Storms in Idaho in 1997
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
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 89 | 0 | 0 | $200 |
| Heavy Snow | 56 | 1 | 0 | |
| Flood | 42 | 0 | 0 | $59 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 36 | 0 | 0 | $406,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 33 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Flash Flood | 22 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 9 | 0 | 1 | $22,000 |
| Lightning | 7 | 1 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Tornado | 6 | 0 | 8 | $53,000 |
| Wildfire | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, January 1 to 3, 1997
- Winter Storm in Idaho, January 6 to 7, 1997
- Blizzard in Idaho, January 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 26, 1997
February 1997
- Dense Fog in Idaho, February 2, 1997
- Winter Storm in Idaho, February 11 to 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 26 to 27, 1997
March 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 1 to 2, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 15, 1997
- High Wind in Idaho, March 16, 1997
- High Wind in Idaho, March 30, 1997
April 1997
May 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, May 1 to 31, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 4, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 16, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, May 16, 1997
- Flash Flood in Idaho, May 16, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 20, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 20, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 21, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 21, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 21, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Tornado in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997
June 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, June 1 to 30, 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, June 1 to 15, 1997
- Flood in Idaho, June 3 to 20, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, June 11, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, June 11, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, June 12, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, June 12, 1997
- Funnel Clouds in Idaho, June 12, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Idaho, June 13, 1997
- Flash Flood in Idaho, June 13, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Idaho, June 13, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, June 13, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, June 13, 1997
- Flash Flood in Idaho, June 13, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, June 13, 1997
- Flash Flood in Idaho, June 13, 1997
- Debris Flow and Damaging Winds in Idaho, June 17, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, June 17, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, June 17, 1997
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Idaho, June 17 to 18, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, June 18, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, June 18, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, June 18, 1997
- High Wind in Idaho, June 30, 1997
- Tornado in Idaho, June 30, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, June 30, 1997
July 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Idaho, July 2, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 9, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 9, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 9, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 9, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, July 10, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, July 10, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, July 11 to 12, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, July 15, 1997
- Debris Flow and Damaging Winds in Idaho, July 17, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 19, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 21 to 31, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, July 24, 1997
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Idaho, July 25, 1997
- Flood in Idaho, July 25, 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, July 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 29, 1997
- Wildfire and Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 31, 1997
August 1997
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, August 2, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, August 7, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Idaho, August 7 to 12, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, August 7 to 8, 1997
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 10, 1997
- Flash Flood in Idaho, August 10, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Idaho, August 10, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 11, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 11, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 11, 1997
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, August 15, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, August 18, 1997
- Wildfire in Idaho, August 20, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, August 21, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Idaho, August 22, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, August 22, 1997
- High Wind in Idaho, August 23, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, August 23, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, August 23, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, August 23, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, August 23, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, August 23, 1997
- Flood in Idaho, August 23, 1997
September 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Idaho, September 2 to 6, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, September 3, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, September 5, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, September 5, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, September 7, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, September 7, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Idaho, September 7, 1997
- Flash Flood in Idaho, September 7, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, September 8, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Flash Flood in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Flash Flood in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- Flash Flood in Idaho, September 11, 1997
- High Wind in Idaho, September 17, 1997
October 1997
- Wildfire in Idaho, October 2 to 3, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, October 8 to 9, 1997
- Hail in Idaho, October 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, October 10 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, October 23 to 24, 1997
November 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 18 to 19, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 19 to 20, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, November 26, 1997
December 1997
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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.