Idaho

Storm History: Bear Lake County, Idaho

142 episodes, 233 events since 1970

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bear Lake 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
233
Deaths
5
Injuries
3
Damage
$1.5 million
Episodes
142

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
Winter Storm7510$93,000
Thunderstorm Wind5300$134,000
Heavy Snow4400
Hail2043$4,000
High Wind1000$201,000
Flood700$1.0 million
Winter Weather500$2,000
Blizzard500
Tornado300$30,000
Avalanche300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Flash Flood200$10,000
Wildfire100
Strong Wind100$100
Debris Flow100$5,000

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

More

Tornadoes in Bear Lake CountyEvery warning in Bear Lake 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.