Idaho

Storm History: Latah County, Idaho

492 episodes, 826 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Latah 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
826
Deaths
10
Injuries
38
Damage
$72 million
Episodes
492

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 Snow49762$6,000
Wildfire54017$65 million
Winter Storm4800$25,000
High Wind3601$782,000
Flood3600$473,000
Flash Flood2809$4.1 million
Hail2400$6,000
Debris Flow2000$1.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind1600$316,000
Winter Weather1506$5,000
Tornado900$28,000
Strong Wind800$7,000
Blizzard800
Funnel Cloud400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Ice Storm400$500
Avalanche443
Dust Storm300
Dense Smoke300
Excessive Heat200
Dense Fog100
Lightning100
Heavy Rain100$50,000

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.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Latah County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Latah CountyEvery warning in Latah 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.