Citizen station GW5938GW5938
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/4,779 ft/13 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Lincoln is 33° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 67°, and the coolest Thursday, near 59°. Rain is possible Thursday (43%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:32 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Lincoln, Idaho.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Idaho Falls (ID), 1 mile off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 13, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Lincoln, IdahoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Lincoln, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW5938GW5938
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/4,779 ft/13 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
INL - Idaho Falls, Idaho Weather StationUSBR-IFAI
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/4,709 ft/57 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
D6 - Idaho FallsITD15
Beside a road/4.8 mi away/4,715 ft/51 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/5.5 mi away/4,741 ft/25 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Idaho FallsIFLI1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/4,738 ft/28 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Idaho Falls 1.4 EID-BV-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/4,736 ft/30 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 5.5 mi from Lincoln, Idaho. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 8 mi.
32.0 F with a dew point of 29.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up.
From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Idaho Falls (IFLI1), 2.6 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 17:00. measured daily
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.