Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Boise, ID
Issued by NWS Boise, ID
546 CXUS55 KBOI 011734 CLMBOI 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. ................................... ...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 .............................................................. 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 .............................................................. 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. $$