Sun Prairie, Montana Weather
Sun Prairie, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sun Prairie, Phillips County.
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About Sun Prairie, Montana
Sun Prairie unfolds across a landscape of wide, sweeping horizons, where the earth itself seems to exhale a quiet, persistent breath of amber and gold. It lies 146.9 miles north-north-east of Billings, MT (from Billings, MT: bearing 14°T), and is situated 36.0 miles south of Malta. The terrain here is a study in subtle contours, a vast, undulating prairie that stretches to meet a sky so immense it feels like a tangible entity, often painted with clouds that drift like ships across an endless ocean of blue. The very air, crisp and carrying the faint scent of sun-baked grasses and distant pine, seems to vibrate with a latent energy, a testament to the elemental forces that shaped this place. Scattered homesteads, their roofs glinting like forgotten coins under the generous Montana sun, dot the expanse, each a solitary outpost in this grand, unpeopled theater. The history of Sun Prairie is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring spirit of those who sought sustenance and solitude on these fertile plains. This is a land that whispers of hardy pioneers and the quiet determination that carved out a life from the raw earth, their efforts supported by the steady, if often challenging, rhythms of agriculture. Cattle ranching remains a vital thread in the local economy, the lowing of livestock a familiar counterpoint to the sigh of the wind through the tall grasses. There are no bustling boulevards or clamoring industries here; life in Sun Prairie moves with a deliberate grace, a quiet understanding of the seasons and the land's bounty, a character deeply rooted in the enduring, elemental beauty of the Montana prairie.
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| Location | Sun Prairie, Phillips County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.845553°N, 107.746501°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59538, 59404 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | July 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, 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 Sun Prairie includes coordinates 47.845553°N, 107.746501°W, situated in Phillips 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. 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.
