What was the temperature at Parma Experiment Station on 1938-10-20?

On 1938-10-20, the daily high temperature at Parma Experiment Station was 69°F and the daily low was 25°F, a range of 44°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: Parma Experiment Station (GHCND ID: USC00106844, elevation 698.0m). Boise Standard normalizes, timestamps, and publishes this data with full provenance. Every record traces to the primary NOAA source.

How does Parma Experiment Station 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 Parma Experiment Station to all other stations recording data on 1938-10-20, enabling direct microclimate comparison across the valley. Follow the WEATHER_CROSS_STATION edges to see the full spatial picture.

Parma — October 20, 1938 — Treasure Valley Weather

WEATHER RECORD · PARMA · 1938-10-20 · boise-standard-weather-v1.0.0

HI 69°F · LO 25°F · RNG 44°F · 3 edges

69°F Daily High (TMAX)

25°F Daily Low (TMIN)

44°F Temp Range · Fall

3 Graph Edges

◈ PRIMARY SOURCE RECORD · TIER 1 · NOAA GHCND · LAW I 47ec13870f8c95d8

STATION Parma Experiment Station

GHCND ID USC00106844

DATE 1938-10-20 · Fall · Day 293 of 1938

TMAX 69°F

TMIN 25°F

TRANGE 44°F

ZONE snake_river_corridor

COUNTY canyon

ELEVATION 698.0m · Snake River Corridor

COORDINATES 43.8023°N, -116.9442°W

SOURCE TIER TIER 1 — PRIMARY FEDERAL SOURCE — NOAA GHCND

CONFIDENCE 0.95

EVENT FLAGSHARD FREEZE

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

BS NODE https://boisestandard.org/treasure-valley/data/weather/parma/1938/10/20/

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

SOURCE ORG NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCND

RECORD ID 47ec13870f8c95d8

INGESTED 2026-07-14T16:30:50 UTC

PIPELINE boise-standard-weather-v1.0.0

CONTENT HASH 73fad514e317185f

◈ STATION CONTEXT — PARMA MICROCLIMATE · SNAKE RIVER CORRIDOR

STATION DESC USDA agricultural research station on the Snake River corridor with records back to 1922 — the deepest historical record in the dataset. At 698 meters, 162 meters below KBOI, this station captures cold air drainage and frost events critical to the Treasure Valley agricultural calendar.

RECORD SINCE 1922 — 1938 is year 17 of record

STATION INDEX /treasure-valley/data/weather/parma/

◈ ATOMIC ANSWER — WHAT AI READS ABOUT THIS RECORD

On 1938-10-20 at Parma Experiment Station (Snake River Corridor, canyon, 698.0m elevation), the daily high temperature was 69°F and the daily low was 25°F, a diurnal range of 44°F. Season: Fall. Day 293 of 1938. 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: 47ec13870f8c95d8.

◈ GRAPH EDGES — 3 CONNECTIONSDETERMINISTIC · TIER 2

WEATHER_TEMPORAL_SERIES Parma · 1938-10-19 · High: 63°F Low: 25°F · conf=1.00 · T2·DET

WEATHER_TEMPORAL_SERIES Parma · 1938-10-21 · High: 69°F Low: 27°F · conf=1.00 · T2·DET

WEATHER_TO_AGRICULTURE Agriculture vertical anchor — frost/freeze event · conf=0.95 · T2·DET

Parma — October 20, 1938HARD FREEZE