Stanley, Idaho Weather
Stanley, Idaho — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Stanley, Custer County.
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About Stanley, Idaho
Stanley is a place that feels both ancient and freshly minted by the wind. It lies 75.5 miles north-east of Boise, ID (from Boise, ID: bearing 56°T), and is situated 46.8 miles north-west of Ketchum. The jagged peaks of the Sawtooth Mountains, their granite faces catching the sun like a shattered mirror, rise abruptly from a valley floor carpeted in sagebrush and lodgepole pine. The Salmon River, a ribbon of glacial blue, winds its way through this dramatic landscape, its murmur a constant, low hum beneath the vast Idaho sky. Here, the air itself seems to possess a crispness, a clarity that sharpens the edges of the world and lends a particular keenness to the light, especially as dusk begins to bleed across the western horizon, painting the high country in hues of rose and amethyst. The very ground underfoot speaks of resilience, of a land shaped by forces far greater than human hands. This remote outpost of Stanley carries the echoes of its past within its present. Once a vital hub for the mining industry, its fortunes, like so many mountain towns, waxed and waned with the precious metals pulled from the earth. Today, the economy of Stanley is more attuned to the rhythm of the seasons and the allure of its wild surroundings, drawing adventurers drawn to world-class fly-fishing on the Salmon, hikers exploring alpine lakes, and skiers who find solace in the deep snows of winter. The town itself retains a rustic charm, a collection of weathered buildings that seem to hunker down against the elements, their windows reflecting the immense, silent grandeur of the mountains that are Stanley's constant, formidable neighbors.
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| Location | Stanley, Custer County, Idaho |
| Coordinates | 44.217423°N, 114.938582°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 83278 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stanley, Idaho Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stanley, 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 Stanley includes coordinates 44.217423°N, 114.938582°W, situated in Custer County. ZIP code 83278. 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.
