Idaho

Storms in Idaho in 2017

520 events in 152 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Idaho in 2017, 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 2017 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
520
Deaths
3
Injuries
0
Damage
$171 million
Episodes
152

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 Snow21300$101 million
Flood11310$57 million
Thunderstorm Wind4600$189,000
Winter Storm3910$100,000
Wildfire2100$260,000
Hail1700$3,000
High Wind1200$28,000
Debris Flow1100$7.3 million
Winter Weather1000$21,000
Dense Smoke800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700
Avalanche610
Ice Storm400$2,000
Flash Flood400$5.5 million
Funnel Cloud300
Heavy Rain100
Lightning100$50,000
Dust Devil100$5,000
Frost/Freeze100
Dust Storm100$30,000
Tornado100$200

Every episode, month by month

January 2017

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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.