Pocatello, ID Weather

Bannock County4:21 PM MDT42.87°N, 112.45°WElevation 4,462 ft

Current conditions

Light Rain Likely
48°
Light Rain Likely
Feels like 43°
High 51°·Low 34°
WindWSW 12 mph gusts 22 mph
Humidity77%
Dew point41°
Visibility6.9 mi
Cloud cover93%
UV index1 Low
Sunrise7:53 AM
Sunset6:36 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday

    Rain. Cloudy. High near 51, with temperatures falling to around 46 in the afternoon. South southwest wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

  • Friday Night

    Rain before 1am. Cloudy. Low around 34, with temperatures rising to around 38 overnight. West northwest wind 2 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

  • Saturday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. North wind around 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 22 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Light Rain Likely 48°65%
  2. 5 PM Light Rain Likely 46°68%
  3. 6 PM Light Rain Likely 45°65%
  4. 7 PM Light Rain Likely 44°64%
  5. 8 PM Light Rain Likely 44°62%
  6. 9 PM Light Rain 45°75%
  7. 10 PM Light Rain Likely 44°69%
  8. 11 PM Chance Light Rain 44°40%
  9. Sat12 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 44°19%
  10. 1 AM Cloudy 43°
  11. 2 AM Cloudy 42°
  12. 3 AM Mostly Cloudy 41°
  13. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 40°
  14. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 38°
  15. 6 AM Partly Sunny 38°
  16. 7 AM Partly Sunny 35°
  17. 8 AM Partly Sunny 36°
  18. 9 AM Partly Sunny 38°
  19. 10 AM Partly Sunny 40°
  20. 11 AM Partly Sunny 43°
  21. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 46°
  22. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 48°
  23. 2 PM Mostly Sunny 50°
  24. 3 PM Sunny 51°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms97%45°
  2. TodayOct 23 Light Rain Light Rain92%34°51°
  3. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny31°51°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny34°55°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny23%35°58°
  6. TueOct 27 Slight Chance Light Rain then Mostly Sunny Slight Chance Light Rain then Mostly Sunny16%32°54°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny34°55°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny57°
  9. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny29°53°
  10. SatOct 31 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy37°55°

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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Weather news near Pocatello

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Air quality

24
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Forecast

  • FriGood (30)
  • SatGood (30)
  • SunGood (30)

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 7:53 AM
Sunset 6:36 PM
Daylight 10 h 42 min (−2 min 43 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 94% lit
Moonrise 5:06 PM Moonset 5:04 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low58° / 31°
Record high75° (1960)
Record low16° (2020)
Wettest0.41 in (2004)
Yesterday72° / 44°, <0.01 in
Month to date1.68 in (normal 0.72 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 15 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Flash Flood Watch for Local Burn Scars: A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for the Wapiti, Ohio, and Big Rock burn scars Today, where precipitation could trigger debris flows and rapid runoff.

- Widespread showers through most of Today.

- Much colder Today.

- Dry weather returns Saturday.

Discussion

Issued at 114 AM MDT Fri Oct 23 2026

Rain has arrived across central and east Idaho. Low pressure will move through our area today. We should see that circulation in the radar reflectivity fields today. Storm total rainfall amounts remain all over the board. Models just having a tough time figuring out the amount of dry air in the system verses the rain intensity. The NBM 10th percentile ranges from 0.10 to 0.25 inches with slightly higher amounts across the central mountains into the Island Park region. The 50th percentile is roughly around 0.75 to 1.00 inches with higher amounts across the central mountains into Island Park where the wrap around moisture is expected to be more persistent. This is roughly where the official forecast is. The 90th percentile is very high still, well over an inch in most places and closer to 1.50 to 2.00 inches. So what this tells us is there is a lot of uncertainty with this system. Amounts will most likely range from roughly 0.50 to 1.25 inches with the highest amounts over the mountains into Island Park, but it could still end up a lot higher if the models have overdone the amount of dry air or it could end up a lot lower if the models have not accounted for the dry air enough. It will be much colder today, that we know for sure! Most areas will struggle to reach 50 today. Some high level snow remains possible, mainly across the central mountains but it shouldn't create too many impacts to roads, if any at all.

This system should exit the area by Saturday with dry weather settling in for the weekend into Monday. Another low pressure system arrives Tuesday, but qpf amounts look much less, probably less than 0.25 inches for most of us. Temperatures will remain slightly below average for most of the week, we could approach seasonable values on Monday ahead of the next system.

Aviation

Issued at 114 AM MDT Fri Oct 23 2026

Expect worsening conditions today with ceilings falling to MVFR and possibly IFR by afternoon for many locations. Winds will pick up this afternoon with gusts to 30 kts certainly possible at many sites as well.

Fire Weather

Issued at 114 AM MDT Fri Oct 23 2026

Wetting rains are likely across much of the area today. Winds look lighter across the central mountains, but gusts of 30 to 40 mph are likely across much of southern and eastern Idaho today. Drier weather with lighter winds returns for Saturday.

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