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Silverton, Idaho

Community in Shoshone County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at Silverton

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Pinehurst (ID), 13 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate-

The days ahead

Highest 52, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Silverton

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Silverton, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Silverton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Nuckols RAWSNUCI1

A remote fire weather station/1.0 mi away/4,177 ft/1,509 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank98of 840

Mullan PassMLP

At an airfield/13.6 mi away/6,004 ft/3,336 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank634of 840

measured daily2 instruments

Wallace Woodland ParkWWPI1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/2,720 ft/52 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Mullan 0.2 WID-SH-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/3,304 ft/636 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Mullan Pass, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.6 mi from Silverton, Idaho. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 3:53 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 Mullan Pass, 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 MLPFIG. A THE SKY OVER MULLAN PASSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMullan Pass, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MLPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MLP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 18.0 F, 31 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mullan Pass: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 18.0, 31 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MLPFIG. B THE AIR AT MULLAN PASSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 6,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 12.2 FTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 18.0 FSPREAD 29.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 31 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 POINTTITLEMullan Pass, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MLPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MLP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Mullan Pass, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, 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 MLPFIG. C THE WIND AT MULLAN PASSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMullan Pass, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MLPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-MLP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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