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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
125 PM MST TUES MAR 5 2013

...THE BOISE ID CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2013...

FEBRUARY 2013 WAS CHARACTERIZED BY NEAR NORMAL WEATHER THROUGH THE
ENTIRE MONTH. THERE WERE NO RECORD HIGH OR LOW TEMPERATURES OBSERVED
AND NO HEAVY PRECIPITATION EVENTS. HOWEVER...A MORE ZONAL FLOW
BROUGHT NUMEROUS LIGHT PRECIPITATION EVENTS TO THE AREA WITH A TRACE
OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION OCCURRING ON 10 DAYS SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE
MONTH WHICH ONLY TOTALED 0.63 INCHES.  THIS MONTHLY PRECIPITATION
TOTAL IS 0.36 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND ALLOWED THE SEASONAL
PRECIPITATION DEFICIT TO GROW TO NEARLY AND INCH AND A HALF BELOW
NORMAL.

A COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH THE AREA ON FEBRUARY 8TH AND WAS
ACCOMPANIED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW.
ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH THE AREA IN THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS OF FEBRUARY 23RD DROPPING NEARLY AN INCH OF SNOW
AND PRODUCING THE PEAK WIND GUST OF THE MONTH WHICH WAS MEASURED AT
39 MPH IN BOISE.  THE FINAL COLD FRONT OF THE MONTH MOVED THROUGH
THE AREA ON FEBRUARY 25TH AND DROPPED ANOTHER 1.3 INCHES OF SNOW.
THE MONTHLY SNOW TOTAL WAS 3.9 INCHES WHICH IS ABOVE THE NORMAL
FEBRUARY VALUE OF 2.8 INCHES.  BY THE END OF FEBRUARY...THE RUNNING
2012-2013 SEASONAL SNOW TOTAL SINCE OCTOBER 1ST WAS 15.7 INCHES.

EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER DURING THE
MONTH...THE PRESENCE OF SNOW ON THE GROUND LIKELY HELPED HOLD
TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH.  THE AVERAGE HIGH
WAS 43.9 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW WAS 27.0 DEGREES DURING
FEBRUARY FOR A MEAN DEPARTURE OF -1.0 DEGREES FROM NORMAL.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE
                                          NORMAL
.............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST            57   02/16
LOWEST             20   02/21
AVG. MAXIMUM     43.9              44.7    -0.8
AVG. MINIMUM     27.0              28.3    -1.3
MEAN             35.5              36.5    -1.0
DAYS MAX >= 90      0
DAYS MAX <= 32      1
DAYS MIN <= 32     28
DAYS MIN <= 0       0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         6.49   1872
TOTALS           0.63              0.99   -0.36
DAYS >= .01         6
DAYS >= .10         3
DAYS >= .50         0
DAYS >= 1.00        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.41   02/22 TO 02/23

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS            3.9
SINCE 7/1        15.7
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         2   02/08
 24 HR TOTAL      1.8   MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     820               798      22      765
 SINCE 7/1       4097              4159     -62
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.1
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION   2/309
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    31/320    DATE  02/09
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    39/270    DATE  02/23

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     69


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

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