Comin’ in hot: Boise hit 100 degrees again on Sunday, breaking this weather record
Welcome to one of the hottest summers in Boise history.
Boise had a 50/50 chance Sunday of breaking a weather record that’s been tracked since 1875, according to meteorologists, and temperatures ticked up to 100 degrees late Sunday afternoon to make 2022 the year with the most days — 21 — at 100 or more in the history of the City of Trees.
Boise tied the previous record of 20 days, set in 2003, on Wednesday afternoon. The high temperature on that day of 103 also set a record for Aug. 17, breaking the mark of 102, set in 2020.
A new record high temperature has been set in Boise! The airport officially hit 103 degrees, breaking the old record of 102 degrees set just 2 years ago. This is the 20th high of 100 degrees or higher, which ties the record for most such days, originally set in 2003. #idwx #Boise
— NWS Boise (@NWSBoise) August 17, 2022
The National Weather Service went into Sunday forecasting 99 degrees for the city. Weather models were predicting a 50% chance it could be 99 and the same chance it could be 100, according to Les Colin, a meteorologist with the weather service.
The coin landed on the side of the record.
New Record: Boise has recorded its 21st day of 100° or hotter this year. This breaks the old record of 20 days set in 2003. #idwx
— NWS Boise (@NWSBoise) August 21, 2022
A weather record like this has been in the cards for a while. Boise hit 100 degrees on 18 occasions in 2021, 16 times in 2006 and 2007, and on 14 in 2018, 2015 and 2013.
“We are consistently above 10 days now, per summer. Years ago, that would have been at the upper end. Now we’re doing it routinely,” Colin told the Idaho Statesman on Wednesday. “To go above 20 or 21 days in near future years, I would say that the trend is heading in that direction.”
