Idaho

Storms in Idaho in 2016

280 events in 123 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Idaho in 2016, 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 2016 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
280
Deaths
4
Injuries
7
Damage
$1.1 million
Episodes
123

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 Snow10500$8,000
Thunderstorm Wind5400$15,000
Wildfire3700$5,000
Hail3000$27,000
Winter Storm1517$554,000
Funnel Cloud900
Winter Weather700$12,000
High Wind500
Heavy Rain300
Dust Storm310$10,000
Lightning200$2,000
Tornado200
Strong Wind220$10,000
Frost/Freeze200
Blizzard200
Avalanche100
Debris Flow100$500,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2016

February 2016

March 2016

April 2016

May 2016

June 2016

July 2016

August 2016

September 2016

October 2016

November 2016

December 2016

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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.