Shoshone, Idaho Weather
Shoshone, Idaho — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Shoshone, Lincoln County.
Full aviation weather for Shoshone is published on the Jerome County Airport (KJER) page, 24 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 Shoshone 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 Shoshone: Gooding Municipal Airport (KGNG) 29 km · Hazelton Municipal Airport (KU94) 46 km · Buhl Municipal Airport (KU03) 50 km · Joslin Field Magic Valley Regional Airport (KTWF) 51 km · Laidlaw Corrals Airport (KU99) 56 km
Conditions reported at KJER describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Shoshone specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Shoshone, Idaho
Shoshone lives in a wide-open basin where the sky feels impossibly vast, a canvas for the shifting light. It lies 25.9 miles north of Twin Falls, ID (from Twin Falls, ID: bearing 6°T), and is situated 15.7 miles north-north-east of Jerome. The land here is a study in muted earth tones, a sweeping expanse of sagebrush and dry grasses that ripple like a silent, arid ocean under the constant breeze. Distant mountains, their summits often dusted with snow even in early summer, form a jagged, purple horizon, their slopes etched with the pale scars of ancient watercourses. The air, even in the heat of the day, carries a clean, dry scent, tinged with the subtle perfume of sun-baked sage. The very character of Shoshone is shaped by this immensity, a quiet resilience born of facing the elements in such a grand, untamed landscape. The history of Shoshone is deeply entwined with the rich agricultural potential of this valley, a testament to the perseverance of those who saw bounty in the seemingly stark terrain. For generations, the fertile soil, coaxed into productivity by irrigation, has sustained a local economy rooted in farming and ranching, with cattle grazing on the surrounding rangelands and fields yielding essential crops. The faint scent of hay drying in the sun, a constant companion during warmer months, speaks to this enduring connection to the land. While the railroad once played a more central role in its development, Shoshone now thrives on a more intimate scale, a place where the pace of life mirrors the slow, deliberate growth of the crops it cultivates, and where the community's identity is woven into the quiet strength of its agricultural heritage.
Live animated radar for Shoshone 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 | Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho |
| Coordinates | 42.936016°N, 114.405875°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 83352 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Shoshone, Idaho Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shoshone, 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 Shoshone includes coordinates 42.936016°N, 114.405875°W, situated in Lincoln County. ZIP code 83352. 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.
