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Wallace, Idaho

City in Shoshone County, Idaho

Air quality

The air at Wallace

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Pinehurst (ID), 15 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate15 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 58, moderate, Thu 9 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Wallace

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

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wallace, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Nuckols RAWSNUCI1

A remote fire weather station/2.6 mi away/4,177 ft/1,445 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank14of 833

Mullan PassMLP

At an airfield/12.0 mi away/6,004 ft/3,272 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank631of 833

measured daily2 instruments

Wallace Woodland ParkWWPI1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/2,720 ft/12 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Mullan 0.2 WID-SH-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.1 mi away/3,304 ft/572 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Mullan Pass, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.0 mi from Wallace, Idaho. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:53 PM 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

43.0 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mullan Pass: temperature 43.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.0, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 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 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.5 FTEMPERATURE 43.0 FDEW POINT 31.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 southeast (140 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Mullan Pass, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE 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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