Nye, Montana Weather
Nye, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Nye, Stillwater County.
Full aviation weather for Nye is published on the Big Timber Airport (K6S0) page, 43 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. 4 airfields within reach of Nye 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 Nye: Woltermann Memorial Airport (K6S3) 49 km · Red Lodge Airport (KRED) 51 km · Mission Field (KLVM) 58 km
Conditions reported at K6S0 describe the airfield itself. Weather 43 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Nye specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Nye.
About Nye, Montana
Nye is a place where the land itself seems to hold its breath, a quiet pocket cradled by the rugged shoulders of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. It lies 61.8 miles east-south-east of Bozeman, MT (from Bozeman, MT: bearing 105°T), and is situated 18.7 miles west-south-west of Absarokee. The landscape here is a study in raw, untamed beauty, dominated by the insistent rush of the Stillwater River, its waters a vibrant, glacial blue, tumbling over stones worn smooth by centuries of flow. Pine-scented air, sharp and clean, drifts through the valleys, carrying the distant bleating of sheep and the low rumble of the wind as it sweeps across the high country. The sky above Nye is an impossibly vast canvas, particularly at dusk, when the fading light paints the peaks in hues of rose and lavender, a fleeting masterpiece before the deep indigo of night descends. The history of Nye is intrinsically tied to the earth's bounty, particularly the rich veins of platinum and palladium that draw prospectors and miners to its rugged terrain. This enduring legacy of resource extraction, while shaping the character of Nye, has also fostered a hardy, self-reliant spirit among its inhabitants. The local economy, still touched by this mining heritage, also finds sustenance in the surrounding ranches and the burgeoning tourism drawn by the wilderness's call. The Stillwater River, more than just a geographical feature, is the lifeblood of Nye, its banks a gathering place for the community, a source of recreation, and a constant reminder of the elemental forces that define this remote corner of Montana.
Live animated radar for Nye 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 | Nye, Stillwater County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 45.435497°N, 109.809065°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59061, 59028 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Nye, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Nye, 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 Nye includes coordinates 45.435497°N, 109.809065°W, situated in Stillwater County. ZIP code 59061, 59028. 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.
