NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Bonners Ferry, ID
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Bonners Ferry, Idaho since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 1 tornado has touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 1
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Bonners Ferry
The only tornado within 25 miles was an F1 on May 29, 1994; its path came within 23 miles. Of the 90 Idaho cities on this site, 90% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Bonners Ferry. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 8 times since 1998, with stones up to 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size). Of the 90 Idaho cities, 57% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Bonners Ferry.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Bonners Ferry
By decade
- 1990s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1994 | F1 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 1 of 1, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Bonners Ferry
The Storm Prediction Center has 8 hail reports within 10 miles of Bonners Ferry since 1998, made on 6 separate days. Of these, 4 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size), fell on July 17, 2013. The most recent report is from September 30, 2016.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Bonners Ferry
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Bonners Ferry, ID, 7 miles southeast of Bonners Ferry at 2,075 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 53°F; December is the coolest, at 33°F and 24°F. December is the wettest at 3.2 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 21.0 inches over 60 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 21 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 147 nights a year. Snowfall averages 53.8 inches a year, most of it in December. That 21.0 inches is more than at 49 of the 66 Idaho stations used on this site (74%). Sandpoint, 29 miles south, has its own station (Sandpoint Exp Stn, ID): 34.0 inches a year, 13.0 more than here, and a July average high of 82°F against 85°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34 | 24 | 2.6 | 8 | 15.0 |
| Feb | 39 | 25 | 1.8 | 5 | 10.8 |
| Mar | 48 | 30 | 2.0 | 6 | 3.7 |
| Apr | 59 | 36 | 1.3 | 5 | 0.4 |
| May | 69 | 43 | 1.8 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 75 | 49 | 1.9 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 85 | 53 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 85 | 52 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 73 | 45 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 56 | 36 | 1.7 | 5 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 42 | 30 | 2.6 | 7 | 6.4 |
| Dec | 33 | 24 | 3.2 | 8 | 17.3 |
| Year | 58 | 37 | 21.0 | 60 | 53.8 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Bonners Ferry, ID (2,075 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Bonners Ferry
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 19 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Bonners Ferry: 13 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 floods and 1 flash flood. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $685,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on May 31, 1997.
July 23, 2019: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Bonners Ferry — 1 injured, $20,000 damage.
NWS: “Thunderstorm winds swept through Boundary County. One man was injured while pinned down by a fallen tree near Bonners Ferry.”
April 6, 2011: flood 6 miles from the centre of Bonners Ferry — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “Deep Creek flooded portions of Deep Creek Loop, also listed as Old Highway 95 causing sloughing of the roadway and embankment. Pavement damage was 500 feet by nine feet wide.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Boundary County, which includes Bonners Ferry, has been named in 12 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 1 fire). The latest major disaster declaration was Straight-Line Winds, on April 7, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Boundary County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for inland flooding; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $6.8 million a year, the 33rd highest of 44 Idaho counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.6 million (68%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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