Princeton, Idaho Weather
Princeton, Idaho — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Princeton, Latah County.
Full aviation weather for Princeton is published on the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (KPUW) page, 28 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. 4 airfields within reach of Princeton 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 Princeton: Jack A Buell Airport (KS72) 50 km · Lower Granite State Airport (K00W) 54 km · Rosalia Municipal Airport (K72S) 57 km
Conditions reported at KPUW describe the airfield itself. Weather 28 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Princeton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Princeton.
About Princeton, Idaho
Princeton rests in a quiet hollow, where the Palouse Hills begin their gentle, rolling descent towards the Clearwater River. It lies 14.8 miles north-north-east of Moscow, ID (from Moscow, ID: bearing 32°T), and is situated 3.1 miles east of Potlatch. The land itself is a study in muted greens and ochres, the soil a rich, dark loam that seems to absorb the very essence of the sky. Fields of grain, in their season, stretch out like a rumpled quilt, punctuated by stands of aspen and pine that offer fleeting shadows. The air here carries a clean, crisp scent, tinged with the damp earth and the distant promise of pine needles. It is a place where the horizon feels both vast and intimately close, a landscape that speaks of patience and slow, deliberate growth. The history of Princeton is deeply entwined with the agricultural bounty of the Palouse, a legacy of wheat and barley farming that has shaped the character of its inhabitants and the rhythm of its days. This has been a place of quiet perseverance, where generations have worked the land, carving out a living from its fertile embrace. Though the echoes of logging once resonated through these hills, the enduring strength of Princeton lies in its connection to the soil. The occasional hum of a tractor, the distant call of a bird, these are the sounds that mark the passage of time, weaving a narrative of continuity and a profound respect for the natural world that sustains it.
Live animated radar for Princeton 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 | Princeton, Latah County, Idaho |
| Coordinates | 46.914061°N, 116.834051°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 83857 |
| Area Code | 208, 986 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Princeton, Idaho Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Princeton, 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 Princeton includes coordinates 46.914061°N, 116.834051°W, situated in Latah County. ZIP code 83857. 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.
