Pocatello, ID 83204 Weather

Bannock County7:17 AM MDT42.85°N, 112.44°W

Current conditions

Mostly Cloudy
46°
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 42°
High 73°·Low 48°
WindNNE 9 mph
Humidity93%
Dew point45°
Pressure30.13 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover54%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:51 AM
Sunset6:39 PM

Observed at Pocatello, Pocatello Regional Airport · 42 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    Mostly sunny. High near 73, with temperatures falling to around 71 in the afternoon. Southeast wind around 6 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear. Low around 48, with temperatures rising to around 50 overnight. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.

  • Thursday

    A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny. High near 72, with temperatures falling to around 70 in the afternoon. Southeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 hr ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Partly Sunny 48°
  2. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 46°
  3. 9 AM Partly Sunny 49°
  4. 10 AM Partly Sunny 56°
  5. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 61°
  6. 12 PM Sunny 65°
  7. 1 PM Sunny 69°
  8. 2 PM Sunny 71°
  9. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 72°
  10. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 73°
  11. 5 PM Mostly Sunny 71°
  12. 6 PM Partly Cloudy 69°
  13. 7 PM Mostly Clear 66°
  14. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 61°
  15. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 59°
  16. 10 PM Mostly Clear 57°
  17. 11 PM Mostly Clear 56°
  18. Thu12 AM Mostly Clear 55°
  19. 1 AM Mostly Clear 54°
  20. 2 AM Mostly Clear 53°
  21. 3 AM Mostly Clear 52°
  22. 4 AM Mostly Clear 51°
  23. 5 AM Mostly Clear 50°
  24. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 50°

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny11%48°73°
  2. ThuOct 22 Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms92%45°72°
  3. FriOct 23 Rain Rain94%34°50°
  4. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny32°50°
  5. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny34°55°
  6. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny12%35°57°
  7. TueOct 27 Slight Chance Rain And Snow then Mostly Sunny Slight Chance Rain And Snow then Mostly Sunny16%34°56°
  8. WedOct 28 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny36°60°
  9. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy38°62°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

37
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • WedGood (25)
  • ThuGood (25)
  • FriGood (25)

Pocatello, ID reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:51 AM
Sunset 6:39 PM
Daylight 10 h 48 min (−2 min 45 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 77% lit
Moonrise 4:27 PM Moonset 2:50 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low59° / 31°
Record high78° (2003)
Record low17° (1996)
Wettest1.28 in (1961)
Yesterday69° / 40°, 0.04 in
Month to date1.68 in (normal 0.66 in)

Pocatello Area, records since 1939. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in PIH, issued 6 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Mild temperatures through Thursday.

- Isolated showers and storms Today.

- Widespread rain arrives late Thursday.

- Much colder Friday.

Discussion

Issued at 111 AM MDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Low pressure off the coast of central California will remain in place today. It will start moving inland on Thursday, passing overhead Friday, before exiting the region on Saturday. Models show a batch of showers lifting northward through our area this morning but then clearing out for the afternoon with a few isolated showers developing late. We will probably see another wave of light showers Wednesday night into Thursday morning. But the main batch of precipitation will hold off until Thursday afternoon and evening. Models show a healthy band of showers and thunderstorms on the east side of the low as it moves northward. This is what will likely produce most of the precipitation over our area. There is also a good area of stratiform deformation zone rain on the north and northwest side of the low that will mainly pass through the central mountains into the Island Park region. Models are showing a good bit of dry air in the interior part of the low which could influence rainfall amounts. Forecast rainfall amounts remain relatively unchanged. The mean and 50th percentile qpf from the NBM shows 1.00 to 1.50 inches for east Idaho and across the Arco Desert into the Wood River and Lost River areas. The Magic Valley and central mountains look drier with around 0.50 inches. The 10th percentile is as low as 0.10 inches for the Magic Valley with 0.25 to 0.60 inches elsewhere. The 90th percentile is especially wet with amounts ranging from 1.25 inches to 2.00 inches. Both the operational GFS and NAM show this drier air in the reflectivity fields so the 90th percentile looks highly unlikely. But a drier than advertised system looks more plausible based on the dry air we are seeing in the models. The WPC forecast is just a tad under the 50% percentile. Snowfall with this system continues to look mostly unimpactful. Perhaps snow levels fall to some of our higher passes Friday night as the colder air settles into the area before the precipitation exits.

Cooler and drier air arrives for the weekend. We will notice about a 20 degree drop in temperatures from our highs on Thursday to highs for Friday. Temps will rebound slightly for next week, but remaining near or slightly below normal.

Aviation

Issued at 111 AM MDT Wed Oct 21 2026

A few showers may encroach upon terminals this morning. But conditions should remain vfr. Relatively light winds expected throughout the day.

Fire Weather

Issued at 111 AM MDT Wed Oct 21 2026

A few spotty showers are expected today with little to no measurable rain. Wetting rains will likely hold off until late Thursday afternoon and Thursday night.

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