Ulm, Montana Weather
Ulm, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ulm, Cascade County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ulm.
About Ulm, Montana
Ulm rests in a wide basin where the Judith River makes its slow, purposeful journey, a ribbon of silver unfurling across the Montana landscape. It lies 10.8 miles west-south-west of Great Falls, MT (from Great Falls, MT: bearing 244°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south of Sun Prairie. The land here is a study in subtle shifts: rolling grasslands, the color of dried wheat in the summer sun, give way to the more rugged contours of distant buttes, their surfaces etched by wind and time. Cottonwood trees, their leaves a vibrant green that deepens with the season, cluster along the riverbanks, offering pockets of shade and a gentle murmur that accompanies the ceaseless sigh of the wind across the open country. The air itself carries a clean, dry scent, often tinged with the faint perfume of wild sage, and the sky above is an immense, ever-changing canvas, where clouds drift like slow-motion galleons, casting fleeting shadows that glide across the vast expanse. The history of Ulm is intimately tied to the flow of the Judith River, a lifeline for both the indigenous peoples who first traversed these lands and the homesteaders who followed. It was a place of passage, a point where routes converged, and the echoes of those journeys still seem to linger in the quietude. The local economy, though small, is rooted in the enduring spirit of agriculture, with ranches and farms dotting the surrounding terrain, raising livestock and cultivating crops under the generous Montana sun. While Ulm may not boast grand monuments, its distinctiveness lies in its unpretentious character, a place where the rhythm of life is dictated by the seasons and the enduring strength of the land, and where the vast, open sky feels like a constant, comforting presence.
Live animated radar for Ulm and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Ulm, Cascade County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 47.430512°N, 111.507193°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59485, 59404 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ulm, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ulm, 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 Ulm includes coordinates 47.430512°N, 111.507193°W, situated in Cascade County. ZIP code 59485, 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.
