Storm History: Benewah County, Idaho
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Benewah 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
- 777
- Deaths
- 10
- Injuries
- 29
- Damage
- $71 million
- Episodes
- 463
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 497 | 6 | 2 | $6,000 |
| Wildfire | 55 | 0 | 17 | $65 million |
| Winter Storm | 48 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| High Wind | 36 | 0 | 1 | $782,000 |
| Flood | 33 | 0 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Winter Weather | 15 | 0 | 6 | $5,000 |
| Debris Flow | 15 | 0 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| Flash Flood | 14 | 0 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| Hail | 14 | 0 | 0 | $8,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 11 | 0 | 0 | $133,000 |
| Strong Wind | 8 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Blizzard | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| Dust Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Smoke | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Wildfire, August 3, 2023
- Wildfire, September 1, 2023
- Wildfire, July 15, 2024
- Wildfire, July 21, 2023
- Wildfire, August 1, 2018
- Wildfire, September 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, February 2, 1999
- Wildfire, August 1, 2024
- Wildfire, June 16, 2026
- Wildfire, October 1, 2022
- Wildfire, August 21, 2022
- Wildfire, September 1, 2022
- Debris Flow, March 28, 2012
- Wildfire, July 18, 2023
- Flood, March 5, 2014
- Debris Flow, March 15, 2017
- Flood, March 15, 2017
- High Wind, April 24, 1996
- Debris Flow, March 15, 2012
- Flood, March 14, 2017
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
- Wildfire, June 16, 2026
- Avalanche, March 11, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2026
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- Flood, December 9, 2025
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2024
- Dust Storm, October 4, 2024
- Dust Storm, September 29, 2024
- Hail, September 25, 2024
- Debris Flow, September 11, 2024
- Wildfire, August 1, 2024
- Wildfire, July 25, 2024
- Wildfire, July 25, 2024
- Wildfire, July 15, 2024
- Strong Wind, June 3, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 16, 2024
- Avalanche, January 11, 2024
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2024
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2023
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2023
- Strong Wind, November 11, 2023
- Winter Weather, October 25, 2023
- Wildfire, September 1, 2023
- Wildfire, September 1, 2023
- Wildfire, August 3, 2023
- Wildfire, August 1, 2023
- Wildfire, July 21, 2023
- Wildfire, July 18, 2023
- Winter Storm, April 4, 2023
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 10, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2023
- Heavy Snow, November 29, 2022
- Heavy Snow, November 4, 2022
- Wildfire, October 1, 2022
- Wildfire, October 1, 2022
- Wildfire, September 3, 2022
- Wildfire, September 1, 2022
- Wildfire, September 1, 2022
- Wildfire, September 1, 2022
- Wildfire, September 1, 2022
- Wildfire, September 1, 2022
- Wildfire, August 21, 2022
- Wildfire, August 18, 2022
- Wildfire, August 14, 2022
- Heavy Snow, April 17, 2022
- Heavy Snow, April 9, 2022
- High Wind, April 4, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 30, 2021
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2021
- High Wind, November 15, 2021
- Wildfire, October 1, 2021
- Wildfire, September 1, 2021
- Excessive Heat, June 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 30, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2020
- Heavy Snow, November 12, 2020
- Heavy Snow, November 9, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 23, 2020
- Dense Smoke, September 12, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2020
- Heavy Snow, January 12, 2020
- Heavy Snow, January 10, 2020
- Avalanche, January 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 31, 2019
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2019
- Debris Flow, December 11, 2019
- Hail, August 10, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 10, 2019
- Blizzard, February 8, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 22, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2019
- Heavy Snow, December 27, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2018
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2018
- Heavy Snow, November 23, 2018
- Wildfire, August 1, 2018
- Flood, May 7, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 23, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2018
- Ice Storm, December 28, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 18, 2017
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2017
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2017
- Heavy Snow, November 4, 2017
- Dense Smoke, September 4, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2017
- Flood, April 1, 2017
- Flood, March 15, 2017
- Debris Flow, March 15, 2017
- Flood, March 14, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2017
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2017
- Flood, February 10, 2017
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2016
- Wildfire, October 1, 2016
- Wildfire, October 1, 2016
- Wildfire, September 1, 2016
- Wildfire, September 1, 2016
- Wildfire, September 1, 2016
- Wildfire, September 1, 2016
- Wildfire, August 27, 2016
- Wildfire, August 16, 2016
- Wildfire, August 1, 2016
- Wildfire, July 30, 2016
- Hail, June 8, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 22, 2015
- Heavy Snow, December 21, 2015
- Heavy Snow, December 17, 2015
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2015
- Flood, December 8, 2015
- High Wind, November 17, 2015
- Wildfire, October 1, 2015
- Wildfire, October 1, 2015
- Wildfire, October 1, 2015
- Wildfire, September 1, 2015
- Wildfire, September 1, 2015
- Wildfire, September 1, 2015
- Wildfire, August 13, 2015
- Wildfire, August 11, 2015
- Wildfire, August 10, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 15, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 3, 2015
- Heavy Snow, December 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2014
- Hail, July 23, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 14, 2014
- Flood, March 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 23, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2014
- Flood, February 12, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2014
- Flood, January 10, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 8, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 20, 2013
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, November 15, 2013
- Heavy Snow, November 2, 2013
- Strong Wind, October 27, 2013
- Hail, August 25, 2013
- Wildfire, July 15, 2013
- Strong Wind, April 29, 2013
- Winter Weather, April 21, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2013
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 23, 2012
- Heavy Snow, December 16, 2012
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2012
- Strong Wind, October 16, 2012
- Strong Wind, October 2, 2012
- Hail, July 2, 2012
- Hail, June 22, 2012
- Hail, June 4, 2012
- Flood, April 22, 2012
- Flood, April 1, 2012
- Debris Flow, March 28, 2012
- Debris Flow, March 26, 2012
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 2012
- Debris Flow, March 15, 2012
- Strong Wind, March 13, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 17, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 29, 2011
- Heavy Snow, November 23, 2011
- Heavy Snow, November 17, 2011
- Heavy Snow, November 11, 2011
- Wildfire, September 29, 2011
- Heavy Snow, May 26, 2011
- Heavy Snow, April 6, 2011
- Heavy Snow, April 4, 2011
- Debris Flow, April 1, 2011
- Debris Flow, March 30, 2011
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 2011
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2011
- Blizzard, February 21, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2011
- Flood, January 16, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 12, 2011
- Blizzard, December 28, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 27, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2010
- Heavy Snow, November 25, 2010
- Blizzard, November 21, 2010
- Heavy Snow, November 17, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, October 25, 2010
- Wildfire, August 20, 2010
- High Wind, May 19, 2010
- High Wind, May 3, 2010
- Heavy Snow, April 27, 2010
- High Wind, April 8, 2010
- Heavy Snow, April 8, 2010
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 31, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 7, 2009
- Heavy Snow, November 22, 2009
- Heavy Rain, June 4, 2009
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 9, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 26, 2009
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Benewah CountyEvery warning in Benewah 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.