On Wednesday afternoon, Boise noticed the warmest December 18th in current reminiscence, breaking a excessive temperature document that had stood for greater than a century, in line with the Boise workplace of the National Weather Service.
The company measured the temperature at 59 levels Wednesday afternoon. The earlier document, set in 1917, was 58 levels. In a submit on
The 2:30 p.m. submit mentioned there was nonetheless time for temperatures to rise much more, however meteorologist Korri Anderson informed the Idaho Statesman in a telephone interview simply earlier than 4 p.m. that the temperature had peaked at 59 levels.
The common excessive temperature in Boise on Dec. 18 is 38 levels, in line with National Weather Service knowledge.
Anderson mentioned temperatures will stay within the 50s tomorrow, however Boise will not see the identical wind sample that contributed to Wednesday’s warming.
Anderson mentioned the forecasts give little chance of a white Christmas. He mentioned precipitation is predicted beginning Saturday and can taper off round Christmas Day, however temperatures will doubtless be too excessive for snow.
Boise might see one other reversal within the subsequent week, Anderson added.
With snow unlikely, Anderson mentioned Boise might transfer towards a brand new document for the newest snowfall of the season. The solely measurable snow recorded to date by the Boise workplace is a tenth of an inch. This is the newest snowfall since 1958, when the primary snow fell on December 30. The common date of the primary snowfall is November twenty second.
