Idaho tornado and storm history
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Idaho between 1954 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see the storms that came closest to it.
224
Tornado reports
12,071
Storm events
134
Deaths, all storms
Every tornado track in Idaho
215 county track segments since 1950, coloured by rating. Zoom in and each path widens to its surveyed width. Tap one for the storm.
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Tornadoes by decade in Idaho
All tornado reports against only the strong ones (F2 and above). Averages are per year over the years the federal record covers completely — 1952, 1976 and 1993 are each missing whole months in NOAA’s own files and are left out.
| Decade | All reports | Strong (F2+) | All per year | Strong per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960s | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1970s | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980s | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990s | 53 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 2000s | 51 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2010s | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
The 2020s are left out because the decade is not finished. Reports are counted per county, so one tornado crossing a county line can appear more than once.
Significant recent events in Idaho
Events with deaths, several injuries, $1M+ property damage, or tornadoes rated EF3 and up.
Timing estimated by MRMS, polygon focused on the area with the largest impact and intentionally kept broad. Numerous reports received of flooded roadways, some impassable; flooding also affected houses, public buildings, and infrastructure. The Caldwell Airport ASOS reported 1.06…
The fire start 8 miles from east of Kellogg. It burned an estimated 213 acres of timber, litter, and 3 out buildings. Around 200 people impacted by evacuations around Elizabeth Park and Elk Creek. It was contained on June 23. Wind gusts were into the low 20 mph range. Damage is e…
An avalanche occurred at around 2 pm on February 22nd in Carrot Canyon in the Centennial Mountains. Four snowmobilers were buried with 3 escaping but one fatality did occur.
Coeur D'Alene airport recorded a gust of 66 mph at 0554 LST. Mesonet station 9649 at Black Lake recorded a gust of 59 mph 0545 LST. Several reports received of downed trees from Coeur D'Alene, Huetter, and Chatcolet areas. One fatality reported by a tree falling on house and stri…
Lightning Creek Fire started on July 30 by lightning. It was located 9 miles north of Clark Fork. It continued through the month of September. It burned 2482 acres of timber, brush, and grass. Cost is estimated. Fire was contained on October 21.
Sunset Wildfire started on August 13 by unknown human cause. It was located 26 miles North of Coeur d'Alene. It burned 3183 acres of timber. Three structures were lost. It contained on September 2. Cost is estimated.
Lightning Creek Fire started on July 30 by lightning. It was located 9 miles north of Clark Fork. It continued through the month of September. It burned 2482 acres of timber, brush, and grass. Cost is estimated.
Sunset Wildfire started on August 13 by unknown human cause. It was located 26 miles North of Coeur d'Alene. It burned 3183 acres of timber. Three structures were lost. It continued into September. Cost is estimated.
Lightning Creek Fire started on July 30 by lightning. It was located 9 miles north of Clark Fork. It continued through the month of August. It burned 2482 acres of timber, brush, and grass. Cost is estimated.
Lightning Creek Fire started on July 30 by lightning. It was located 9 miles north of Clark Fork. It burned 2482 acres of timber, brush, and grass. Cost is estimated.
Nettleton Gulch Fire was started around 1220 PST on June 29 Eat of Hayden, Idaho. It was a deliberate human caused fire. The individual then fired on first responders causing 2 fatalities and one injury. It continued until July 5 and burned 23 acres of timber and grass. Cost is e…
The wildfire near Stanley which burned all of September about 130,000 acres continued into October. Final damage estimates were about 1.2 million dollars in the city of Stanley and about 300,000 dollars for Redfish Lake Lodge due to loss of business for over a month.
Tree fell on 17 year old male in backyard of home. Several reports of trees downed and tops snapped in the Sandpoint, Dover areas. There was a report of shingles being blown off roof. The BMX track was damaged by downed trees. Wind gusts estimated to be around 65 MPH.
The Wapiti fire began July 24th from lightning strikes near Grandjean in the Boise National Forest for eventually spread into the Sawtooth and Salmon Challis National Forests in the latter part of August and continued burning through September in the Sawthooths and Salmon Challis…
Gwen Fire started on July 24 from lightning. It was contained on August 8. It burned 28820 acres of timber and grass. 156 structures were lost including 38 residences. Cost is estimated.
Counties and zones
Each county’s full storm history, with its event count. Some entries are National Weather Service forecast zones rather than civil counties.
