Idaho

Storms in Idaho in 2018

321 events in 107 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Idaho in 2018, 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 2018 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
321
Deaths
4
Injuries
2
Damage
$43 million
Episodes
107

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 Snow14200
Thunderstorm Wind3200$8,000
Hail2700$4,000
Winter Storm2500
Wildfire2400$7.8 million
Flood1900$3.5 million
Funnel Cloud900
High Wind800$491,000
Flash Flood800$5,000
Winter Weather711$5,000
Tornado400$30 million
Avalanche330
Excessive Heat300
Dense Smoke300
Dust Storm200
Debris Flow200$6,000
Heavy Rain101$1.5 million
Strong Wind100
Lightning100

Every episode, month by month

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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.