NWS Pocatello IDFZ.W 0021October 13, 2026
Freeze Warning: Shoshone/Lava Beds, Arco/Mud Lake Desert, Upper Snake River Plain and 2 more, ID
The National Weather Service office in Pocatello issued a freeze warning for Shoshone/Lava Beds, Arco/Mud Lake Desert, Upper Snake River Plain and 2 more in Idaho, in force until 9:00 a.m. local time on October 14. It was the 21st freeze warning the NWS office in Pocatello issued in 2026. Idaho had 3 freeze warnings in October 2026, against 4 in an average October of 2008-2025 (Idaho's freeze warnings by year).
Warning
In force for 6 hours
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Pocatello ID
- Area
- Shoshone/Lava Beds, Arco/Mud Lake Desert, Upper Snake River Plain and 2 more
- State
- Idaho
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 10:17 a.m. MDT, October 13, 2026
- In force from
- 3:00 a.m. MDT, October 14, 2026
- Expires
- 9:00 a.m. MDT, October 14, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KPIH FZ.W 0021
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Freeze Warnings in Idaho since 2008Every warning type in Idaho
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The notice as issued
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as the mid to upper 20s. * WHERE...Eastern Magic Valley, Shoshone/Lava Beds, Arco/Mud Lake Desert, Lower Snake River Plain, and Upper Snake River Plain. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM MDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
What the agency told people to do
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
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