Ada (222)
Ada/s Elmore/nc & Ne Owyhee (3)
Adams (36)
Arco-mud Lake Desert (92)
Bannock (312)
Bear Lake (84)
Bear Lake Valley (47)
Bear River Range (47)
Beaverhead-lemhi Highlands (48)
Benewah (50)
Benewah/latah/nez Perce/lewis (2)
Big Hole Mountains (47)
Big Lost Highlands-copper Basin (30)
Big and Little Wood River Region (207)
Bingham (297)
Blackfoot Mountains (60)
Blaine (117)
Boise (98)
Boise Mountains (145)
Boise Mountains/camas Prairie (4)
Boise, Valley and Washington (1)
Boise/n Elmore/camas (6)
Bonner (125)
Bonneville (230)
Boundary (66)
Boundary/bonner/ X N Kootenai (7)
Boundary/bonner/ X Nw Kootenai (72)
Butte (275)
C Lemhi (1)
Cache Valley/idaho Portion (24)
Camas (26)
Camas Prairie (55)
Canyon (122)
Caribou (108)
Caribou Highlands (199)
Caribou Range (55)
Cassia (249)
Cassia T X N/s Power/oneida (4)
Centennial Mountains-island Park (81)
Central Panhandle Mountains (448)
Challis-pahsimeroi Valleys (13)
Clark (87)
Clark/fremont/teton (2)
Clearwater (96)
Clearwater T X Sw (2)
Coeur D'alene Area (292)
Custer (73)
Custer/nw Butte/nw Blaine (6)
E Bonneville/se Bingham/caribou/banncock T X Nw (2)
E Branklin/bear Lake (5)
Eastern Lemhi County (161)
Eastern Magic Valley (128)
Elmore (131)
Frank Church Wilderness (26)
Franklin (56)
Franklin-eastern Oneida Region (56)
Fremont (156)
Gem (46)
Gooding (46)
Gooding/jerome/n Twin Falls (1)
Idaho (158)
Idaho Palouse (173)
Idaho T W (2)
Idaho, Clearwater and Lewis (1)
Jefferson (245)
Jefferson/madison/w Bonneville/n Bingham/se Butte (5)
Jerome (51)
Kootenai (135)
Kootenai T X N (2)
Latah (99)
Lemhi (135)
Lemhi County Mountains (1)
Lemhi County Valleys (1)
Lewis (51)
Lewis and Southern Nez Perce (90)
Lewiston Area (63)
Lewiston and the Palouse (4)
Lincoln (81)
Lost River / Pahsimeroi (106)
Lost River Range (17)
Lost River Valleys (44)
Lower Hells Canyon / Salmon River Region (49)
Lower Hells Canyon/salmon River Region (1)
Lower Snake River Plain (270)
Lower Treasure Valley (94)
Madison (117)
Marsh and Arbon Highlands (74)
Minidoka (124)
N Nez Perce County (8)
Nez Perce (126)
Northern Clearwater Mountains (239)
Northern Panhandle (623)
Oneida (95)
Orofino / Grangeville Region (178)
Orofino/grangeville Region (1)
Owyhee (116)
Owyhee Mountains (36)
Owyhee T Nc & Ne & X Nw/c & S Twin Falls (2)
Payette (51)
Power (199)
Raft River Region (51)
S Nez Perce/lewis Counties (23)
S Washington/payette/s Gem/canyon/x Nw Owyhee (3)
Salmon/sawtooth Mountains (5)
Sawtooth Mountains (169)
Sawtooth-stanley Basin (61)
Se Blaine/lincoln/minidoka/x N Cassia (1)
Shoshone (95)
Shoshone-lava Beds (26)
Shoshone/e Kootenai/e Benewah/e Latah (66)
South Central Highlands (180)
Southern Clearwater Mountains (248)
Southern Hills-albion Mountains (64)
Southern Twin Falls County (45)
Southwest Highlands (28)
Sun Valley Region (75)
Sw & Sc Bingham/x Nw Bannock/n Power (5)
Sw & W Kootenai (23)
Teton (76)
Teton Valley (76)
Twin Falls (148)
Upper Snake Highlands (259)
Upper Snake River Plain (290)
Upper Treasure Valley (83)
Upper Weiser Valley (30)
Valley (73)
Valley/adams/n Gem/n Washington (7)
W Benewah/w Latah (22)
W Franklin (1)
Wasatch Mountains/iadho Portion (90)
Washington (54)
West Central Mountains (151)
Western Lemhi County (51)
Western Magic Valley (83)
Wood River Foothills (43)
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