Citizen station GW4956GW4956
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/3,148 ft/2 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Mountain Home, Idaho
City in Elmore County, Idaho42°
76°/39°
Clear·
Feels like 41°·Light air 3 mph ESE
Now. Mountain Home is 42° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 26°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 74° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 77°, and the coolest Thursday, near 65°. Rain is possible Thursday (42%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:49 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 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
56%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
42feels41
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7639
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
7746
19mph
Sun
Oct 18
7442
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7744
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
6945
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6743
27%
Thu
Oct 22
6543
42%
42°
76°39°
77°46°
74°42°
77°44°
69°45°
67°43°
65°43°
As of 3:00 AM in Mountain Home, Idaho.
Air quality
The air at Mountain Home
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Boise (ID), 43 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.
GoodModerate
- 27YesterdayOct 15
- 38TodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mountain Home
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. 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 Mountain Home, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Mountain Home, IdahoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Mountain Home, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank828of 833
D3 - Hammett HillITD70
Beside a road/8.4 mi away/3,166 ft/16 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/11.1 mi away/2,995 ft/155 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/11.7 mi away/3,005 ft/145 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Orchard Range SiteS0674
At a soil climate station/20.0 mi away/3,200 ft/50 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Mountain Home 0.9 SWID-EL-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/3,146 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Glenns FerryGLFI1
At a cooperative observer's station/23.1 mi away/2,537 ft/613 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Mountain Home AFB, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.1 mi from Mountain Home, Idaho. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
41.0 F with a dew point of 26.4 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.
The wind
From the northeast (50 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Mountain Home AFB, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Idaho
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Mountain Home
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mountain Home AFBcommunity, 10 mi
- Hammettcommunity, 18 mi
- Bruneaucommunity, 18 mi
- Grand Viewcity, 23 mi
- Glenns Ferrycity, 24 mi
- Robie Creekcommunity, 40 mi
- Blisscity, 40 mi
- Boisecity, 42 mi
- Murphycommunity, 44 mi
- Kunacity, 44 mi
- Melbacity, 45 mi
- Hagermancity, 46 mi