Idaho

Storms in Idaho in 2002

357 events in 165 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Idaho in 2002, 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 2002 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
357
Deaths
8
Injuries
27
Damage
$4.7 million
Episodes
165

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
Heavy Snow16320$10,000
Thunderstorm Wind63010$74,000
Winter Storm2730
High Wind20013$4.5 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1300
Hail1200
Flood1000$15,000
Flash Flood900
Heat900
Drought900
Dense Fog700
Wildfire500
Tornado300$60,000
Avalanche220
Lightning214
Blizzard100
Funnel Cloud100
Strong Wind100

Every episode, month by month

January 2002

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March 2002

April 2002

May 2002

June 2002

July 2002

August 2002

September 2002

October 2002

November 2002

December 2002

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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.