Idaho

Storm History: Nez Perce County, Idaho

209 episodes, 310 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Nez Perce 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
310
Deaths
0
Injuries
11
Damage
$40 million
Episodes
209

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 Snow10002$15,000
Hail4200$31,000
High Wind3300$43,000
Flash Flood3201$6.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind2800$93,000
Wildfire1403$31 million
Flood1300$1.9 million
Debris Flow900$602,000
Tornado600$25,000
Winter Storm600
Winter Weather502
Dense Smoke500
Heavy Rain300
Dust Storm303$60,000
Strong Wind300$3,000
Blizzard300
Funnel Cloud200
Ice Storm100$500
Excessive Heat100
Avalanche100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Nez Perce County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Nez Perce CountyEvery warning in Nez Perce 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.