Idaho

Storm History: Butte County, Idaho

281 episodes, 506 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Butte 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
506
Deaths
3
Injuries
2
Damage
$4.1 million
Episodes
281

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 Wind20400$31,000
Winter Storm7400
High Wind7400$451,000
Hail3500$17,000
Heavy Snow3311$15,000
Wildfire1500$22,000
Tornado1200$8,000
Flash Flood1100$33,000
Avalanche1100
Flood1000$520,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Winter Weather621
Funnel Cloud300
Dust Storm300
Blizzard300
Heavy Rain100$3.0 million
Dense Fog100$8,000

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

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Butte CountyEvery warning in Butte 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.