Idaho

Storm History: Canyon County, Idaho

179 episodes, 219 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Canyon 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
219
Deaths
4
Injuries
19
Damage
$109 million
Episodes
179

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 Snow6014$100 million
Thunderstorm Wind5207$480,000
Hail3200
Tornado1505$78,000
Flood1400$1.5 million
High Wind1000
Winter Storm700
Dense Fog400
Flash Flood400$7.0 million
Lightning322$15,000
Funnel Cloud300
Wildfire301
Dust Storm300
Strong Wind300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Avalanche100
Frost/Freeze100
Excessive Heat110
Heavy Rain100
Winter Weather100

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 Canyon CountyEvery warning in Canyon 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.