Silver Star, Montana Weather
Silver Star, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Silver Star, Madison County.
Full aviation weather for Silver Star is published on the Ruby Valley Field (KRVF) page, 18 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 Silver Star 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 Silver Star: Bert Mooney Airport (KBTM) 34 km · Dillon Airport (KDLN) 53 km · Three Forks Airport (K9S5) 59 km
Conditions reported at KRVF describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Silver Star specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Silver Star.
About Silver Star, Montana
Silver Star rests in a broad valley, a place where the earth seems to exhale a quiet, sun-baked breath. It lies 24.8 miles south-south-east of Butte, MT (from Butte, MT: bearing 151°T), and is situated 15.3 miles south-west of Whitehall. The land here is a study in tawny golds and muted greens, rolling gently towards the distant, jagged shoulders of the surrounding mountains. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a shimmering currency against the vast Montana sky, line the banks of the slow-moving Ruby River, its waters reflecting the deep, unchanging blue overhead. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the dry scent of sagebrush and the fainter, sweeter perfume of wild grasses, a fragrance that clings to the dust kicked up by the occasional passing truck. The horizon feels immense, stretching out and inviting the eye to wander, to lose itself in the sheer, unhurried expanse. The story of Silver Star is intimately tied to the bounty that once pulsed beneath this soil, a history echoing the boom-and-bust cycles of Montana's mining past. Though the veins of silver that gave the settlement its name have long since been coaxed dry, the legacy persists in the stoic character of its residents and the weathered barns that dot the landscape. Today, the economy of Silver Star finds its footing in the rich soil and the enduring spirit of agriculture, with cattle ranches and hayfields painting broad strokes across the valley floor. The Ruby River, a constant, murmuring presence, not only sustains the land but also offers a quiet solace, a place where the passage of time feels measured by the gentle flow of water and the slow arc of the sun. The absence of hurried clamor in Silver Star is not an emptiness, but a deliberate space for the land and its stories to be heard.
Live animated radar for Silver Star 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 | Silver Star, Madison County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 45.690204°N, 112.283056°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59751 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Silver Star, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Silver Star, 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 Silver Star includes coordinates 45.690204°N, 112.283056°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 59751. 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.
