Shawmut, Montana Weather
Shawmut, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Shawmut, Wheatland County.
Flight conditions near Shawmut. Data source: locating…
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Shawmut.
About Shawmut, Montana
Shawmut lies under a vast Montana sky, a scattering of buildings against the rolling, tawny hills that stretch towards the distant, blue-grey peaks. It lies 62.5 miles north-west of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 309°T), and is situated 18.3 miles south-east of Wheatland. The land here is a study in subtle shifts of colour, from the pale gold of sun-baked grasses to the deeper ochre of exposed earth, punctuated by the dark, stoic green of juniper and ponderosa pine. The air, especially in the early morning and late afternoon, carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the faint, sweet aroma of wild sage. Even in the quietest moments, there’s a sense of immense space, a feeling that the horizon is always just a little further than you expect, and the silence is profound, broken only by the whisper of wind or the distant call of a hawk. The history of Shawmut is bound to the earth, to the discovery of minerals that once promised a different future. Though the feverish days of prospecting have long since passed, the legacy of those early ventures lingers, a faint echo in the quietude. The local economy now leans more towards the land itself, with ranches scattered across the surrounding country, their herds moving like dark commas across the broad, open pastures. The rhythm of life in Shawmut is dictated by the seasons and the slow, steady work of agriculture, a deliberate pace that contrasts with the imagined bustle of boomtowns. There are no grand monuments or bustling attractions, but in the weathered wood of the general store, the quiet persistence of the few who call Shawmut home, and the enduring sweep of the landscape, one finds a distinct and unpretentious character.
Live animated radar for Shawmut 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 | Shawmut, Wheatland County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 46.342458°N, 109.524902°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59078 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shawmut, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shawmut, 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 Shawmut includes coordinates 46.342458°N, 109.524902°W, situated in Wheatland County. ZIP code 59078. 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.
