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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
1124 AM MDT WED MAY 01 2024

APRIL 2024 BROUGHT UNUSUAL WEATHER TO BOISE, FEATURING SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL, ALONGSIDE REMARKABLY COLD TEMPERATURES.
FROM JANUARY 1ST THROUGH APRIL 30TH, 2024, BOISE AMASSED A TOTAL
PRECIPITATION OF 8.87 INCHES, MARKING THAT PERIOD AS THE 6TH WETTEST
ON RECORD. ON APRIL 4TH, BOISE SET A NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORD WITH
1.09 INCHES, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER RECORD-BREAKING DAY ON APRIL 5TH,
WITH 1.05 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THIS OCCURRENCE IS NOTEWORTHY AS IT`S
ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN BOISE`S HISTORY THAT THE CITY EXPERIENCED 1
INCH OR MORE OF RAINFALL ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS. ADDITIONALLY, APRIL
5TH SAW BOISE HIT A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 39 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, THE
COLDEST APRIL HIGH SINCE 1936. ON THE SAME DAY, 2.1 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL SHATTERED THE DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD, MARKING THE FIRST
INSTANCE OF SUCH SIGNIFICANT APRIL SNOWFALL SINCE 1969.

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...THE BOISE ID CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST           81   04/13
LOWEST            31   04/08
                       04/18
                       04/30
AVG. MAXIMUM    63.7               62.3     1.4
AVG. MINIMUM    39.8               39.6     0.2
MEAN            51.7               50.9     0.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0
DAYS MIN <= 32     3
DAYS MIN <= 0      0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        4.73   1869
TOTALS          2.37               1.23    1.14
DAYS >= .01        7
DAYS >= .10        3
DAYS >= .50        2
DAYS >= 1.00       2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.23   04/04 TO 04/05

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS           2.1
SINCE 7/1       36.9
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        2R  04/05
                       04/06
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    391                424     -33      466
 SINCE 7/1      4528               5057    -529
COOLING TOTAL      2                  3      -1        9
 SINCE 1/1         2                  3      -1
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/310    DATE  04/29
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    47/310    DATE  04/29

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     51


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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