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Blackfoot, Idaho

City in Bingham County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at Blackfoot

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Pocatello (ID), 22 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good22.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good22.4 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Blackfoot

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Blackfoot, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Blackfoot, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Blackfoot Fire DeptBKFI1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/4,482 ft/17 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Blackfoot 3.0 WID-BG-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/4,471 ft/28 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Pocatello Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.1 mi from Blackfoot, Idaho. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Pocatello Municipal, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PIHFIG. A THE SKY OVER POCATELLO 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: 5 MI0510TITLEPocatello Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PIHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PIH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

40.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pocatello Municipal: temperature 40.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PIHFIG. B THE AIR AT POCATELLO 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.5 FTEMPERATURE 40.0 FDEW POINT 33.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEPocatello Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PIHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PIH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Pocatello Municipal, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PIHFIG. C THE WIND AT POCATELLO MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPocatello Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PIHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PIH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Elsewhere in Idaho

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