Viola, Idaho Weather
Viola, Idaho — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Viola, Latah County.
Full aviation weather for Viola is published on the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport (KPUW) page, 13 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 Viola 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 Viola: Lower Granite State Airport (K00W) 37 km · Lewiston Nez Perce County Airport (KLWS) 52 km · Rosalia Municipal Airport (K72S) 54 km
Conditions reported at KPUW describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Viola specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Viola.
About Viola, Idaho
Viola rests in a gentle embrace of rolling hills, a landscape painted with the muted greens of pasture and the deeper, richer hues of evergreen forests. It lies 7.4 miles north of Moscow, ID (from Moscow, ID: bearing 351°T), and is situated 5.5 miles south-south-east of Palouse. The Palouse, a region renowned for its distinctive, sculpted topography, surrounds Viola, its soft, sweeping contours catching the sunlight in a way that seems to breathe with the changing light. Here, the sky feels vast, an endless canvas stretching above the fertile earth, and the air itself carries a clean, crisp scent, tinged with the aroma of damp soil and distant pine. The very shape of the land, a testament to ancient glacial forces, invites a slow, deliberate pace, a quiet contemplation of the earth's enduring artistry. The story of Viola is interwoven with the agricultural bounty of the Palouse, a history rooted in the cultivation of wheat and other grains that have sustained this land for generations. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of fertile soil, established communities like Viola, their livelihoods tied to the cycles of planting and harvest. While the whispers of logging and mining may have touched neighboring valleys, Viola's heart has always beat to the rhythm of the farm. The local economy, though small, remains firmly anchored in agriculture, with the occasional hum of machinery on distant fields a constant reminder of the land's ongoing work. Occasionally, the faint scent of woodsmoke drifts through the air, a comforting signal of cozy hearths and a community that cherishes its quiet, enduring spirit.
Live animated radar for Viola 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 | Viola, Latah County, Idaho |
| Coordinates | 46.838501°N, 117.024611°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 83872 |
| Area Code | 208, 986 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Viola, Idaho Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Viola, 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 Viola includes coordinates 46.838501°N, 117.024611°W, situated in Latah County. ZIP code 83872. 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.
