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Rathdrum, Idaho

City in Kootenai County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at Rathdrum

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Coeur d'Alene (ID), 10 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Rathdrum

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Rathdrum, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rathdrum, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Rathdrum 1.6 ESEID-KT-44

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/2,266 ft/56 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Coeur DaleneCOWI1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/2,123 ft/87 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Coeur D Alene(AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.7 mi from Rathdrum, Idaho. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:14 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over Coeur D Alene(AWOS), height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COEFIG. A THE SKY OVER COEUR D ALENE(AWOS)SECTION, 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: 1.25 MI0510TITLECoeur D Alene(AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS COETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-COE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Coeur D Alene(AWOS): temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COEFIG. B THE AIR AT COEUR D ALENE(AWOS)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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.9 FTEMPERATURE 50.0 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 10.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLECoeur D Alene(AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS COETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-COE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Coeur D Alene(AWOS), north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, at 7 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 COEFIG. C THE WIND AT COEUR D ALENE(AWOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECoeur D Alene(AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS COETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-COE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Coeur D Alene(AWOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Idaho

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Near Rathdrum

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