Idaho

Storm History: Elmore County, Idaho

299 episodes, 427 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Elmore 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
427
Deaths
8
Injuries
16
Damage
$6.5 million
Episodes
299

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 Snow20907
Thunderstorm Wind4436$550,000
High Wind3000$102,000
Flash Flood3000
Winter Storm2500
Hail2200$5,000
Blizzard1100
Wildfire1010$5.6 million
Tornado900$125,000
Flood900$127,000
Heavy Rain800$5,000
Debris Flow500
Dense Fog401
Avalanche342
Strong Wind300$10,000
Funnel Cloud200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
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

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Elmore CountyEvery warning in Elmore 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.