Idaho

Storm History: Payette County, Idaho

125 episodes, 148 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Payette 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
148
Deaths
2
Injuries
7
Damage
$102 million
Episodes
125

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 Snow6014$100 million
Thunderstorm Wind2200$10,000
Hail1503$505,000
High Wind1100
Winter Storm700
Flood700$2,000
Tornado500$25,000
Dense Fog400
Dust Storm300
Strong Wind300
Wildfire200
Debris Flow200
Flash Flood200$1.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Avalanche100
Frost/Freeze100
Excessive Heat110
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

More

Tornadoes in Payette CountyEvery warning in Payette 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.