Interesting. Boise metro has about the same population as the Provo metro

Sep 19, 2020
11:58:01pm

Ojiisan Truly Addicted User

based on Wikipedia. I thought it would be more.

Provo is basically connected to salt lake though which is probably why it feels different up there.

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Ok, I’ve had a lot of fun with the “Boise has a great winter/ Utah is a frozen tundra” crowd but let’s put this to bed..

Zach Morris “Be great, cause it’s good

9/19/20 10:23pm

True. The big difference is the annual snowfall

Goliath

9/19/20 10:27pm

Again, Boise has a decent winter but the number of times Boise fans tell the board how great the winter is there in

Zach Morris

9/19/20 10:29pm

Average annual snowfall in SLC = 62". Average annual snowfall in Boise = 18"

Soupie

9/19/20 11:12pm

Right, which is a massive plus for living IN Utah because of skiing and snowboarding, building snowmen, snowball fights.

CougarTailDevourer

9/20/20 11:44am

Certainly looks pretty comparable to me when juxtaposing the two.

Dixie's Red Rocks

9/19/20 10:30pm

RE: Ok, I’ve had a lot of fun with the “Boise has a great winter/

BoiseStateBronco19

9/19/20 10:30pm

You didn’t ruffle feathers my friend, do a CB search and you’ll find the Boise winter vs SLC winter fallacy predates you

Zach Morris

9/19/20 10:32pm

You’re exactly right. If it’s gonna be cold you may as well have snow I say.

Virginia Ute

9/19/20 10:30pm

RE: You’re exactly right. If it’s gonna be cold you may as well have snow I say.

Zach Morris

9/19/20 10:46pm

Not only that, but when it does snow in Boise, they have no idea what to do. Both snowplows have to be located and

Ragnar Danneskjold

9/19/20 10:33pm

Good point. I guess we need to go to a tie breaker...

Zach Morris

9/19/20 10:40pm

What’s funny is that the temps in Boise are similar to South Lake Tahoe, yet

Run-DMT

9/19/20 11:02pm

Interesting. Boise metro has about the same population as the Provo metro

Ojiisan

9/19/20 11:58pm

Yeah, the business associated w/ the largest city in state makes it feel different.

Soupie

9/20/20 12:03am

Way more snow in salt lake. Cloud cover (as well as inversions) explains the

Jay Kay

9/20/20 12:05am

Come on, i live in AZ and we winter in Boise just for the balmy weathers

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