Idaho

Storms in Idaho in 2008

356 events in 132 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Idaho in 2008, 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 2008 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
356
Deaths
3
Injuries
7
Damage
$14 million
Episodes
132

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 Snow16700
Winter Storm6012
Thunderstorm Wind2703$484,000
Hail2600$22,000
High Wind2500$601,000
Flash Flood900$71,000
Flood700$50,000
Winter Weather602
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Blizzard610$7.5 million
Wildfire610$5.0 million
Avalanche500$10,000
Tornado200$201,000
Funnel Cloud200
Lightning100$2,000
Strong Wind100$5,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2008

February 2008

March 2008

April 2008

May 2008

June 2008

July 2008

August 2008

September 2008

October 2008

November 2008

December 2008

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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.