Idaho

Storm History: Idaho County, Idaho

419 episodes, 638 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Idaho 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
638
Deaths
4
Injuries
5
Damage
$35 million
Episodes
419

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 Snow19900$18,000
Winter Storm10800$24,000
Hail8300$297,000
Winter Weather4800$5,000
High Wind4102$610,000
Thunderstorm Wind3321$517,000
Blizzard2800$7.5 million
Flash Flood1500$9.1 million
Heavy Rain1400$5,000
Avalanche1300$10,000
Flood1200$6.1 million
Excessive Heat1000
Frost/Freeze711
Heat700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Wildfire411$11 million
Strong Wind400$8,000
Tornado300$25,000
Debris Flow200$180,000
Funnel Cloud100

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 Idaho CountyEvery warning in Idaho 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.