Rapelje, Montana Weather
Rapelje, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rapelje, Stillwater County.
Full aviation weather for Rapelje is published on the Woltermann Memorial Airport (K6S3) 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. 4 airfields within reach of Rapelje 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 Rapelje: Laurel Municipal Airport (K6S8) 49 km · Billings Logan International Airport (KBIL) 58 km · Big Timber Airport (K6S0) 59 km
Conditions reported at K6S3 describe the airfield itself. Weather 38 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rapelje specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rapelje.
About Rapelje, Montana
Rapelje rests in a broad, sun-drenched basin where the eastern foothills of the Rockies begin to soften into the vast Montana plains. It lies 38.6 miles west-north-west of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 290°T), and is situated 23.2 miles north of Columbus. The land here rolls with a quiet dignity, a tapestry of tawny grasses that catch the wind in rippling waves, punctuated by the occasional hardy sagebrush and the stubborn tenacity of cottonwood trees lining the ephemeral creeks. The sky above Rapelje is a dominion unto itself, an immense, ever-shifting canvas of cerulean, bruised with the dramatic thunderheads that gather with startling speed, or ablaze with the molten gold and rose of sunset, painting the distant, hazy mountains in hues of amethyst and rust. The air, when it’s not carrying the dry dust of summer or the sharp bite of winter, hums with the low thrum of distant machinery and the occasional, startling call of a meadowlark. Founded by a hopeful wave of homesteaders in the early twentieth century, Rapelje was conceived from the dream of fertile soil and a life wrested from the land. Its fortunes have long been tied to the agricultural bounty of the region, primarily cattle ranching and grain farming, the rhythmic cycle of planting and harvest dictating the pace of life. The economy, though modest, is deeply rooted in the earth, with the local grain elevator standing as a proud, if utilitarian, monument to this enduring connection. There are no grand historical sites or bustling tourist attractions in Rapelje; its character is etched in the stoic resilience of its people and the quiet, enduring beauty of its wide-open spaces, a place where the past whispers in the rustling grass and the future is sown with each new dawn.
Live animated radar for Rapelje 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 | Rapelje, Stillwater County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 45.97189°N, 109.255168°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59067 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rapelje, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rapelje, 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 Rapelje includes coordinates 45.971890°N, 109.255168°W, situated in Stillwater County. ZIP code 59067. 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.
