What is the Snow and Ice situation in Boise (Idaho Falls: house, live)

[silverfox]

We are looking at Lewiston and Boise areas but don't really like the snow and ice. A little would be OK if it didn't stick around too long.
Can anyone here give us a realistic assesment of what to expect on average.
We have lived in the Seattle are for most of our life and it was OK for the most part. Too many people there now, and to fast of a pace.

Thanks much.....Silverfox

[pinkpalace]

I don't know anything about Lewiston, but winters in Boise are pretty easy. But, in the interest of full disclosure... let me start by saying that I grew up in Idaho Falls, which has a pretty nasty winter.

You can get snow from as early as Halloween, and as late as St. Patty's day, but that's pretty unusual. A typical winter only has sporadic snowfall from Thanksgiving through MLK day. It will usually snow a few inches, but then by the afternoon, the roads are just a slushy, wet mess.

In December and January you could have to worry about ice on the roads. All of the snow melts off in the afternoon, but as the sun goes down all of the water on the road turns into ice. The highway district will drop sand on the road, but it can still be slippery.

That said, while ice on the road isn't unusual, it also isn't an every day problem. You'll have ice on the road for 1, 2, or 3 days, and then it'll be gone until the next storm comes.

It's really not that bad, you just have to slow down and watch out for crazies driving 4x4's.

[silverfox]

Than for the info Pinkpalace, It sounds a lot like Seattle only a little cooler and hotter. The weather has changed there over the years. We lived in that area for 65 years and I remember when I was a kid in Seattle, I could Ski from my house to the golf course about a mile away and the snow lasted longer as well. Maybe Global warming.
Silverfox