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Spencer, Idaho

City in Clark County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at Spencer

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Idaho Falls (ID), 59 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Spencer

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Spencer, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Spencer, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Dubois Experiment StationDBSI1

On a farm or research station/8.1 mi away/5,468 ft/436 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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St. Anthony 0.5 SSWID-FM-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/37.1 mi away/4,963 ft/941 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at D6 - China Point, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.2 mi from Spencer, Idaho. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:30 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 1.25 mi.

Section of the sky over D6 - China Point, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 1.25 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITD52FIG. A THE SKY OVER D6 - CHINA POINTSECTION, 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 STATIONNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.25 MI0510TITLED6 - China Point, the skySTATION REPORT · RWIS ITD52TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITD52-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

34.9 F with a dew point of 24.3 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at D6 - China Point: temperature 34.9 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 24.3, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITD52FIG. B THE AIR AT D6 - CHINA POINTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00010 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 2,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 22.0 FTEMPERATURE 34.9 FDEW POINT 24.3 FSPREAD 10.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLED6 - China Point, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS ITD52TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITD52-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 16 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at D6 - China Point, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 16 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ITD52FIG. C THE WIND AT D6 - CHINA POINTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 16 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLED6 - China Point, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS ITD52TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ITD52-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The full report of D6 - China Point, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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