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Pocatello Regional Airport, Idaho

Medium airport in Power County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at Pocatello Regional Airport

Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Pocatello (ID), 8 miles off.

39Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good7.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good7.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pocatello Regional Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pocatello Regional Airport, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
PIH
ICAO
KPIH
IATA
PIH
Field elevation
4,452 ft
Serves
Pocatello
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
PIH
Wind now
From 280° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
03 / 219,059 ft150 ftAsphalt45° / 225°2 mph head, on 212 mph from the right
17 / 357,150 ft100 ftAsphalt180° / 0°1 mph head, on 353 mph from the left
032117352,500 ftN280° 3 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Pocatello Municipal (PIH), Pocatello Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

40 F at 9 PM; 62 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 30 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
40F
9 PM
Highest
62F
3 PM
Lowest
30F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Pocatello Municipal, temperature from 30.0 to 62.0, the latest 40.0; dew point from 28.0 to 37.0, the latest 33.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF203040506070Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 33 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 27% at 4 PM to 96% at 5 AM.

Dew point now
33F
9 PM
Humidity now
76%
Humidity, range
27 to 96%
Relative humidity at Pocatello Municipal, relative humidity from 27 to 96, the latest 76, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

2 mph from the west at 9 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 25 mph at 12 PM.

Now
2mph
from the west
Strongest
15mph
12 PM
Highest gust
25mph
12 PM
Wind and Gust at Pocatello Municipal, wind from 1 to 15, the latest 2; gust from 16 to 25, the latest 22, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Pocatello Municipal, wind direction from 10 to 320, the latest 280, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.58 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.26 inHg higher than a day before.

Now
30.58inHg
9 PM
3 hours
+0.04inHg
rising
24 hours
+0.26inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Pocatello Municipal, pressure, altimeter from 30.32 to 30.58, the latest 30.58, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.3030.4030.5030.60Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 5 miles at 9 PM; 5 miles now.

Now
5mi
Lowest
5mi
9 PM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Pocatello Municipal, visibility from 5.0 to 10.0, the latest 5.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Pocatello Municipal: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Pocatello Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Pocatello MunicipalPIH

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/4,478 ft/26 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

D5 - Arbon ValleyITD46

Beside a road/4.0 mi away/4,426 ft/26 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Wildhorse Divide SnotelWHDI1

A snow pillow on a mountain/12.1 mi away/6,490 ft/2,038 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Pocatello NWSPWSI1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/4,449 ft/3 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Pocatello 3.7 NNWID-BK-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/4,464 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Pocatello NWS (PWSI1), 0.5 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

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