As 2024 draws to a close, the Treasure Valley is on track to have one of the latest first snowfalls on record. While many of the mountains are capped in white, those down below have yet to see a measurable snowfall, defined as a tenth of an inch, this season.
“The latest date in the winter season [for the first measurable snowfall] was January 9, 1918,” said Mike Canton, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Boise.
The second latest date was in 1958, when the first measurable snowfall came Dec. 30…