Butte City, Idaho Weather
Butte City, Idaho — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Butte City, Butte County.
Full aviation weather for Butte City is published on the Arco Butte County Airport (KAOC) page, 7 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Butte City have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Butte City: Antelope Valley Airport (KU92) 30 km · Howe Airport (KU97) 31 km · Hollow Top Airport (K0U7) 42 km · Mackay Airport (KU62) 44 km · Coxs Well Airport (KU48) 44 km
Conditions reported at KAOC describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Butte City specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Butte City.
About Butte City, Idaho
Butte City unfolds across a broad, sun-drenched expanse where the land begins its slow, patient tilt toward the distant mountains. It lies 61.4 miles west of Idaho Falls, ID (from Idaho Falls, ID: bearing 280°T), and is situated 3.4 miles east-south-east of Arco. The sky here is a vast, often startling blue, stretching over fields of ripening grain that ripple like a golden sea under the persistent breeze. Sagebrush, tough and resilient, clings to the dry earth, its dusty green a counterpoint to the pale, sun-bleached fences that mark out the ranches. The air, particularly in the early morning, carries a crispness, a scent of dry grass and the faint, mineral tang of the soil, hinting at the geological forces that shaped this place long before human settlement. The houses themselves seem to absorb the light, their paint faded to soft, muted tones that blend harmoniously with the surrounding landscape, giving Butte City a quiet, unassuming character. The history of Butte City is inextricably linked to the rich, dark veins of ore that once pulsed beneath the earth, a legacy that still whispers in the wind rustling through the abandoned mine shafts. While the boom years of mining have long since faded, the spirit of resilience and hard work remains, now channeled into the careful cultivation of the surrounding agricultural lands. The economy of Butte City today is a tapestry woven from wheat, barley, and the steady hum of cattle ranches, a quiet continuation of the land’s bounty. Local traditions, passed down through generations, often revolve around the changing seasons and the shared effort required to sustain life in this remote, beautiful corner of the country. The rhythm of life in Butte City is measured, not by the frantic pace of a metropolis, but by the slow turning of the earth and the dependable arc of the sun across the immense sky.
Live animated radar for Butte City and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Butte City, Butte County, Idaho |
| Coordinates | 43.609903°N, 113.244171°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 83213 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Butte City, Idaho Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Butte City, Idaho, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Butte City includes coordinates 43.609903°N, 113.244171°W, situated in Butte County. ZIP code 83213. Telephone area code: 208. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Boise).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
