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Elk City, Idaho

Community in Idaho County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at Elk City

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Grangeville (ID), 33 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 17, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 60, moderate, Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Elk City

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Elk City, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Elk City, 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

Elk City 1NEELKI1

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.2 mi away/4,150 ft/104 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank342of 833

measured daily2 instruments

DixieDIXI1

At a cooperative observer's station/17.2 mi away/6,184 ft/2,138 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Kooskia 7.3 SEID-ID-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.6 mi away/2,590 ft/1,456 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank532of 833

Station report

The weather at Elk City (RAMOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.4 mi from Elk City, Idaho. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:52 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

41.0 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Elk City (RAMOS): temperature 41.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P69FIG. B THE AIR AT ELK CITY (RAMOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 41.0 F, 41.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEElk City (RAMOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS P69TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P69-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Elk City (RAMOS), north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P69FIG. C THE WIND AT ELK CITY (RAMOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElk City (RAMOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS P69TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P69-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 1,460 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.38 inHg and the temperature at 53.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.56 inHg means its barometer reads 28.98 inHg; it reports 41.0 F, 12.8 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Elk City (RAMOS) stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,460 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.38 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.56 and the station pressure it means, 28.98.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT P69FIG. D WHERE ELK CITY (RAMOS) STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREELK CITY (RAMOS)5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,460 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.38 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.56 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.98 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED41.0 FTITLEElk City (RAMOS), the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS P69TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-P69-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Elk City (RAMOS), in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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Near Elk City

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