Zenith Colony, Montana Weather
Zenith Colony, Montana — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Zenith Colony, Glacier County.
Full aviation weather for Zenith Colony is published on the Cut Bank International Airport (KCTB) page, 29 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 Zenith Colony 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 Zenith Colony: Shelby Airport (KSBX) 50 km
Conditions reported at KCTB describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Zenith Colony specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Zenith Colony.
About Zenith Colony, Montana
Zenith Colony lies in a high basin where the earth pitches upwards toward jagged peaks, a place where the air bites with a clean, sharp chill even in the height of summer. It lies 101.4 miles east-north-east of Kalispell, MT (from Kalispell, MT: bearing 62°T), and is situated 16.3 miles north of Cut Bank. The landscape here is a study in stark contrasts: vast, sweeping meadows carpeted in resilient grasses give way abruptly to scree slopes and the dark, stoic faces of ancient rock. Pine forests, thick and deeply shaded, cling to the lower elevations, their scent a constant, resinous presence on the breeze, while higher still, the land thins to hardy alpine flora and the exposed bones of the mountains. Across these wide expanses, the sky feels impossibly immense, a boundless canvas that shifts from the pale, washed-out blue of midday to the bruised, violet hues of approaching twilight, painting the stark terrain with a fleeting, ethereal glow. The story of Zenith Colony is one of persistent grit, born from the promise of ore veins that once pulsed beneath these mountains, a promise that shaped its early economy and drew hardy souls seeking fortune. Though the boom times have long since faded, the echoes of that industrious past remain, whispered in the weathered wood of abandoned cabins and the quiet dignity of the few remaining ranches. Today, the lifeblood of Zenith Colony flows more gently, tied to the land through ranching and a growing appreciation for the wild beauty that surrounds it. Visitors are drawn by the promise of solitude and the raw, untamed splendor of the high country, seeking the solace found in the deep quiet of these valleys, a quiet punctuated only by the cry of a hawk or the distant murmur of meltwater streams.
Live animated radar for Zenith Colony 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 | Zenith Colony, Glacier County, Montana |
| Coordinates | 48.869337°N, 112.343818°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Denver) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 59427 |
| Area Code | 406 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Zenith Colony, Montana Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Zenith Colony, 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 Zenith Colony includes coordinates 48.869337°N, 112.343818°W, situated in Glacier County. ZIP code 59427. 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.
