Winter Storm Watches in Idaho
665 winter storm watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 665
- Busiest year
- 200668 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 30over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kootenai County180
- Benewah County149
- Latah County149
- Shoshone County148
- Bonner County142
- Boundary County142
- Idaho County141
- Clearwater County125
- Elmore County98
- Washington County98
- Gem County97
- Adams County96
- Camas County94
- Boise County91
- Valley County91
- Lemhi County59
- Owyhee County51
- Bear Lake County46
- Caribou County46
- Franklin County46
- Fremont County46
- Teton County46
- Bonneville County44
- Clark County43
- Madison County43
- Blaine County42
- Custer County42
- Twin Falls County38
- Butte County32
- Bingham County26
- Gooding County23
- Jerome County23
- Lewis County22
- Nez Perce County22
- Power County22
- Ada County19
- Bannock County19
- Canyon County18
- Payette County18
- Oneida County18
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 11:56 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Lemhi | 23 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:23 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Idaho | 25 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:35 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Idaho | 23 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:26 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | OTX | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone | 24 hr |
| Jan 4, 11:21 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MSO | Clearwater | 26 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.