Reports, design documents and maps for Idaho

This page lists various reports, design documents and maps developed by the Idaho State Climate Services and others. Some of these publications are the result of projects carried out at ISCS for various projects. The sponsoring agency or company is identified within the publication.


  • For Koppen Climate documents/Prism for Idaho:
  • click here
  • For Construction Snow Load Information:

  • *** The document, Ground and Roof Snow Loads for Idaho, by Ronald L. Sack and Azim Sheikh-Taheri, published in 1986 by the University of Idaho Department of Civil Engineering, can be purchased from UI Civil Engineering by contacting Tami Noble at tnoble@uidaho.edu, or 208-885-6783.
    click here
  • For Field burning Research:
  • click here
  • For Information concerning the Columbia Plateau PM10 wind project:
  • click here
  • For an Explaination on older Idaho data (1892 - 1950):
  • click here
  • For Monthly Pond Evaporation Data including lagoons:
  • Click here
  • For Miscellaneous Hydrologic Material:
  • Click here
  • For Frost Material including how to build frost tubes to measure frost depth:
  • Click here
  • For IDF curves (Depth-Duration_Frequency):
  • Click here
  • For Mean Annual Precipitaion map:

  • *** meta data can be found at:
    Click here (precip.E00.Z)
    Inside Idaho
  • For Precipitation Documentation:
  • Click here
  • For El Nino/ La Nina events in the Pacific Northwest:
  • Click here
  • For Agricultural Air Quality Management
  • Click here
  • For Growing Degree Day Systems for Idaho
  • Click here
  • For Temporal and Spatial Variation in Precipitation
  • Click here
  • For 30year Average Precipitation for Snotel Sites 82-90
  • Click here
  • For Length of Irrigation Seasons in Idaho 61-90
  • Click here
  • For Papers on SouthFork of the Palouse and Watershed
  • Click here
  • For Mean Annual Precipitation and Variability in Idaho
  • Click here
  • For an Updated 1971 - 2000 Normal Precipitation Map
  • Click here
  • For User Programs including Wind Rose and GDD calculators:
  • Click here

    Comments on any of these publications are welcome.

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