Philipsburg, Montana Weather
Philipsburg, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Philipsburg, Granite County.
Full aviation weather for Philipsburg is published on the Riddick Field (KU05) page, 2 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 Philipsburg 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 Philipsburg: Bowman Field (K3U3) 38 km · Deer Lodge City County Airport (K38S) 41 km
Conditions reported at KU05 describe the airfield itself. Weather 2 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Philipsburg specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Philipsburg.
About Philipsburg, Montana
Philipsburg, a sentinel town, commands a broad valley floor, cradled by the rugged, pine-clad shoulders of the Flint Creek Range. It lies 42.8 miles west-north-west of Butte, MT (from Butte, MT: bearing 302°T), and is situated 21.9 miles north-west of Anaconda. Here, the sky stretches an immense canvas, often painted with the soft, bruised purples and fiery oranges of a high-altitude sunset, a daily spectacle that seems to imbue the very air with a quiet reverence. The Flint Creek itself, a ribbon of clear, cool water, meanders past the town, its gentle murmur a constant counterpoint to the rustle of cottonwood leaves and the distant, almost imperceptible sigh of the wind through the mountain passes. The landscape is a study in contrasts: the stark, weathered granite peaks above, and the softer, fertile valley below, where fields of alfalfa and grazing cattle paint broad strokes of green and gold against the earth. The pulse of Philipsburg beats with a history deeply entwined with the mineral wealth that first drew prospectors to these remote hills. For generations, the extraction of sapphire and other precious stones shaped the fortunes and character of Philipsburg, leaving behind a legacy of hardy resilience and a quiet pride in its industrious past. While the boom times of the mines have softened, the spirit of enterprise endures, now channeled into ranching, tourism, and the careful stewardship of its natural bounty. The town's main street, lined with historic brick buildings that bear the patina of decades, offers a glimpse into this enduring narrative, with local businesses that feel less like commercial ventures and more like extensions of the community's collective memory. This is a place where the past is not buried but lives on, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life, evident in the weathered faces of its residents and the enduring beauty of the surrounding country.
Live animated radar for Philipsburg 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 | Philipsburg, Granite County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 46.332148°N, 113.29423°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59858 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Philipsburg, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Philipsburg, 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 Philipsburg includes coordinates 46.332148°N, 113.294230°W, situated in Granite County. ZIP code 59858. 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.
