Right now
24°C / 75°F
Clear · wind 11 km/h · 25% RH
Soil (6 cm)
18°C / 64°F
Most seeds germinate
Hardiness zone
7a
est. from 10-yr extreme low -16°C
Frost window
Apr 26 – Oct 22
~179 frost-free days · first frost in ~44 days
Sun
07:16 – 20:07
sunrise – sunset today
Moon
Waning Crescent
10% lit · solunar good · full 2026-09-26
7-day forecast
America/Boise
Tue
Clear
25° / 8°
dry
Wed
Overcast
29° / 12°
dry
Thu
Partly cloudy
33° / 14°
dry
Fri
Overcast
27° / 17°
dry
Sat
Overcast
32° / 19°
dry
Sun
Overcast
20° / 12°
dry
Mon
Clear
24° / 12°
dry
This week
AI field guide · refreshed weeklyBoise Garden Guide: Early September – Sow Fall Crops, Harvest Summer Bounty. Boise-Area Fishing: Early Fall Patterns on the Boise River and Local Lakes. Foraging in Boise: Early Fall Harvest.
Gardening
Boise Garden Guide: Early September – Sow Fall Crops, Harvest Summer Bounty
Sow & harvest now
- Spinach (Bloomsdale, Space or Tyee)
- Arugula (Roquette)
- Radish (Cherry Belle, French Breakfast)
- Peas (Oregon Sugar Pod, Cascadia snap peas)
Fishing
Boise-Area Fishing: Early Fall Patterns on the Boise River and Local Lakes
What's biting
- Rainbow Trout
- Cutthroat Trout
- Smallmouth Bass
- Kokanee Salmon
Foraging
Foraging in Boise: Early Fall Harvest
In season now
- Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)
- Wild plum (Prunus americana)
- Serviceberry / Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia)
- Miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
Your ecological region
Deserts & Dry Basins
The Great Basin, Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts and the Columbia and Snake River plateaus: sun, low humidity and cold nights.
Regional guide →Your hardiness zone
Zone 7a
Estimated from a 10-year average extreme low of -16°C. What grows, what bites and what to forage across your zone.
Zone guide →Get this guide for Boise every week
Frost warnings, what's biting, what's ripening. One email, Sunday evening.