D5 - Gem ValleyITDC3
Beside a road/11.6 mi away/5,535 ft/271 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Now. Soda Springs is 41° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 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 60°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 55°. Rain is possible Tuesday (43%) and Wednesday (40%). Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Soda Springs, Idaho.
Air quality
Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Pocatello (ID), 46 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.24 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Soda Springs, IdahoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Soda Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
D5 - Gem ValleyITDC3
Beside a road/11.6 mi away/5,535 ft/271 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Grace, Idaho Weather StationUSBR-GREI
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.3 mi away/5,449 ft/357 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/31.1 mi away/5,929 ft/123 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Soda Springs 1.3 WSWID-CR-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/5,773 ft/33 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GraceGRCI1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/5,568 ft/238 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 31.1 mi from Soda Springs, Idaho. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
32.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.
From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.
The full report of Bear Lake County, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.