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Butte City, Idaho

City in Butte County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at Butte City

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Craters of the Moon National Monument (ID), 19 miles off.

29Good
  • Ozone29Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Butte City

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. 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 Butte City, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Butte City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Arco 17 SW04126

At a climate reference station/18.5 mi away/5,920 ft/600 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank499of 833

D6 - PuzzleITD95

Beside a road/19.1 mi away/4,934 ft/386 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank697of 833

measured daily2 instruments

Arco 0.9 ESEID-BT-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/5,333 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ArcoAROI1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/5,331 ft/11 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at D6 - Puzzle, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 19.1 mi from Butte City, Idaho. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over D6 - Puzzle, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITD95FIG. A THE SKY OVER D6 - PUZZLESECTION, 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 STATIONNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.25 MI0510TITLED6 - Puzzle, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS ITD95TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITD95-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.4 F with a dew point of 30.2 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at D6 - Puzzle: temperature 42.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.2, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITD95FIG. B THE AIR AT D6 - PUZZLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.6 FTEMPERATURE 42.4 FDEW POINT 30.2 FSPREAD 12.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 POINTTITLED6 - Puzzle, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS ITD95TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITD95-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (34 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 11 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at D6 - Puzzle, north up: blowing from 34 degrees, the northeast, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 11; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITD95FIG. C THE WIND AT D6 - PUZZLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 34°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLED6 - Puzzle, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS ITD95TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITD95-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The full report of D6 - Puzzle, 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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