Does Weather Story have a forecast for every city in Idaho?

Weather Story has forecasts for 236 cities and towns across Idaho. Each page shows hour-by-hour outlook, NOAA radar, GOES-19 satellite imagery, air quality, and climate normals.

Where does Idaho weather data come from on Weather Story?

Open-Meteo for forecasts (a public NWS/ECMWF aggregator), NOAA NESDIS/STAR for satellite imagery, RainViewer for radar, Copernicus CAMS for air quality, and NOAA Climate Normals for the 30-year baselines.

How often does Idaho weather data update?

Forecasts refresh every 10 minutes for all Idaho city pages. Radar tiles update every 5 minutes. GOES-19 satellite updates every 5–10 minutes depending on the sector.

Is Weather Story free for Idaho weather?

Yes. Built on open data sources with no ads, no tracking, and no app required. Renders the same forecast in a long-read format optimized for desktop and mobile.

Idaho Weather

Right now in Idaho

74°F

Overcast

Observed at Boise (the largest city by population in Idaho, used as a state-wide proxy). For per-city forecasts, see the city grid below.

Climate at a glance

Idaho covers two distinct climate zones across 236 cities and towns. Predominantly cold semi-arid (55% of cities), with warm-summer Mediterranean pockets (45%).

The state spans roughly 6.7° of latitude (42.0° N to 48.7° N), from Franklin in the south to Moyie Springs in the north. Boise is the largest city by population.

Zone	Cities	%
cold semi-arid	130	55.1%
warm-summer Mediterranean	106	44.9%

Microseason · June 1–5 · Mountain West

Pikas hayfeeding in granite peaks

Alpine meadows emerge from snowmelt as marmots whistle and pikas begin caching vegetation for winter.

Read this microseason across nine climate regions → · See all 72 microseasons

Microseason content for Idaho is drawn from the Mountain West corpus (100% of the state's cities sit in this region).

All cities in Idaho

236 cities & towns