Glenns Ferry, Idaho Weather
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About Glenns Ferry, Idaho
Glenns Ferry lies on the broad, sun-baked expanse of southern Idaho, a place where the Snake River, a generous artery of the West, patiently carves its path through a landscape of muted earth tones. It lies 50.5 miles west-north-west of Twin Falls, ID (from Twin Falls, ID: bearing 303°T), and is situated 23.2 miles east-south-east of Mountain Home. The land here is not dramatic, but possesses a quiet, enduring beauty: rolling hills, softened by the slow erosion of wind and water, meet the wide, often startlingly blue sky. Sagebrush, resilient and fragrant, clings to the dry soil, its dusty green a constant presence against the ochre and sienna of the terrain. In the late afternoon, the sun bleeds across the western horizon, casting long, attenuated shadows that stretch like weary fingers over the fields, a spectacle that can make even the most hardened traveler pause. The air itself holds a certain dryness, a whisper of distant deserts and the vast, untamed country that surrounds Glenns Ferry. This stretch of the Snake River has been a waypoint for centuries, its significance etched into the very ground by the passage of indigenous peoples and later, by the hardy souls who followed the Oregon Trail. The town itself owes its name to the ferry that once operated here, a vital link across the powerful currents, a testament to the ingenuity required to tame this wild country. The local economy, once tethered to the agricultural bounty of the surrounding irrigated lands – sugar beets, potatoes, and alfalfa – now also relies on the steady hum of transportation, with the railroad and highway continuing to draw life through Glenns Ferry. One can still glimpse the ghosts of earlier eras in the weathered facades of some of the older buildings, silent witnesses to the town's evolution from a frontier crossing to the quiet, settled place it is today, where life unfolds with a measured pace, dictated by the seasons and the enduring spirit of the land.
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| Location | Glenns Ferry, Elmore County, Idaho |
| Coordinates | 42.954899°N, 115.300904°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 83623 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Glenns Ferry, Idaho Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Glenns Ferry, Idaho, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Glenns Ferry includes coordinates 42.954899°N, 115.300904°W, situated in Elmore County. ZIP code 83623. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
