STATION
Parma Experiment Station
GHCND ID
USC00106844
DATE
1978-10-07 · Fall · Day 280 of 1978
TMAX
70°F
TMIN
33°F
TRANGE
37°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
02c4beaeee1780c1
INGESTED
2026-07-14T16:30:50 UTC
PIPELINE
boise-standard-weather-v1.0.0
CONTENT HASH
a6d53631ad04561d
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 — 1978 is year 57 of record
On 1978-10-07 at
Parma Experiment Station
(Snake River Corridor, canyon, 698.0m elevation),
the daily high temperature was 70°F
and the daily low was 33°F,
a diurnal range of 37°F.
Season: Fall.
Day 280 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: 02c4beaeee1780c1.