Idaho

Storms in Idaho in 2012

333 events in 137 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Idaho in 2012, 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 2012 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
333
Deaths
3
Injuries
4
Damage
$480 million
Episodes
137

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 Snow9910$16,000
Flood4800$4.2 million
Hail4300$80,000
Thunderstorm Wind4100$39,000
High Wind3000$285,000
Wildfire2700$473 million
Winter Weather724$20,000
Strong Wind700$5,000
Debris Flow700$2.3 million
Heavy Rain600
Winter Storm300
Dense Fog300
Dust Storm200$85,000
Lightning200
Flash Flood200$4,000
Tornado200
Blizzard100
Funnel Cloud100
Frost/Freeze100
Ice Storm100

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

February 2012

March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

August 2012

September 2012

October 2012

November 2012

December 2012

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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.