Idaho

Storm History: Valley County, Idaho

196 episodes, 231 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Valley 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
231
Deaths
2
Injuries
8
Damage
$1.2 million
Episodes
196

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 Snow11300
Thunderstorm Wind2505$760,000
Winter Storm2100
Hail1800$5,000
Flash Flood1200$10,000
Flood800$420,000
Heavy Rain600
High Wind500
Winter Weather511
Dense Fog300
Blizzard300
Debris Flow300
Tornado200
Avalanche210
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Lightning102
Strong Wind100$10,000
Funnel Cloud100

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 Valley CountyEvery warning in Valley 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.