Preston, Idaho Weather StationUSBR-PSTI
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Now. Dayton is 46° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 64°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 60°. Rain is possible Tuesday (42%) and Wednesday (43%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 11 hours 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Dayton, Idaho.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Logan (UT), 28 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Dayton, IdahoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Dayton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Preston, Idaho Weather StationUSBR-PSTI
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
D5 - FranklinITD04
Beside a road/11.7 mi away/4,505 ft/273 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/34.2 mi away/5,929 ft/1,151 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Preston 0.6 WID-FK-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/4,720 ft/58 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PrestonPRSI1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/4,718 ft/60 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 34.2 mi from Dayton, Idaho. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 4 mi.
33.8 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.
From the west (280 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.
The full report of Bear Lake County, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Preston (PRSI1), 6.3 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 20:00. measured daily
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.