Rathdrum, Idaho 7 Day Weather Forecast
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NWS Forecast for Rathdrum ID
National Weather Service Forecast for:
Rathdrum ID
Issued by: National Weather Service Spokane, WA |
Updated: 11:22 pm PDT Jul 7, 2025 |
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Tonight
 Mostly Clear
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Tuesday
 Sunny
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Tuesday Night
 Mostly Clear
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Wednesday
 Sunny
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Wednesday Night
 Partly Cloudy and Breezy then Mostly Clear
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Thursday
 Slight Chance Showers then Slight Chance T-storms
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Thursday Night
 Mostly Clear
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Friday
 Sunny
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Friday Night
 Mostly Clear
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Lo 60 °F |
Hi 95 °F |
Lo 62 °F |
Hi 88 °F |
Lo 60 °F |
Hi 80 °F |
Lo 52 °F |
Hi 87 °F |
Lo 57 °F |
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Tonight
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Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Calm wind. |
Tuesday
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Sunny, with a high near 95. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. |
Tuesday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph. |
Wednesday
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Sunny, with a high near 88. Southwest wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. |
Wednesday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Breezy, with a southwest wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. |
Thursday
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A slight chance of showers between 11am and 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 10%. |
Thursday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 52. |
Friday
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Sunny, with a high near 87. |
Friday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 57. |
Saturday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. |
Saturday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. |
Sunday
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Sunny, with a high near 93. |
Sunday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 62. |
Monday
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Sunny, with a high near 93. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS
for Rathdrum ID.
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Weather Forecast Discussion
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FXUS66 KOTX 080540
AFDOTX
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Spokane WA
1040 PM PDT Mon Jul 7 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Temperatures will peak on Tuesday in the upper 90s to 105.
- Dry conditions and increasing winds will bring critical fire
weather conditions Tuesday and Wednesday. Red Flag Warnings
have been issued from 1pm Tuesday to 8pm Wednesday.
- Wednesday will be windy regionwide with gusts 30 to 40 mph.
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.SYNOPSIS...
A warming trend will continue with temperatures peaking Tuesday
before cooling back down Wednesday and Thursday. Increasing
winds combined with dry conditions Tuesday afternoon and
Wednesday will result in critical fire weather conditions.
After a brief mid-week cooldown, warm temperatures will return
Friday into next weekend.
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.DISCUSSION...
Tuesday: The hottest temperatures of the forecast period are
expected Tuesday with afternoon highs ranging from the upper 90s to
105. With the heat will come extremely dry conditions. Humidity
readings are expected to fall into the upper single digits
Tuesday afternoon and evening for many locations across the region.
In addition to the hot and dry conditions, a strengthening pressure
gradient across the Cascades will cause winds to pick up through the
day with the highest wind speeds anticipated between 5pm and 9pm
Tuesday through the Cascade gaps, in the western Columbia Basin, and
over the Waterville Plateau. Sustained winds of 15 to 25 mph and
gusts between 30 and 35 mph are in the forecast for locations
including Bridgeport, Hartline, Coulee City, and Waterville. The
combination of hot temperatures, dry conditions, and gusty winds
will bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions in which any
new or existing fires will spread rapidly. Winds will temporarily
decrease overnight Tuesday before ramping up further on Wednesday.
To add to the fire weather concerns, an area of instability to our
southeast Tuesday night will create potential for elevated
thunderstorms over the far southeastern corner of WA and lower ID
Panhandle. Uncertainty remains as to how far north the storms will
develop. Some models keep the storms well south of Lewiston, while
others indicate storms developing as far north as Pullman.
Regardless of where they develop, very little precipition is
expected with these storms, so any lightning will pose a threat of
starting new fires. New fire starts Tuesday night will be
particularly concerning with gusty winds and critical fire weather
conditions expected across much of the region on Wednesday.
Wednesday: As previously mentioned, Wednesday will be another
potentially impactful day on the fire weather side of things with a
dry cold front sweeping through the Inland Northwest, bringing
anomalously strong winds for this time of year. The period of
critical fire weather conditions on Wednesday will be more
widespread and will last over a longer duration than on Tuesday.
