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Horseshoe Bend, Idaho

City in Boise County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at Horseshoe Bend

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Garden Valley (ID), 18 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good19 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 14, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Horseshoe Bend

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Horseshoe Bend, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Horseshoe Bend, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Boise 7NBOSI1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/3,901 ft/1,279 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Emmett 1.7 ESEID-GM-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.8 mi away/2,470 ft/152 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank490of 833

Station report

The weather at Boise Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.1 mi from Horseshoe Bend, Idaho. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM 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 Boise Municipal, 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 BOIFIG. A THE SKY OVER BOISE MUNICIPALSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBoise Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BOITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BOI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 30.0 F, 41 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Boise Municipal: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.0, 41 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOIFIG. B THE AIR AT BOISE MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 5,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.2 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 30.0 FSPREAD 23.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 41 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 POINTTITLEBoise Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BOITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BOI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (110 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Boise Municipal, north up: blowing from 110 degrees, the east southeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOIFIG. C THE WIND AT BOISE MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 110°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBoise Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BOITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BOI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Boise Municipal, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Idaho

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

Near Horseshoe Bend

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

Near Horseshoe Bend

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