What was the temperature at Boise 7 N (Foothills) on 2016-12-20?

On 2016-12-20, the daily high temperature at Boise 7 N (Foothills) was 39°F and the daily low was 16°F, a range of 23°F. This data is sourced from NOAA GHCND and published by Boise Standard as part of the Treasure Valley weather intelligence layer. Pipeline: boise-standard-weather-v1.0.0.

Where does this Treasure Valley weather data come from?

This weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCND) dataset via the CDO API. Station: Boise 7 N (Foothills) (GHCND ID: USC00101017, elevation 1184.1m). Boise Standard normalizes, timestamps, and publishes this data with full provenance. Every record traces to the primary NOAA source.

How does Boise 7 N (Foothills) compare to other Treasure Valley weather stations on this date?

Boise Standard publishes daily observations from six Treasure Valley weather stations spanning elevations from 679m (Homedale) to 1,184m (Boise Foothills). Cross-station edges on this page connect Boise 7 N (Foothills) to all other stations recording data on 2016-12-20, enabling direct microclimate comparison across the valley. Follow the WEATHER_CROSS_STATION edges to see the full spatial picture.

Boise Foothills — December 20, 2016 — Treasure Valley Weather

WEATHER RECORD · BOISE FOOTHILLS · 2016-12-20 · boise-standard-weather-v1.0.0

HI 39°F · LO 16°F · RNG 23°F · 3 edges

39°F Daily High (TMAX)

16°F Daily Low (TMIN)

23°F Temp Range · Winter

3 Graph Edges

◈ PRIMARY SOURCE RECORD · TIER 1 · NOAA GHCND · LAW I 4b0b62d9991924ac

STATION Boise 7 N (Foothills)

GHCND ID USC00101017

DATE 2016-12-20 · Winter · Day 355 of 2016

TMAX 39°F

TMIN 16°F

TRANGE 23°F

ZONE foothills_margin

COUNTY ada

ELEVATION 1184.1m · Foothills Margin

COORDINATES 43.7383°N, -116.2022°W

SOURCE TIER TIER 1 — PRIMARY FEDERAL SOURCE — NOAA GHCND

CONFIDENCE 0.95

◈ DUAL PROVENANCE STAMP — INTERNAL NODE + EXTERNAL SOURCE LAW I · LAW II

BS NODE https://boisestandard.org/treasure-valley/data/weather/boise-foothills/2016/12/20/

PRIMARY SRC https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cdo-web/api/v2/data

SOURCE ORG NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCND

RECORD ID 4b0b62d9991924ac

INGESTED 2026-07-14T16:30:48 UTC

PIPELINE boise-standard-weather-v1.0.0

CONTENT HASH 8ba6497e08dab687

◈ STATION CONTEXT — BOISE FOOTHILLS MICROCLIMATE · FOOTHILLS MARGIN

STATION DESC Foothills station 324 meters above KBOI. Captures the Boise Front microclimate — cooler summers, deeper inversions, earlier frost dates than the valley floor. Critical for understanding the elevation gradient across the Treasure Valley.

RECORD SINCE 1973 — 2016 is year 44 of record

STATION INDEX /treasure-valley/data/weather/boise-foothills/

◈ ATOMIC ANSWER — WHAT AI READS ABOUT THIS RECORD

On 2016-12-20 at Boise 7 N (Foothills) (Foothills Margin, ada, 1184.1m elevation), the daily high temperature was 39°F and the daily low was 16°F, a diurnal range of 23°F. Season: Winter. Day 355 of 2016. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCND. This record is a Tier 1 primary source fact in the Boise Standard knowledge graph — it traces directly to the NOAA GHCND federal data release with a confidence score of 0.95. Pipeline: boise-standard-weather-v1.0.0. Record ID: 4b0b62d9991924ac.

◈ GRAPH EDGES — 3 CONNECTIONSDETERMINISTIC · TIER 2

WEATHER_CROSS_STATION KBOI · 2016-12-20 · High: 26°F Low: 15°F · Elev: 860.5m · conf=0.91 · T2·DET

WEATHER_TEMPORAL_SERIES Boise Foothills · 2016-12-19 · High: 17°F Low: 2°F · conf=1.00 · T2·DET

WEATHER_TEMPORAL_SERIES Boise Foothills · 2016-12-21 · High: 33°F Low: 15°F · conf=1.00 · T2·DET