Lava Hot Springs, Idaho Weather
Lava Hot Springs, Idaho — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Lava Hot Springs, Bannock County.
Full aviation weather for Lava Hot Springs is published on the Downey/Hyde Memorial Airport (KU58) page, 23 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. 5 airfields within reach of Lava Hot Springs 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 Lava Hot Springs: Allen H Tigert Airport (KU78) 35 km · Malad City Airport (KMLD) 56 km · Preston Airport (KU10) 58 km · Pocatello Regional Airport (KPIH) 58 km
Conditions reported at KU58 describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lava Hot Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lava Hot Springs.
About Lava Hot Springs, Idaho
Lava Hot Springs rests in a shallow canyon, a place where the earth exhales warmth, cradling a small cluster of buildings against a backdrop of sagebrush-studded hills. It lies 28.1 miles south-east of Pocatello, ID (from Pocatello, ID: bearing 128°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east-south-east of McCammon. The Portneuf River, a ribbon of clear, cool water, carves its way through the valley, its banks softened by willows and cottonwoods that rustle secrets in the dry Idaho air. The landscape here is a study in contrasts: the stark, sun-baked slopes rise abruptly, their muted browns and grays softened by the tenacious green of hardy vegetation, while the river valley itself hums with a verdant life, a welcome balm under the vast, often brilliant blue sky. Even at midday, a certain hushed stillness pervades, broken only by the murmur of the river and the occasional distant call of a hawk circling overhead, a sense of quiet endurance etched into the very stone. The story of Lava Hot Springs is intrinsically tied to the very waters that give it its name, a natural wonder that has drawn people here for generations, long before it was a formal settlement. Indigenous peoples, recognizing the therapeutic properties of the mineral-rich springs, were the first custodians of this place, their ancient presence felt in the quiet reverence of the landscape. Later, prospectors and settlers, drawn by the promise of gold and the allure of the healing waters, established a foothold, and the local economy gradually shifted from a reliance on the transient fortunes of the mines to the steady, restorative draw of the hot pools. Today, the heart of Lava Hot Springs beats with the rhythm of tourism, a gentle ebb and flow of visitors seeking solace and rejuvenation, their footsteps echoing in the same canyon that has witnessed so much change, yet remains fundamentally itself, a place of deep, elemental comfort.
Live animated radar for Lava Hot Springs 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 | Lava Hot Springs, Bannock County, Idaho |
| Coordinates | 42.619362°N, 112.011071°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 83246 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lava Hot Springs, Idaho Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lava Hot Springs, 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 Lava Hot Springs includes coordinates 42.619362°N, 112.011071°W, situated in Bannock County. ZIP code 83246. 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.
