Stanford, Montana Weather
Stanford, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Stanford, Judith Basin County.
Full aviation weather for Stanford is published on the Geraldine Airport (K5U8) page, 49 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. 2 airfields within reach of Stanford 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 Stanford: Lewistown Municipal Airport (KLWT) 58 km
Conditions reported at K5U8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 49 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Stanford specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Stanford.
About Stanford, Montana
Stanford unfolds across the wide expanse of the Judith Basin, a landscape painted in broad strokes of golden grasses and the distant, hazy blue of the Big Snowy Mountains. It lies 56.1 miles east-south-east of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 115°T), and is situated 37.7 miles west of Lewistown. The land here is an invitation to breathe deep; the air, especially in the late afternoon when the sun slants low, carries a crispness that speaks of vast, unpeopled distances. Rolling hills, softened by the persistent sculpting of wind and water over millennia, give way to a flatter terrain where the town itself seems to have settled, a modest collection of buildings against the immensity of the sky. The character of Stanford is one of quiet resilience, a place where the elements hold sway and life moves to a cadence dictated by the seasons and the needs of the earth. Stanford's story is intrinsically tied to the agricultural bounty of the Judith Basin, a fertile crescent that has sustained generations. The economy here has long been anchored in the cultivation of grain and the raising of livestock, a tradition that continues to shape the rhythm of daily life. The faint scent of turned earth and ripening wheat is a constant companion, a testament to the enduring partnership between the people and the land. The history of Stanford is etched not in grand monuments, but in the sturdy architecture of its older buildings, the quiet hum of tractors in the distance, and the shared memories of families who have called this place home for decades, their lives a continuous thread woven into the fabric of this distinctive locality.
Live animated radar for Stanford 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 | Stanford, Judith Basin County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.153579°N, 110.218262°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59479 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stanford, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stanford, 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 Stanford includes coordinates 47.153579°N, 110.218262°W, situated in Judith Basin County. ZIP code 59479. 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.
