Temperature
32 F at 6 AM; 64 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 31 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 32F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 64F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 31F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Sandpoint Airport, Idaho
Small airport in Bonner County, Idaho36°
67°/36°
Clear·
Feels like 36°·Calm 1 mph N
Now. Sandpoint Airport is 36° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 66° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. Highs stay close to 61° all week. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:27 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, 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 10 hours 50 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
56Air quality
100%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
36feels36
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6736
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
6239
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6034
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6135
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
6037
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6134
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5935
18%
36°
67°36°
62°39°
60°34°
61°35°
60°37°
61°34°
59°35°
As of 6:00 AM in Sandpoint Airport, Idaho.
Air quality
The air at Sandpoint Airport
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Sandpoint (ID), 1 mile off.
56Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
- Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 15
- 45TodayOct 16
- 47SatOct 17
- 47SunOct 18
- 47MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sandpoint Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. 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 Sandpoint Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SZT
- ICAO
- KSZT
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,131 ft
- Serves
- Sandpoint
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SZT
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 06:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,501 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 32° / 212° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sandpoint (SZT), Sandpoint 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 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 33% at 4 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 32F
- 6 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 33 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 6 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 10 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 10 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.48 inHg at 6 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.48inHg
- 6 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.11inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 1
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
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
Sandpoint: 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 Sandpoint 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
SandpointSZT
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,126 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sandpoint 1NSPTI1
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.4 mi away/2,129 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
D1 - US 95 BywayITDB3
Beside a road/1.5 mi away/2,096 ft/35 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/2,116 ft/15 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Ponderay 0.4 NNEID-BR-40
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/2,134 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Sandpoint Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ponderaycity, 1 mi
- Sandpointcity, 2 mi
- Kootenaicity, 2 mi
- Dovercity, 4 mi
- Schweitzersurveyed ski area, 6 mi
- Hopecity, 12 mi
- Lacledecommunity, 12 mi
- East Hopecity, 13 mi
- Priest Rivercity, 18 mi
- Coolincommunity, 18 mi
- Clark Forkcity, 20 mi
- Oldtowncity, 24 mi
Airports near Sandpoint Airport
- Boundary County Airport65S, 32 mi
- Coeur D'Alene Airport - Pappy Boyington FieldCOE, 38 mi
- Lewiston Nez Perce County AirportLWS, 135 mi
- Idaho County AirportGIC, 164 mi
- McCall Municipal AirportMYL, 237 mi
- Lemhi County AirportSMN, 254 mi
- Challis AirportLLJ, 284 mi
- Stanley Airport2U7, 293 mi