The Inland Northwest region was impacted by two winter storm systems during February 16 through 19. A cold front brought lower snow levels to the valley floors.
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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.
The episode as NWS OTX wrote it up.
The Inland Northwest region was impacted by two winter storm systems during February 16 through 19. A cold front brought lower snow levels to the valley floors. It was followed by a warm and moist weather system from California. While most locations had 1 to 3 inches, a few locations received 4 to 8 inches.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Observer reported 7 inches of snow 5.9 miles north of Moscow.
Observer reported 6 inches of snow 6 miles southeast of Porthill.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Idaho in 2026Every state in 2026This day in weather historyWarnings in Idaho, February 2026
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1321114, 1321115.