Idaho

Storm History: Madison County, Idaho

238 episodes, 359 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Madison 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
359
Deaths
8
Injuries
3
Damage
$6.4 million
Episodes
238

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
Winter Storm9300$149,000
High Wind5000$498,000
Thunderstorm Wind4600$849,000
Hail3500$11,000
Heavy Snow2800$43,000
Winter Weather1712$49,000
Flood1400$1.6 million
Tornado1100$85,000
Wildfire1100$2,000
Dust Storm1000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Flash Flood700$1.1 million
Avalanche650
Blizzard601$2,000
Heavy Rain500$2.0 million
Lightning300$20,000
Heat200
Funnel Cloud100
Dense Fog100$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill110
Excessive Heat100
Freezing Fog110

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 Madison County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Madison CountyEvery warning in Madison 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.