Boise ID Biggest Snowfall for Each Year

Here's a list of yearly records for the heaviest snowfalls and snowiest days in Boise, Idaho. The information easily answers questions such as: How much snow fell in a day during the biggest snowstorm of 2019? When was the last time Boise got more than eight inches of snow in a single day?

This page gives the highest daily snowfall of each year in Boise and the date it occurred. If a date has a plus sign beside it that means the same amount of snow also fell on at least one other day earlier in the year.

These snowfall extremes were measured at Boise Airport and go back to 1911, with a gap in data from 1926 to 1936. For the years with records, the most amount of snow to land in one day at Boise is 15.0 inches (38.1 centimetres) on February 2, 1916.

Since 1940 the precipitation extremes were observed at Boise Airport. Before then, the weather station was on the outskirts of Boise.

Most snow to fall in one day during recent years in Boise
Inches	Date	Centimetres
3.1	January 19, 2023	7.9
3.3	December 12, 2022	8.4
5.5	February 13, 2021	14.0
2.7	November 08, 2020	6.9
3.6	February 20, 2019	9.1
4.9	February 22, 2018	12.4
6.5	January 04, 2017	16.5
4.7	December 24, 2016	11.9
2.2	November 25, 2015	5.6
4.3	November 14, 2014	10.9
2.5	January 28, 2013	6.4
4.8	January 18, 2012	12.2
1.5	February 17, 2011	3.8
4.1	December 01, 2010	10.4

Highest daily snowfall recorded at Boise each year
Inches	Date	Centimetres
3.2	December 30, 2009	8.1
4.7	December 22, 2008	11.9
1.8	December 28, 2007	4.6
1.0	December 22, 2006 +	2.5
2.6	December 01, 2005	6.6
2.6	January 24, 2004 +	6.6
1.9	April 06, 2003	4.8
8.4	January 20, 2002	21.3
3.0	December 31, 2001	7.6
2.3	March 09, 2000	5.8
5.1	March 31, 1999	13.0
6.1	December 25, 1998	15.5
2.7	January 25, 1997	6.9
9.8	December 20, 1996	24.9
4.5	December 05, 1995	11.4
3.7	November 17, 1994	9.4
5.4	January 13, 1993	13.7
2.0	November 27, 1992	5.1
1.2	November 24, 1991 +	3.0
4.2	December 19, 1990	10.7
3.3	January 05, 1989	8.4
3.1	December 21, 1988	7.9
1.3	December 31, 1987	3.3
3.2	November 07, 1986	8.1
4.7	November 28, 1985	11.9
3.0	December 15, 1984	7.6
6.7	December 24, 1983	17.0
4.2	January 23, 1982	10.7
4.9	December 29, 1981	12.4
2.4	November 23, 1980	6.1
3.4	January 10, 1979	8.6
3.7	February 11, 1978	9.4
3.4	November 21, 1977	8.6
3.7	February 29, 1976	9.4
3.0	February 16, 1975	7.6
4.3	March 07, 1974	10.9
4.6	November 25, 1973	11.7
4.2	December 06, 1972	10.7
2.8	December 13, 1971	7.1
1.5	March 01, 1970	3.8
7.2	April 06, 1969	18.3
2.9	December 23, 1968	7.4
6.0	April 19, 1967	15.2
4.4	February 09, 1966	11.2
7.0	January 03, 1965	17.8
5.2	January 06, 1964	13.2
4.8	January 30, 1963	12.2
4.8	January 20, 1962	12.2
2.2	December 07, 1961	5.6
3.7	January 07, 1960	9.4
2.8	January 19, 1959	7.1
3.0	January 12, 1958	7.6
4.9	February 20, 1957 +	12.4
2.8	January 29, 1956	7.1
5.0	January 31, 1955	12.7
2.2	December 29, 1954	5.6
5.5	December 07, 1953	14.0
6.3	March 11, 1952	16.0
4.0	December 29, 1951	10.2
5.5	January 18, 1950	14.0
7.0	February 15, 1949	17.8
5.0	March 25, 1948	12.7
2.6	December 09, 1947	6.6
3.4	November 10, 1946	8.6
4.8	December 17, 1945	12.2
2.0	February 13, 1944 +	5.1
5.0	February 02, 1943	12.7
4.0	January 07, 1942	10.2
4.0	December 30, 1941	10.2
2.0	January 24, 1940	5.1
–	1939	–
7.0	November 11, 1938	17.8
6.0	January 24, 1937	15.2
–	1936	–
–	1935	–
–	1934	–
–	1933	–
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–	1931	–
–	1930	–
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2.0	December 21, 1925	5.1
7.5	December 21, 1924	19.1
2.5	December 30, 1923	6.4
6.0	January 17, 1922	15.2
3.0	February 05, 1921	7.6
3.0	February 20, 1920	7.6
6.5	December 05, 1919	16.5
5.5	March 08, 1918	14.0
4.0	March 10, 1917 +	10.2
15.0	February 02, 1916	38.1
3.5	April 30, 1915	8.9
2.5	January 20, 1914	6.4
10.0	December 22, 1913	25.4
7.6	January 07, 1912	19.3
6.5	January 13, 1911	16.5

Boise - Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year

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