Winds out of the west-southwest will ramp up late Wednesday morning
through the Cascade gaps, across the Columbia Basin, in the Blue
Mountains, over the Palouse, and in the Spokane area with sustained
speeds of 20 to 30 mph and gusts of 30 to 40 mph. There is a 50
percent chance of gusts greater than 40 mph for the Cascade
ridgetops as well as locations just east of the Cascades including
Coulee City, Ephrata, Entiat, and Mattawa. Any new or existing fires
will likely spread rapidly, especially in Central WA where there has
not been a wetting rain (greater than 0.10 inches) in over 40 days.
With critical fire weather conditions in the forecast Tuesday and
Wednesday, Red Flag Warnings will be in effect from 1pm Tuesday to
8pm Wednesday for the Okanogan Valley, Cascade Foothills, Waterville
Plateau, Columbia Basin, Palouse, and Spokane.
Thursday through Sunday: Models are in good agreement on a shortwave
dropping into region on Thursday briefly cooling temperatures into
the low to mid 80s. Ridging redevelops Friday through the weekend,
sending temperatures back into the 90s. /Fewkes
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.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS: High pressure aloft will result in VFR skies through
the taf period. Winds will pick up after 19z with gusts 15-25
kts. Winds decrease after 00z for Spokane, Pullman, and Lewiston
but remain elevated into Tuesday evening for Moses Lake,
Wenatchee, and Omak. Convection is expected to fire over Central
Oregon Tuesday afternoon with some cells skirting Lewiston
Tuesday night and 10-20% chance for elevated cells to pass
through far SE WA and NC Idaho 6-12z with sprinkles.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND/OR ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: High confidence
in VFR conditions through the TAF period. Main uncertainty is if
t-storms develop over the higher terrain of NE WA Tuesday
afternoon and track in vcnty of LWS and Winchester, ID. HREF has
a 10-20% chance for lightning between 00-03z.
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Confidence descriptors:
Low - Less than a 30 percent chance
Moderate - 30 to 70 percent chance
High - Greater than a 70 percent chance
For additional probabilistic information for NWS Spokane
airports, please refer to the Aviation Dashboard on our
webpage: https:/www.weather.gov/otx/avndashboard
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.Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs...
Spokane 91 60 97 62 89 58 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coeur d`Alene 90 60 95 62 87 59 / 0 0 0 0 0 10
Pullman 89 57 94 59 85 54 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lewiston 97 66 104 70 95 66 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
Colville 90 52 95 53 87 47 / 0 0 0 0 10 10
Sandpoint 86 54 92 57 83 56 / 0 0 0 0 10 20
Kellogg 87 64 92 64 85 60 / 0 0 0 0 0 10
Moses Lake 95 61 101 64 91 59 / 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wenatchee 95 68 99 69 86 64 / 0 0 0 0 0 10
Omak 95 61 99 64 88 57 / 0 0 0 0 10 10
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.OTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WA...Heat Advisory from 11 AM to 9 PM PDT Tuesday for Lower
Garfield and Asotin Counties-Moses Lake Area-Okanogan
Valley-Upper Columbia Basin-Waterville Plateau-Wenatchee
Area.
Red Flag Warning from 1 PM Tuesday to 8 PM PDT Wednesday for
Colville Reservation (Zone 702)-Eastern Columbia Basin -
Palouse -Spokane Area (Zone 708)-Foothills of Central
Washington Cascades (Zone 705)-Lower Palouse -Snake
River (Zone 709)-Okanogan Valley (Zone 703)-Waterville
Plateau (Zone 706)-Western Columbia Basin (Zone 707).
Red Flag Warning from noon to 8 PM PDT Wednesday for Foothills
of Northeast Washington (Zone 701).
ID... Heat Advisory from 11 AM to 9 PM PDT Tuesday for Lewis and
Southern Nez Perce Counties-Lewiston Area.
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