Historical Weather Events
January
Jan 18
| 1943 |
Coldest recorded temperature in Idaho -
-60 Deg F at Island Park Dam, Idaho. |
Jan 21
| 1930 |
In Boise - The highest sea level pressure on record of
31.13 inches is recorded. |
February
Feb 3
| 1947 |
Coldest recorded temperature in North America -
-81.4 Deg F at Snag, Yukon Territory, Canada, |
March
Mar 29
| 1904 |
Boise, Idaho - 2.46 inches of rain which includes
3 inches of snow fall for the greatest one day liquid precipitation
at Boise. |
April
May
May 30
| 1919 |
In Boise - The longest period without measurable
precipitation begins. The dry spell will not end until Sep 15. |
June
July
Jul 10
| 1913 |
Hottest temperature in North America -
134 Deg F at Death Valley, California. |
Jul 19
| 1960 |
In Boise - Record high temperature of 111 degrees,
the hotest day in Boise.
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Jul 21
| 1983 |
Coldest recorded temperature on Earth -
-128.6 Deg F at Vostok station Antarctica. |
Jul 28
| 1934 |
Hottest recorded temperture in Idaho -
118 Deg F at Orofino, Idaho. |
August
Aug 21
| 2004 |
Thunderstorms in the Boise area bring down trees
and power lines with winds estimated at 52 mph. |
Aug 30
| 2002 |
Flash Flood at Juntura, Oregon. More than 1 inch of
rain fell in 15 minutes filling ditches and sending water over
highway 20 in Juntura. |
September
Sep 11
| 1976 |
At the Boise Airport - 1.73" of rain fell, 1.12"
of which fell in 60 minutes. This was associated with tropical
storm Kathleen.
Maximmum Rainfall rates for this event were as follows...
- 5 mins .26"
- 10 mins .51"
- 15 mins .69"
- 30 mins 1.00"
- 1 hr 1.12"
- 2 hrs 1.16"
- 3 hrs 1.21"
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Sep 13
| 1922 |
Hottest recorded temperature on Earth -
136 Deg F at El Azizia, Libya |
| 2001 |
A powerful thunderstorm dropped a half inch of rain
in 15 minutes and nearly an inch in the hour between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m.
on the afternoon of the 13th. This caused flash flooding in the steep
terrain alongside the Payette River. The flash flooding triggered
mudslides along a stretch of Highway 17 from 2 miles East of Banks
to 8 miles East of Banks. Highway 17 was closed for 20 hours. A
second area of mudslides located 2 miles North of Banks closed
Highway 55 overnight . Some vehicles were trapped between mudslides
but no one was injured. Cost of clearing this slide (and a slide three
days later) was estimated at $500K. |
Sep 15
| 1919 |
In Boise - The longest period without measurable
precipitation came to an end. The dry spell began May 30.
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Sep 16
| 2001 |
Flash flooding and mudslides occurred along the
Payette River near Banks after a brief, heavy downpour. This was
in the same area affected by flash flooding three days earlier.
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Sep 26
| 1986 |
An
F0 tornado near Huston in Canyon county made a
1 mile long path. Thunderstorms in the Boise area brought down trees
and power lines with winds estimated at 52 mph. |
Sep 29
| 2002 |
An
F0 tornado touched down west of Emmett, in Gem County.
This tornado tore limbs off trees, destroyed an outbuilding,
damaged houses, and a vehicle. |
October
Oct 15
| 1980 |
In Boise - The lowest sea level pressure on
record of 28.61 inches is recorded. |
November
Nov 7
| 1998 |
Winter Storm puts 12 inches of snow in Silver City, Idaho, 10 inches in Fairfield, Idaho, and 7 inches in Placerville. |
December
Dec 12
| 1996 |
Boise, Idaho - 9.5 inches of snow fall for the
second greatest one day snow total. |
Dec 15
| 2000 |
In Boise - The windiest day on record with a peak
gust of 63 mph. |
Dec 16
| 1884 |
In Boise - The snow storm which would bring the
greatest 1 day snow fall begins. 5 inches of snow fell on the 16th,
17 inches fell on the 17th for a 2 day storm total of 22 inches.
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Dec 17
| 1884 |
In Boise Greatest 1 day snow fall - The snowstorm
which began on December 16 ended. Snowfall on the 17th was 17 inches,
total snowfall from this storm was 22 inches. |
Dec 22
| 1990 |
In Boise - Recoed low temperature of 25 below zero, the
coldest day in Boise. |
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