Things What Done Fell from the Sky: Boise's Earliest Snow

Boise, Idaho residents were shocked when large snowflakes drifted down in the late afternoon of October 11^th. The snow covered branches and causes scattered power outages. It also caught people off-guard, barraging bicyclists and other pedestrians.

This was the earliest recorded snowfall in the area on record since 1898 (when records started being kept). The previous record was October 12^th, recorded in 1969. By 10pm that night, nearly 2" of snow had fallen.

© C Harris Lynn, 2008