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Smelterville, Idaho

City in Shoshone County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at Smelterville

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Pinehurst (ID), 3 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate2.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Smelterville

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Smelterville, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Smelterville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

D1 - CataldoITDA6

Beside a road/7.0 mi away/2,146 ft/78 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank697of 833

Nuckols RAWSNUCI1

A remote fire weather station/11.2 mi away/4,177 ft/1,953 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank14of 833

Mullan PassMLP

At an airfield/24.6 mi away/6,004 ft/3,780 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank631of 833

measured daily2 instruments

KelloggKLGI1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/2,546 ft/322 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Pinehurst 0.4 WSWID-SH-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/2,250 ft/26 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Mullan Pass, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.6 mi from Smelterville, Idaho. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MLP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

42.0 F with a dew point of 29.0 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mullan Pass: temperature 42.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 29.0, 60 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.3 FTEMPERATURE 42.0 FDEW POINT 29.0 FSPREAD 13.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MLP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Mullan Pass, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south 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 MLPFIG. C THE WIND AT MULLAN PASSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMullan Pass, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MLPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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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