Poplar, Montana Weather
Poplar, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Poplar, Roosevelt County.
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About Poplar, Montana
Poplar unfolds across a wide, sun-drenched expanse where the Missouri River, a broad, slow-moving artery, dictates the horizon. It lies 72.9 miles west of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 269°T), and is situated 20.5 miles east of Wolf Point. The landscape is a study in muted earth tones, vast plains rolling out with an almost imperceptible swell, interrupted by the occasional clump of cottonwoods that give the place its name, their leaves a whisper of green against the dominant ochre and gold of the prairie grasses. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faintest hint of distant sagebrush, and the sky, an immense dome of shifting blues and grays, seems to press down with a benevolent, quiet weight. Evenings bring a spectacular diffusion of light, the sun painting the western sky in fiery strokes of orange and rose before sinking below the rim of the world, leaving behind a deepening twilight that softens the edges of the land. The history of Poplar is deeply entwined with the Northern Cheyenne and Assiniboine tribes, whose ancestral lands this once was, and the legacy of that connection is still palpable in the town's cultural fabric. Its establishment as a trading post and later a railroad town brought diverse peoples, shaping a resilient economy that has long depended on agriculture, particularly cattle ranching, and the services that support these endeavors. The river itself, a lifeline and a boundary, has always been central to life here, its waters sustaining the ranches and farms that stretch across the surrounding country. While the pace of life in Poplar is measured, a quiet determination hums beneath the surface, a reflection of generations who have learned to thrive in this wide-open country, finding beauty in the stark grandeur and the enduring spirit of the land.
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| Location | Poplar, Roosevelt County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 48.113074°N, 105.198315°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59255 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Poplar, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Poplar, Montana, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Poplar includes coordinates 48.113074°N, 105.198315°W, situated in Roosevelt County. ZIP code 59255. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
