Hail, Boise
- When
- December 10, 3:30 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Boise County, Placerville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -115.950
Hail in Idaho, December 10, 1996
On December 10th, a severe thunderstorm developed in Southwest Idaho. This storm produced 1" hail in Placerville in Boise county.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOI wrote it up.
On December 10th, a severe thunderstorm developed in Southwest Idaho. This storm produced 1" hail in Placerville in Boise county.
The radar
The Boise radar (KCBX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Nevada, December 10, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 10 to 11, 1996
- Flood in California, December 10, 1996
- Flood in California, December 10, 1996
- Heavy Rain in California, December 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in California, December 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 10, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 10, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in California, December 10, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in California, December 10, 1996
More
Every storm in Idaho in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, December 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5579553.