De Smet, Idaho Weather
De Smet, Idaho — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for De Smet, Benewah County.
Full aviation weather for De Smet is published on the Jack A Buell Airport (KS72) page, 32 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. 3 airfields within reach of De Smet 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 De Smet: Rosalia Municipal Airport (K72S) 40 km · Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (KPUW) 47 km
Conditions reported at KS72 describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at De Smet specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for De Smet.
About De Smet, Idaho
De Smet lies low in a broad valley, where rolling hills, softened by the slow march of seasons, cradle the land. It lies 28.9 miles north of Moscow, ID (from Moscow, ID: bearing 8°T), and is situated 9.1 miles south-east of Tekoa. The air here, especially after a rain, carries the clean, damp scent of pine needles and rich earth, a fragrance that clings to the wide, open sky. Sunlight, when it breaks through the frequent clouds, has a particular clarity, painting the sparse farms and scattered trees in hues of ochre and pale green. The terrain, a gentle slope towards the north, suggests the patient work of ancient water, the land itself a testament to forces far grander than the human eye can easily grasp. The quietude of De Smet is profound, broken only by the distant rumble of a truck on the highway or the call of a hawk circling overhead. The history of De Smet is woven into the broader narrative of logging and agriculture that shaped this corner of Benewah County. For generations, the whisper of saws and the creak of laden wagons were the dominant sounds, as timber was coaxed from the surrounding forests and crops coaxed from the fertile soil. The economy, though diversified now, still carries echoes of those foundational industries, with a quiet resilience evident in the local businesses. There's a palpable sense of continuity here, a feeling that the present is built on the sturdy foundations of the past, a past that is not so much remembered as it is lived, in the very texture of the place.
Live animated radar for De Smet 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.
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| Location | De Smet, Benewah County, Idaho |
| Coordinates | 47.14601°N, 116.915725°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 83824 |
| Area Code | 208, 986 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This De Smet, Idaho Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for De Smet, 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 De Smet includes coordinates 47.146010°N, 116.915725°W, situated in Benewah County. ZIP code 83824. Telephone area code: 208, 986. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
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.
