Idaho

Storm History: Benewah County, Idaho

463 episodes, 777 events since 1964

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.

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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
Heavy Snow49762$6,000
Wildfire55017$65 million
Winter Storm4800$25,000
High Wind3601$782,000
Flood3300$1.4 million
Winter Weather1506$5,000
Debris Flow1500$1.6 million
Flash Flood1400$1.9 million
Hail1400$8,000
Thunderstorm Wind1100$133,000
Strong Wind800$7,000
Blizzard800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Avalanche443
Dust Storm300
Dense Smoke300
Ice Storm300
Tornado200
Excessive Heat200
Dense Fog100
Heavy Rain100

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 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.