Temperature
41 F at 8 PM; 59 F at its warmest, 5 PM, and 26 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 41F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 59F
- 5 PM
- Lowest
- 26F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Challis Airport, Idaho
Small airport in Custer County, Idaho44°
63°/30°
Clear·
Feels like 44°·Calm 0 mph NNE
Now. Challis Airport is 44° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 33° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 66°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 55°. Rain is possible Tuesday (31%) and Wednesday (45%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:41 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
70%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
44feels44
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6330
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6433
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
6633
mostly clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6433
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6435
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5736
31%
Wed
Oct 21
5536
45%
44°
63°30°
64°33°
66°33°
64°33°
64°35°
57°36°
55°36°
As of 9:00 PM in Challis Airport, Idaho.
Air quality
The air at Challis Airport
Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Salmon (ID), 49 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 14
- 27TodayOct 15
- 24FriOct 16
- 29SatOct 17
- 33SunOct 18
- 30MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Challis Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Challis Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LLJ
- ICAO
- KLLJ
- IATA
- CHL
- Field elevation
- 5,072 ft
- Serves
- Challis
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- LLJ
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 20:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 | 4,601 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 183° / 3° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Challis (LLJ), Challis Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 32 F, the air 70% saturated; the humidity ran from 33% at 4 PM to 92% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 32F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 70%
- Humidity, range
- 33 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 9 PM; at its strongest 4 mph, 7 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 4mph
- 7 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.62 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.24 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.62inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.24inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 8 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 8 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Challis: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Challis Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
ChallisLLJ
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/5,072 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Challis RAWSCHRI1
A remote fire weather station/1.3 mi away/5,164 ft/92 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
D4 - ClaytonITD30
Beside a road/22.5 mi away/5,561 ft/489 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily1 instrument
Challis AirportKLLJ
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/5,033 ft/39 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Idaho
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Challis Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Challiscity, 1 mi
- Claytoncity, 20 mi
- Stanleytown, 41 mi
- Leadorecity, 44 mi
- Salmoncity, 48 mi
- Mackaycity, 52 mi
- Sun Valleycity, 58 mi
- Ketchumcity, 59 mi
- Sun Valleysurveyed ski area, 60 mi
- Lost Rivercity, 62 mi
- Moorecity, 69 mi
- Yellow Pinecommunity, 70 mi
Airports near Challis Airport
- Stanley Airport2U7, 42 mi
- Lemhi County AirportSMN, 45 mi
- Friedman Memorial AirportSUN, 70 mi
- McCall Municipal AirportMYL, 96 mi
- Gooding Municipal AirportGNG, 114 mi
- Boise Air Terminal/Gowen FieldBOI, 120 mi
- Jerome County AirportJER, 125 mi
- Idaho Falls Regional AirportIDA, 127 mi