Heavy Snow, Lower Treasure Valley
- When
- January 7, 10:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Lower Treasure Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.746, -116.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 7, 2004
A Pacific storm system that moved into Southern Idaho during the early morning of January 7 2004, left behind wide spread snow with heavy snow in the lower valleys as it moved across the region. Lower Treasure Valley, Trained Spotter 7 miles north of Melba 7 inches, 3 miles NNE of Greenleaf 6 inches, and 6 miles NNW of Middleton 6 inches, Broadcast Media Nampa 5 inches and 11 miles NW of…
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 3
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.
A Pacific storm system that moved into Southern Idaho during the early morning of January 7 2004, left behind wide spread snow with heavy snow in the lower valleys as it moved across the region. Lower Treasure Valley, Trained Spotter 7 miles north of Melba 7 inches, 3 miles NNE of Greenleaf 6 inches, and 6 miles NNW of Middleton 6 inches, Broadcast Media Nampa 5 inches and 11 miles NW of Caldwell 7 inches. : Upper Treasure Valley, NWS Employee Garden City 5 inches and West Boise 4 inches, Official NWS Observer Boise Airport 5 inches. : Magic Valley NWS Co-op Observer 6 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Upper Treasure Valley
- When
- January 7, 10:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Upper Treasure Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 43.129, -115.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Western Magic Valley
- When
- January 7, 10:00 AM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Western Magic Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.672, -114.581 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Weather in Montana, January 7, 2004
- Cold in Illinois, January 7, 2004
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 7 to 10, 2004
- Cold in Maine, January 7 to 10, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 7 to 9, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 7, 2004
- High Wind in Oregon, January 7 to 8, 2004
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 7, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 7, 2004
- Flood in Indiana, January 7 to 12, 2004
More
Every storm in Idaho in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, January 2004
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5382970, 5382971, 5382972.