CXUS55 KBOI 011753
CLMBOI

CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
1130 AM MDT MON APR 01 2024

MARCH 2024 BROUGHT A TOTAL PRECIPITATION OF 2.03 INCHES, EXCEEDING 
THE NORMAL MARCH PRECIPITATION OF 1.33 INCHES BY APPROXIMATELY 0.70 
INCHES. THIS DEVIATION MARKED MARCH 2024 AS THE 29TH WETTEST MARCH 
ON RECORD IN BOISE. ADDITIONALLY, THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 
MONTH WAS RECORDED AT 44.5°F, RANKING IT AS THE 47TH WARMEST MARCH 
ON RECORD. SNOWFALL, TOTALING 7.4 INCHES, CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING 
MARCH 2024 THE 7TH SNOWIEST MARCH IN BOISE'S HISTORY. NOTABLY, THE 
MONTH ALSO SAW RECORD WEATHER EVENTS, INCLUDING A RECORD DAILY 
MAXIMUM SNOWFALL OF 3.8 INCHES ON MARCH 6, 2024, BREAKING A PREVIOUS 
RECORD SET IN 1951, AND A RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL OF 0.55 
INCHES ON MARCH 29, 2024, SURPASSING A PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 1913. 
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...THE BOISE ID CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1875 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR'S         
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE               
                                          NORMAL                       
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TEMPERATURE (F)
HIGHEST           72   03/20                                           
LOWEST            23   03/04                                           
AVG. MAXIMUM    54.5               55.5    -1.0                        
AVG. MINIMUM    34.4               34.9    -0.5                        
MEAN            44.5               45.2    -0.7                        
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                                                   
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                                                   
DAYS MIN <= 32    12                                                   
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                                                   

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        7.66   1871                                            
TOTALS          2.03               1.33    0.70                        
DAYS >= .01       11                                                   
DAYS >= .10        5                                                   
DAYS >= .50        1                                                   
DAYS >= 1.00       0                                                   
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.60   03/27 TO 03/28                                  

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTALS           7.4                                                   
SINCE 7/1       34.8                                                   
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        3   03/05                                           
 24 HR TOTAL      MM                                                   

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    627                614      13      796               
 SINCE 7/1      4137               4633    -496                        
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0               
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0                        
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.8                                    
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    32/310    DATE  03/31                  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    43/310    DATE  03/31                  

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     59                                            


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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