Weather in Mountain Home AFB, Idaho
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Mountain Home AFB, ID
Sunday, May 17 at 5:22 AM
49
°
Clear
Feels like
39°
Humidity
28%
Wind
10 mph
Sunrise
6:18 AM
Sunset
9:01 PM
Mountain Home AFB, ID
Hour by hour · 24h
58°
11p
55°
12a
52°
1a
51°
2a
51°
3a
50°
4a
50°
5a
49°
6a
48°
7a
52°
8a
56°
9a
58°
10a
60°
11a
62°
12p
64°
1p
67°
2p
69°
3p
70°
4p
71°
5p
72°
6p
70°
7p
68°
8p
64°
9p
60°
10p
Mountain Home AFB, ID
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Overcast—63°49°
- SundayMay 17Overcast—57°41°
- MondayMay 18Overcast—65°40°
- TuesdayMay 19Overcast—73°47°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—70°50°
- ThursdayMay 21Mostly Clear—76°47°
- FridayMay 22Overcast—83°54°
Mountain Home AFB, ID
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Mountain Home AFB, ID
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NNW
335° · veering 13°
Direction
NNW
335°
Sustained
10
mph
Gust
17
mph
Peak 24h
38
avg 17
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Mountain Home AFB, ID
Air quality
47
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.9 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 2.6 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.2 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 90.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Mountain Home AFB, ID
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:47 AM
Sunrise
6:18 AM
Daylight
14h 43m
Sunset
9:01 PM
Civil dusk
3:34 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Mountain Home AFB, ID
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 12:24 PM
- Moonset
- 3:40 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Mountain Home AFB, ID
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Mountain Home AFB at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 20°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: May 4 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Cool-season window is open
As of May 17, the cool-season window is open or about to open. Direct-sow peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, and brassicas now. Hold off on warm-season crops until 1–2 weeks after the last spring frost (around May).