STATION
Boise Air Terminal (KBOI)
GHCND ID
USW00024131
DATE
1996-10-17 · Fall · Day 291 of 1996
TMAX
56°F
TMIN
28°F
TRANGE
28°F
ZONE
valley_floor
COUNTY
ada
ELEVATION
860.5m · Valley Floor
COORDINATES
43.56705°N, -116.24062°W
SOURCE TIER
TIER 1 — PRIMARY FEDERAL SOURCE — NOAA GHCND
CONFIDENCE
0.95
EVENT FLAGSHARD FREEZE
SOURCE ORG
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCND
RECORD ID
86b754cbb1971f8f
INGESTED
2026-07-14T16:30:44 UTC
PIPELINE
boise-standard-weather-v1.0.0
CONTENT HASH
9e69b378a4532480
STATION DESC
The primary NWS observation station for the Treasure Valley. Boise Airport (KBOI) has recorded daily temperature since 1940, making it the longest continuous climate record in the region. Sits at 860 meters on the valley floor.
RECORD SINCE
1940 — 1996 is year 57 of record
On 1996-10-17 at
Boise Air Terminal (KBOI)
(Valley Floor, ada, 860.5m elevation),
the daily high temperature was 56°F
and the daily low was 28°F,
a diurnal range of 28°F.
Season: Fall.
Day 291 of 1996. This date recorded a hard freeze event (tmin ≤ 28°F).
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: 86b754cbb1971f8f.
