Townsend, Montana Weather
Townsend, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Townsend, Broadwater County.
Full aviation weather for Townsend is published on the Townsend Airport (K8U8) page, 3 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 Townsend 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 Townsend: Helena Regional Airport (KHLN) 48 km · Three Forks Airport (K9S5) 49 km · White Sulphur Springs Airport (K7S6) 51 km
Conditions reported at K8U8 describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Townsend specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Townsend, Montana
Townsend rests in a wide valley, a place where the Missouri River, swollen and generous, curves its bright path. It lies 31.0 miles south-east of Helena, MT (from Helena, MT: bearing 127°T), and is situated 5.7 miles south-south-east of The Silos. Here, the land unfurls in broad plains, stitched with the emerald threads of irrigated fields and the muted golds of dry grasses, all under a sky that seems to stretch to infinity. Mountains, their flanks softened by distance, stand as silent sentinels to the east and west, their peaks catching the sun in a fleeting, rosy blush as day begins to surrender to night. The air itself carries a clean, crisp scent, a mixture of sun-baked earth and the cool breath of distant snow. This is a place shaped by the relentless flow of water and the enduring spirit of those who sought a living from its bounty. The Missouri River, a highway of commerce and exploration in earlier times, still dictates the rhythm of life, its waters feeding the agriculture that forms the backbone of Townsend's economy. Ranching, too, thrives on the surrounding rangelands, the quiet hum of tractors a modern counterpoint to the rustle of wind through the sagebrush. Decades ago, the promise of irrigation transformed these arid plains, bringing life and prosperity, and the legacy of those early efforts can be seen in the verdant squares of farmland that break the vastness of the landscape.
Live animated radar for Townsend 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.
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| Location | Townsend, Broadwater County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 46.319098°N, 111.520802°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59644 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Townsend, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Townsend, 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 Townsend includes coordinates 46.319098°N, 111.520802°W, situated in Broadwater County. ZIP code 59644. 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.
