Idaho

Storm History: Power County, Idaho

315 episodes, 481 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Power 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
481
Deaths
7
Injuries
30
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
315

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 Storm8910$628,000
Thunderstorm Wind8200$1.2 million
Heavy Snow57213$226,000
High Wind4901$140,000
Hail3800$332,000
Flash Flood3800$39,000
Wildfire3500$779,000
Tornado2200$714,000
Winter Weather1600$107,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1110
Heavy Rain800$7.0 million
Funnel Cloud600
Flood600$361,000
Blizzard600$12,000
Avalanche410
Heat400
Excessive Heat400
Dense Fog2113$350,000
Sleet103$10,000
Dust Storm100
Cold/Wind Chill110
Freezing Fog100

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 Power County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Power CountyEvery warning in Power 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.