Idaho

Storms in Idaho in 1997

335 events in 159 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Idaho in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Idaho in 1997 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
335
Deaths
3
Injuries
9
Damage
$61 million
Episodes
159

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail8900$200
Heavy Snow5610
Flood4200$59 million
Thunderstorm Wind3600$406,000
Heavy Rain3310$100,000
Flash Flood2200$60,000
Funnel Cloud1300
Winter Storm900
High Wind901$22,000
Lightning710$1.0 million
Tornado608$53,000
Wildfire500
Debris Flow300
Blizzard200
Dust Storm200
Dense Fog100

Every episode, month by month

January 1997

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March 1997

April 1997

May 1997

June 1997

July 1997

August 1997

September 1997

October 1997

November 1997

December 1997

More

Every year in IdahoEvery state in 1997Tornadoes in Idaho in 1997Warnings in Idaho in 199719961998

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.