Rockland, Idaho Weather
Rockland, Idaho — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rockland, Power County.
Full aviation weather for Rockland is published on the American Falls Airport (KU01) page, 25 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. 2 airfields within reach of Rockland 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 Rockland: Pocatello Regional Airport (KPIH) 44 km
Conditions reported at KU01 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rockland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rockland.
About Rockland, Idaho
Rockland rests in a wide basin, a broad expanse of earth smoothed by ages of wind and water, where the rolling hills of Power County begin to assert themselves. It lies 30.1 miles south-west of Pocatello, ID (from Pocatello, ID: bearing 227°T), and is situated 14.7 miles south of American Falls. The sky here feels immense, a canvas of an almost startling blue that stretches from horizon to horizon, interrupted only by the occasional sculpted cloud. Sagebrush, resilient and fragrant, carpets the lower slopes, its dusty green a constant presence against the ochre and tan of the soil. In the distance, the mountains rise, not in jagged peaks, but in softened, rounded forms, their contours blurred by the dry air and the shimmering heat that can rise from the land. The air itself carries a unique stillness, a quietude broken only by the sigh of the breeze through the sparse grasses and the distant calls of unseen birds. The story of Rockland is deeply entwined with the fertile, if arid, land it occupies, a place that has long drawn sustenance from the earth. Ranching and agriculture have been the lifeblood of this area, with the gentle slopes and open pastures providing grazing for livestock and fields for hardy crops that thrive under the Idaho sun. The early settlers, drawn by the promise of open country and the chance to build a life from the ground up, established a community that still carries the echoes of their pioneering spirit. Though the pace of life is unhurried, there’s a grounded industriousness to Rockland, a quiet determination to make the most of what the land offers. The distant glint of water, a ribbon of life in the otherwise parched landscape, hints at the vital resources that have allowed this settlement to endure and flourish.
Live animated radar for Rockland 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 | Rockland, Power County, Idaho |
| Coordinates | 42.573247°N, 112.877213°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 83271 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rockland, Idaho Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rockland, 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 Rockland includes coordinates 42.573247°N, 112.877213°W, situated in Power County. ZIP code 83271. 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.
