Sun Prairie, Montana Weather
Sun Prairie, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sun Prairie, Cascade County.
Full aviation weather for Sun Prairie is published on the Great Falls International Airport (KGTF) page, 10 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. 3 airfields within reach of Sun Prairie 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 Sun Prairie: Dutton Airport (K5U1) 38 km · Fairfield Airport (K5U5) 39 km
Conditions reported at KGTF describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sun Prairie specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sun Prairie.
About Sun Prairie, Montana
Sun Prairie unfolds across a vast sweep of Montana’s prairie, a landscape defined by the immense, arching sky and the subtle, ceaseless breathing of the land. It lies 8.8 miles west-north-west of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 287°T), and is situated 3.4 miles east-south-east of Vaughn. Here, the earth rolls in broad, gentle swells, painted in shades of ochre, sage, and the deep, bruised purples of approaching storm clouds, a palette that shifts with the migrating sun. Wind, an ever-present sculptor, combs through the native grasses, whispering secrets of the open plains and carrying the faint, sweet scent of sun-baked soil. The air itself feels clean and vast, capable of holding the distant rumble of thunder or the sharp cry of a hawk with equal measure. In the late afternoon, the light spills across these undulations, a liquid gold that seems to pool in the shallow draws and accentuate the weathered textures of the land, imbuing even the most common wildflower with a fleeting, incandescent beauty. The story of Sun Prairie is one of hardy resilience, a testament to those who sought sustenance and a life apart from the clamor of crowded places. Its economy, like the land itself, is deeply rooted in agriculture, with sprawling ranches and carefully tended fields forming the backbone of its existence, the gentle rhythm of planting and harvest dictating the pulse of daily life. This is a place where the legacy of homesteaders lingers in the very air, where the quiet determination to build something lasting from the raw materials of the earth is a palpable force. Though small, Sun Prairie holds its own distinct character, a quiet strength born from its isolation and the profound connection its inhabitants share with the immense, untamed beauty of the surrounding wilderness.
Live animated radar for Sun Prairie 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 | Sun Prairie, Cascade County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.536903°N, 111.481361°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59538, 59404 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sun Prairie, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sun Prairie, 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 Sun Prairie includes coordinates 47.536903°N, 111.481361°W, situated in Cascade County. ZIP code 59538, 59404. 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.
