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De Smet, Idaho

Community in Benewah County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at De Smet

Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Rosalia (WA), 22 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at De Smet

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at De Smet, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest De Smet, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Potlatch RAWSPOTI1

A remote fire weather station/11.4 mi away/2,661 ft/21 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank135of 833

measured daily2 instruments

Potlatch 3NNEPTLI1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.7 mi away/2,772 ft/90 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank146of 833

Princeton 1.3 WNWID-LT-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.2 mi away/2,617 ft/65 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at D2 - Marsh Hill, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.3 mi from De Smet, Idaho. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:30 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over D2 - Marsh Hill, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITD40FIG. A THE SKY OVER D2 - MARSH HILLSECTION, 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 MI0510TITLED2 - Marsh Hill, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS ITD40TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITD40-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 34.5 F, 45 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at D2 - Marsh Hill: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.5, 45 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITD40FIG. B THE AIR AT D2 - MARSH HILLTHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 4,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.1 FTEMPERATURE 55.4 FDEW POINT 34.5 FSPREAD 20.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 45 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 POINTTITLED2 - Marsh Hill, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS ITD40TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITD40-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (38 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 4 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 11 mph.

Plan of the wind at D2 - Marsh Hill, north up: blowing from 38 degrees, the northeast, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 4; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITD40FIG. C THE WIND AT D2 - MARSH HILLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 38°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLED2 - Marsh Hill, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS ITD40TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITD40-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The full report of D2 - Marsh Hill, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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