Idaho

Storm History: Bannock County, Idaho

370 episodes, 502 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bannock County, Idaho: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
502
Deaths
6
Injuries
34
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
370

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind9501$1.3 million
Hail7800$50,000
Flash Flood6900$3.0 million
Winter Storm6100$392,000
Heavy Snow49213$224,000
Wildfire2800$1.3 million
Flood2500$1.7 million
High Wind2201$139,000
Winter Weather1200$83,000
Lightning1103$1.0 million
Tornado1000$136,000
Heavy Rain1000$2.1 million
Funnel Cloud700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill710
Avalanche410
Blizzard300$12,000
Heat200
Excessive Heat200
Dense Fog2113$350,000
Sleet103$10,000
Dust Storm100
Cold/Wind Chill110
Dust Devil100
Freezing Fog100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Bannock CountyEvery warning in Bannock County since 1986Every county in Idaho

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.