Idaho

Storm History: Shoshone County, Idaho

423 episodes, 609 events since 1963

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Shoshone 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
609
Deaths
8
Injuries
25
Damage
$70 million
Episodes
423

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 Snow36530$5,000
Wildfire54017$65 million
Winter Storm3500$25,000
Flood3400$1.5 million
Hail3200$546,000
High Wind1600$148,000
Thunderstorm Wind1410$325,000
Debris Flow1300$1.6 million
Flash Flood1000$692,000
Winter Weather902$5,000
Tornado803$3,000
Avalanche443
Blizzard300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Ice Storm300
Strong Wind200$1,000
Lightning100$2,000
Dense Smoke100
Excessive Heat100
Dust Storm100

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 Shoshone County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Shoshone CountyEvery warning in Shoshone 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.