Idaho

Storm History: Bingham County, Idaho

413 episodes, 639 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bingham 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
639
Deaths
8
Injuries
36
Damage
$17 million
Episodes
413

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 Wind17601$1.4 million
Winter Storm11200$419,000
High Wind7601$590,000
Heavy Snow64314$239,000
Hail5202$3.5 million
Wildfire3800$1.0 million
Tornado2902$3.6 million
Winter Weather1710$83,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1310
Flood1100$1.2 million
Flash Flood900$337,000
Avalanche810
Funnel Cloud600
Heavy Rain500$4.0 million
Lightning500$5,000
Blizzard500$12,000
Dense Fog3113$358,000
Dust Storm300
Heat200
Excessive Heat200
Sleet103$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill110
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 Bingham CountyEvery warning in Bingham 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.