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 45.509114°N, 108.901258°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59041 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Montaqua, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Montaqua, 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 Montaqua includes coordinates 45.509114°N, 108.901258°W, situated in Carbon County. ZIP code 59041. 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.
