Sidney, Montana Weather
Sidney, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Sidney, Richland County.
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About Sidney, Montana
Sidney rests on the high plains, a sprawl of low-slung buildings beneath a sky that seems to stretch forever, a vast blue canvas painted with wisps of cloud that drift on winds born of distance. It lies 38.8 miles south-west of Williston, ND (from Williston, ND: bearing 220°T), and is situated 11.0 miles south-south-west of Fairview. The land here is a study in muted tones: tawny grasses that ripple like a dry sea, punctuated by the darker green of irrigated fields that trace veins of life across the broad, open country. The air, when the wind stills, carries the faint, sweet scent of alfalfa and the dry, mineral tang of the earth itself. Evenings bring a particular kind of light, a slow burn of gold and rose that bleeds across the horizon, softening the hard edges of silos and grain elevators, imbuing the mundane with a quiet, fleeting beauty. This is a place shaped by the insistent pull of the Yellowstone River, a ribbon of muddy water that has sustained life and agriculture for generations, its banks a cradle for early settlements and the eventual founding of Sidney. The economy here is tied to the soil, to the robust yield of sugar beets, wheat, and barley that are the lifeblood of the surrounding ranches and farms, their bounty processed and shipped from the town's sturdy industrial core. A palpable sense of hard work and self-reliance permeates the streets, a legacy of the pioneers who carved their existence from this formidable landscape, and the oil and gas industries that have, in more recent times, brought a different kind of boom and bustle to the region, a constant hum beneath the surface of everyday life.
Live animated radar for Sidney and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Sidney, Richland County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.716684°N, 104.156325°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59270 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sidney, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sidney, 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 Sidney includes coordinates 47.716684°N, 104.156325°W, situated in Richland County. ZIP code 59270. 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.
