Fruitland, Idaho Weather
Fruitland, Idaho — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Fruitland, Payette County.
Full aviation weather for Fruitland is published on the Ontario Municipal Airport (KONO) page, 8 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 Fruitland 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 Fruitland: Weiser Municipal Airport (KS87) 22 km · Emmett Municipal Airport (KS78) 35 km · Caldwell Executive Airport (KEUL) 46 km · Lee Williams Memorial Airport (K0U9) 52 km · Nampa Municipal Airport (KMAN) 57 km
Conditions reported at KONO describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fruitland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Fruitland, Idaho
Fruitland lies cradled by the broad, fertile expanse of the Snake River Valley, where the land breathes a quiet promise of abundance. It lies 26.4 miles north-north-west of Caldwell, ID (from Caldwell, ID: bearing 334°T), and is situated 2.6 miles east-south-east of Ontario. The sky here often stretches in a luminous, unbroken dome, a vast canvas that can shift from the startling clarity of morning to the soft, dusty gold of late afternoon. Fields of alfalfa and sugar beets form a patchwork quilt across the terrain, their vibrant greens and earthy browns softened by the ever-present haze of irrigation. Distant, low-slung hills, weathered by wind and sun, provide a gentle horizon, their slopes sometimes dusted with the sagebrush that clings tenaciously to the drier edges of this cultivated land. The air itself carries a subtle sweetness, a faint, lingering perfume of ripening fruit and sun-baked earth. The history of Fruitland is as deeply rooted as the orchards that once defined its name, a legacy nurtured by the relentless flow of the Snake River and the ingenuity of settlers drawn to its life-giving waters. Early pioneers, lured by the promise of fertile soil and a burgeoning agricultural economy, carved a life from this landscape, establishing a community that thrived on the bounty of the land. While the dominant crops have evolved, the spirit of enterprise remains, with the local economy still intricately tied to the agricultural heart of the valley, processing and shipping the region's produce. Even today, a visitor can sense the enduring connection to the past, a quiet testament to the generations who have toiled and prospered here, their efforts etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring richness of the soil and the resilience of the people.
Live animated radar for Fruitland 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 | Fruitland, Payette County, Idaho |
| Coordinates | 44.007664°N, 116.916546°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 83619 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fruitland, Idaho Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fruitland, 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 Fruitland includes coordinates 44.007664°N, 116.916546°W, situated in Payette County. ZIP code 83619. 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.
