STATION
Parma Experiment Station
GHCND ID
USC00106844
DATE
1960-10-02 · Fall · Day 276 of 1960
TMAX
80°F
TMIN
36°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 FLAGSFROST EVENT
SOURCE ORG
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — GHCND
RECORD ID
594d712f42de7483
INGESTED
2026-07-14T16:30:50 UTC
PIPELINE
boise-standard-weather-v1.0.0
CONTENT HASH
22097220b38c60a0
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 — 1960 is year 39 of record
On 1960-10-02 at
Parma Experiment Station
(Snake River Corridor, canyon, 698.0m elevation),
the daily high temperature was 80°F
and the daily low was 36°F,
a diurnal range of 44°F.
Season: Fall.
Day 276 of 1960. 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: 594d712f42de7483.