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Basalt, Idaho

City in Bingham County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at Basalt

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Idaho Falls (ID), 16 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good11.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Basalt

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 Basalt, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Basalt, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Basalt 0.2 SEID-BG-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/4,599 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Blackfoot Fire DeptBKFI1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/4,482 ft/109 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Idaho Falls/Fanning, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.4 mi from Basalt, Idaho. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Idaho Falls/Fanning, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IDAFIG. A THE SKY OVER IDAHO FALLS/FANNINGSECTION, 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: 7 MI0510TITLEIdaho Falls/Fanning, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IDATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IDA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Idaho Falls/Fanning: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IDAFIG. B THE AIR AT IDAHO FALLS/FANNINGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.0 FTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 14.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLEIdaho Falls/Fanning, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IDATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IDA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Idaho Falls/Fanning, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, 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 IDAFIG. C THE WIND AT IDAHO FALLS/FANNINGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEIdaho Falls/Fanning, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IDATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-IDA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Idaho Falls/Fanning, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Idaho

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Near Basalt

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