Idaho

Storms in Idaho in 2023

581 events in 137 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Idaho in 2023, 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 2023 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

Open the live radar over Idaho

The year

Events
581
Deaths
5
Injuries
45
Damage
$93 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
Thunderstorm Wind12900$58,000
Heavy Snow108120$250,000
Winter Storm7400$314,000
Heavy Rain5300
Winter Weather4002$79,000
Hail3021$125,000
High Wind2800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1900
Avalanche1810
Flash Flood1809$4.1 million
Flood1500$3.7 million
Wildfire1300$84 million
Funnel Cloud1000
Debris Flow900$21,000
Tornado400
Strong Wind300$2,000
Excessive Heat200
Sleet200
Dense Fog2113$350,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Dust Storm100
Lightning100
Freezing Fog100

Every episode, month by month

January 2023

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December 2023

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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.