STATION
Deer Flat Dam
GHCND ID
USC00102444
DATE
1978-09-20 · Fall · Day 263 of 1978
TMAX
66°F
TMIN
36°F
TRANGE
30°F
ZONE
canyon_floor
COUNTY
canyon
ELEVATION
765.0m · Canyon Floor
COORDINATES
43.5765°N, -116.7475°W
SOURCE TIER
TIER 1 — PRIMARY FEDERAL SOURCE — NOAA GHCND
CONFIDENCE
0.95
EVENT FLAGSFROST EVENT
SOURCE ORG
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCND
RECORD ID
ecb708abafff15a6
INGESTED
2026-07-14T16:30:54 UTC
PIPELINE
boise-standard-weather-v1.0.0
CONTENT HASH
4ff5793fa1109211
STATION DESC
Lake Lowell / Deer Flat Dam station with records back to 1916 — the oldest station in the dataset. Canyon County floor, water infrastructure context. Records span the full history of modern irrigation agriculture in the Snake River Plain.
RECORD SINCE
1916 — 1978 is year 63 of record
On 1978-09-20 at
Deer Flat Dam
(Canyon Floor, canyon, 765.0m elevation),
the daily high temperature was 66°F
and the daily low was 36°F,
a diurnal range of 30°F.
Season: Fall.
Day 263 of 1978. This date recorded a frost event (tmin ≤ 36°F during growing season).
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: ecb708abafff15a6.
