Cold weather in Boise breaks 3-year temperature streak

The National Weather Service says temperatures have hit 0 degrees in Boise for the first time in over three years.

The Idaho Statesman reports (http://bit.ly/2hhg2D0 ) that temperatures hit 0 at the Boise Airport on Sunday morning. The last time the airport registered a temperature that low was Dec. 9, 2013.

Meteorologist Korri Anderson says it’s not unusual for the city to go years without seeing temperatures drop to 0, and that some streaks have lasted 10 years.

Sunday’s frigid weather is still out of the ordinary for this time year, when the average low is 23 degrees.

Anderson attributed the cooler temperatures to an arctic cold front system that brought cold air down over the Rocky Mountains.

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Information from: Idaho Statesman, http://www.idahostatesman.com