Yellow Pine, Idaho Weather
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Yellow Pine weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
Conditions updated 8:23 AM MDT · Open-Meteo
- TodaySep 21Clear——76°45°—
- TuesdaySep 22Overcast16%—76°54°0°
- WednesdaySep 23Overcast——74°51°-2°
- ThursdaySep 24Overcast——79°54°+5°
- FridaySep 25Drizzle16%0.01″61°38°-18°
- SaturdaySep 26Overcast16%—66°38°+5°
- SundaySep 27Light Drizzle10%0.02″65°42°-1°
Air quality now AQI 29 · Good
AQI 29 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI projected to climb to 46 over the next 6 hours.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 8 PM.
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
September dries up ditches or breaks down bridges.
- Moonrise
- 5:33 PM
- Moonset
- 1:50 AM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Thunder retreats as the monsoon dies
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Yellow Pine at a glance
- Today vs. normal: Today averages 61°F (high 76°F, low 45°F), 7°F above the 54°F normal for Sep 21
- Last frost: June 12 (1991–2020 median, NOAA station 1 km away)
- Microseason: Sep 21–25
- Planting calendar: September — harvest peas, beans, summer squash, fall brassicas, carrots, garlic
16-Day Forecast — Yellow Pine
- Mon76°45°2%
- Tue76°54°16%
- Wed74°51°3%
- Thu79°54°0%
- Fri61°38°16%
- Sat66°38°16%
- Sun65°42°10%
- Mon54°38°10%
- Tue63°38°3%
- Wed70°44°9%
- Thu73°49°9%
- Fri66°43°23%
- Sat66°37°24%
- Sun74°44°6%
- Mon65°48°3%
- Tue69°46°5%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Post-frost dormancy
As of September 21, the season's first frost (typically September 11) is due or past. Bring frost-tender plants indoors, mulch overwintering beds, and turn spent plantings under. This city's planting calendar for September: harvest peas, beans, summer squash, fall brassicas, carrots, and garlic.
SPC Convective Outlook
Storm Prediction Center — Yellow Pine
SPC includes Yellow Pine in the general thunderstorm area tomorrow — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYNONENo severe risk
- TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- DAY 3NONENo severe risk
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook.
Sun & seasons in Yellow Pine
Yellow Pine sits in Valley County, where the year’s longest day runs 15h 37m of daylight and its shortest just 8h 46m — a swing of +6h 51m between the June and December solstices. Clocks spring forward on Sunday, March 8, 2026 and fall back on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
Boise, the state’s largest city, lies about 101 miles to the SSW. The nearest town Yellow Pine tracks is Boise, roughly 101 miles to the SSW.
Air quality in Yellow Pine
Air quality in Yellow Pine’s county has trended cleaner since 2020; its cleanest year on record was 2025 (median AQI 34).
Planting calendar
| Month | Plant | Harvest |
|---|---|---|
| May | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes | — |
| June | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes, beans, squash, fall brassicas, carrots | spinach, radishes |
| July | — | lettuce, peas, spinach, radishes |
| August | garlic (overwinter) | lettuce, peas, spinach, beans, summer squash |
| September | — | peas, beans, summer squash, fall brassicas, carrots, garlic |
| October | — | fall brassicas, carrots |
A year in weather
July is Yellow Pine's warmest stretch (~66°F) and December its coldest (~24°F); precipitation crests in December at 3.0 inches and ebbs in August to 0.7 inches.
| Month | Mean temp | Precip | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 2.7″ | 12 |
| February | 28° | 2.0″ | 13 |
| March | 35° | 2.7″ | 15 |
| April | 42° | 2.1″ | 12 |
| May | 50° | 1.8″ | 11 |
| June | 58° | 2.1″ | 11 |
| July | 66° | 0.9″ | 5 |
| August | 66° | 0.7″ | 6 |
| September | 57° | 1.3″ | 7 |
| October | 45° | 2.0″ | 12 |
| November | 33° | 2.7″ | 12 |
| December | 24° | 3.0″ | 15 |
Regional context
Similar climates McCall, ID, Donnelly, ID, New Meadows, ID
Yellow Pine swings from 24°F in January to 66°F in July (42°F) per NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals; precipitation in Yellow Pine runs about 24 inches on roughly 130 measurable days.
Precipitation in Yellow Pine peaks in the cool season: December averages 3.0 inches across 14.7 storm-fed days, while August bottoms out at 0.7 inches over just 5.5 rainy days. That groups Yellow Pine with places like McCall, ID, Donnelly, ID and New Meadows, ID on the same cool-season storm track.
Around June 12, Yellow Pine sheds its freezing nights — kale, peas, spinach, and parsnips go into Yellow Pine's beds. Heat-demanding starts go out a fortnight on in Yellow Pine, after the soil warms and cold snaps clear. The season ends by September 11 in Yellow Pine, once hard frosts set back in. That date is a median: Yellow Pine freezes sooner in half of years.
Similar climates: McCall, ID, Donnelly, ID, New Meadows, ID, Cascade, ID, Council, ID.
Frequently asked
- When does it freeze in Yellow Pine?
- Frost typically leaves Yellow Pine by June 12 and returns to Yellow Pine near September 11.
- What is the rainy season in Yellow Pine?
- Yellow Pine sees its heaviest rain in December (around 3.0 inches), part of roughly 24 inches a year.
- What is the warmest month in Yellow Pine?
- Yellow Pine peaks in July, when the mean runs near 66°F.
- What is the coldest month in Yellow Pine?
- December is Yellow Pine's coldest month, averaging about 24°F.
- When can I start a vegetable garden in Yellow Pine?
- Around June 12, start frost-hardy crops in Yellow Pine; tomatoes and basil belong a fortnight later.
- How many rainy days does Yellow Pine get?
- Yellow Pine averages about 130 days with measurable rain or snow each year.
- What hardiness zone is Yellow Pine?
- With December around 24°F, Yellow Pine's zone reflects that minimum — the USDA ZIP map confirms Yellow Pine's band.
- What is the 10-day forecast for Yellow Pine?
- Yellow Pine's extended outlook — daily high and low temperatures and precipitation chances for each upcoming day — is in the daily forecast above.
- Will it rain this week in Yellow Pine?
- See this week's day-by-day rain chances for Yellow Pine in the daily forecast above, and the next 24 hours in the hourly chart.
- What is the weather like right now in Yellow Pine?
- Current conditions for Yellow Pine and the next 24 hours — temperature, precipitation chance, and wind by the hour — are in the hourly forecast chart above.
- How often is the Yellow Pine forecast updated?
- The Yellow Pine forecast on this page is built from Open-Meteo weather-model data and refreshes regularly through the day.
- When are sunrise and sunset in Yellow Pine?
- Today's sunrise and sunset times for Yellow Pine are in the Almanac section above, along with civil dawn, civil dusk, and day length. Day length is longest near the summer solstice and shortest near the winter solstice.
- How accurate is the weather forecast for Yellow Pine?
- The next few days in Yellow Pine's forecast are the most reliable; accuracy declines beyond about a week as weather-model uncertainty grows.
Yellow Pine sits at 45.0°N; its climate zone is cold semi-arid (Köppen approximation).
ZIP codes in Yellow Pine
- 83677