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Fairfield, Idaho

City in Camas County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at Fairfield

Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Ketchum (ID), 31 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 1, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairfield

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Fairfield, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fairfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Fairfield RsFFDI1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/5,064 ft/4 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Fairfield 5.1 NID-AD-49

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/5,312 ft/244 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Hailey - Friedman Memorial, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.2 mi from Fairfield, Idaho. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hailey - Friedman Memorial, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUNFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAILEY - FRIEDMAN MEMORIALSECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHailey - Friedman Memorial, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SUNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

39.2 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 75 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 Hailey - Friedman Memorial: temperature 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 75 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 SUNFIG. B THE AIR AT HAILEY - FRIEDMAN MEMORIALTHE 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 30.4 FTEMPERATURE 39.2 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLEHailey - Friedman Memorial, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Hailey - Friedman Memorial, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SUNFIG. C THE WIND AT HAILEY - FRIEDMAN MEMORIALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHailey - Friedman Memorial, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SUNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SUN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hailey - Friedman Memorial, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Fairfield Rs (FFDI1), 0.5 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 15:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Idaho

18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Fairfield

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Fairfield

River and lake gauges