NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Burley, 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 Burley, Idaho since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 16 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 16
- 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 Burley
The highest rating among the 16 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 18, 1991, came within 11 miles. Of the 16, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 6 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 4. The most recent tornado was on August 2, 2019. Burley has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 57% of the 90 Idaho cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 21 times since 1968, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Burley has more hail reports within 10 miles than 80% of the 90 Idaho cities.
Compare Burley's storm record with another city →
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Burley
By decade
- 2010s3
- 2000s3
- 1990s8
- 1970s1
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 1991 | F2 | 11 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 11, 1968 | F2 | 15 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 7, 1972 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | EF0 | 15 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 1, 2012 | EF0 | 16 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 1, 2012 | EF0 | 12 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 2009 | EF0 | 1 mi | 0.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 24, 2004 | F0 | 22 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 28, 2003 | F0 | 11 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1998 | F0 | 3 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 4, 1995 | F0 | 6 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 3, 1993 | F0 | 10 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 16, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Burley
The Storm Prediction Center has 21 hail reports within 10 miles of Burley since 1968, made on 15 separate days. Of these, 13 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently May 24, 2023. The most recent report is from May 24, 2023. May has the most reports, 8.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Burley
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Burley Municipal Airport, ID, 4 miles northeast of Burley at 4,142 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 55°F; December is the coolest, at 37°F and 21°F. May is the wettest at 1.7 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.3 inches; the year adds up to 10.5 inches over 32 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 33 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 146 nights a year. That 10.5 inches is more than at 16 of the 66 Idaho stations used on this site (24%). Rupert, 15 miles northeast, has its own station (Minidoka Dam, ID): 10.0 inches a year, 0.5 less than here, and a July average high of 89°F against 88°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 21 | 1.1 | 4 |
| Feb | 43 | 24 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Mar | 53 | 30 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Apr | 60 | 35 | 1.1 | 4 |
| May | 69 | 43 | 1.7 | 4 |
| Jun | 78 | 49 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Jul | 88 | 55 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Aug | 87 | 53 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Sep | 77 | 45 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Oct | 63 | 36 | 0.8 | 3 |
| Nov | 48 | 27 | 0.8 | 3 |
| Dec | 37 | 21 | 1.1 | 4 |
| Year | 62 | 36 | 10.5 | 32 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Burley Municipal Airport, ID (4,142 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 Burley
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 53 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Burley: 47 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 floods, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain event and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $9.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 86 mph, on June 18, 2003.
February 4, 2017: flood 9 miles from the centre of Burley — $5.2 million damage.
August 1, 2014: heavy rain event 7 miles from the centre of Burley — $4.0 million damage.
March 1, 2017: flood 9 miles from the centre of Burley — $175,000 damage.
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
Cassia County, which includes Burley, has been named in 5 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 3 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 9, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Cassia County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for lightning; Relatively Low for inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $15.6 million a year, the 18th highest of 44 Idaho counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $8.1 million (52%), 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Burley
- Heyburn, ID5 mi
- Rupert, ID15 mi
- Hazelton, ID15 mi
- Paul, ID15 mi
- Hansen, ID26 mi
- Kimberly, ID29 mi
- Twin Falls, ID35 mi
- