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Banks, Idaho

Community in Boise County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at Banks

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Garden Valley (ID), 8 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 6, good.

Smoke, the next 40 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 Banks

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Banks, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Banks, IdahoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Banks, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Garden Valley 0.8 SID-BS-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.0 mi away/3,132 ft/432 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/3,072 ft/492 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Boise Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 35.8 mi from Banks, Idaho. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Boise Municipal, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOIFIG. A THE SKY OVER BOISE MUNICIPALSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBoise Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BOITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BOI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 50 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Boise Municipal: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.0, 50 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOIFIG. B THE AIR AT BOISE MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 4,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.2 FTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 31.0 FSPREAD 18.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 50 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBoise Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BOITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BOI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Boise Municipal, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south southeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOIFIG. C THE WIND AT BOISE MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBoise Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BOITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BOI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Boise Municipal, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Idaho

18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Banks

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Banks

River and lake gauges