Riceville, Montana Weather
Riceville, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Riceville, Cascade County.
Full aviation weather for Riceville is published on the Great Falls International Airport (KGTF) page, 44 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.
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.
Conditions reported at KGTF describe the airfield itself. Weather 44 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Riceville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Riceville.
About Riceville, Montana
Riceville unfolds across a broad expanse of Montana's high plains, where the sky stretches out in a seamless, breathtaking dome, often painted with the softest washes of apricot and rose as the sun begins its descent. It lies 26.2 miles south-east of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 139°T), and is situated 11.8 miles south of Belt. The landscape here is a study in subtle grandeur, a rolling terrain of tawny grasses and sagebrush that undulates towards distant, hazy mountain ranges, their peaks softened by miles of open air. A quiet stillness pervades Riceville, broken only by the rustle of wind through the hardy vegetation and the occasional cry of a hawk circling overhead. The air itself carries a crisp, clean scent, a distillation of sun-baked earth and the distant, evergreen embrace of the foothills. The story of Riceville is intrinsically tied to the fertile lands that surround it, a history etched into the very soil by generations of farmers who coaxed sustenance from this sometimes-stubborn ground. Wheat fields shimmer like golden seas in the summer months, the lifeblood of Riceville's modest economy, their bounty harvested and shipped, a testament to the enduring spirit of agriculture in this challenging yet rewarding corner of Cascade County. Faint echoes of the railroad that once connected this remote outpost to the wider world still linger, a ghostly whisper in the quiet hum of everyday life. While no grand monuments mark its passage, the deep-rooted sense of community and the unpretentious beauty of the land itself are the true distinguishing features of Riceville.
Live animated radar for Riceville 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 | Riceville, Cascade County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.214684°N, 110.933561°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59412 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riceville, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riceville, 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 Riceville includes coordinates 47.214684°N, 110.933561°W, situated in Cascade County. ZIP code 59412. 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.
