Weather in Kootenai, Idaho
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Kootenai, ID
Sunday, May 17 at 3:50 AM
43
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
37°
Humidity
78%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
5:04 AM
Sunset
8:20 PM
Kootenai, ID
Hour by hour · 24h
53°
8p
51°
9p
49°
10p
48°
11%
11p
48°
13%
12a
47°
1a
46°
2a
44°
3a
42°
4a
42°
5a
42°
6a
45°
7a
46°
8a
49°
9a
51°
10a
52°
11a
52°
12p
52°
13%
1p
54°
13%
2p
53°
3p
55°
4p
51°
10%
5p
48°
23%
6p
48°
19%
7p
Kootenai, ID
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle39%50°38°
- SundayMay 17Overcast16%61°35°
- MondayMay 18Overcast16%62°39°
- TuesdayMay 19Heavy Drizzle18%62°39°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast—66°39°
- ThursdayMay 21Overcast17%73°42°
- FridayMay 22Overcast20%76°46°
Kootenai, ID
Next 24 hours · Cool now
Kootenai, ID
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
SSW
208° · veering 17°
Direction
SSW
208°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 7
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT 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
Kootenai, ID
Air quality
40
AQI
Good
- PM 2.5
- 1.3 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 1.5 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 1.7 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 81.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.0 Low
Kootenai, ID
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:28 AM
Sunrise
5:04 AM
Daylight
15h 16m
Sunset
8:20 PM
Civil dusk
3:58 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Kootenai, ID
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 12:00 PM
- Moonset
- 4:08 AM
- In sign
- ♊︎ Gemini
Kootenai, ID
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Kootenai at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 20°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: June 5 (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).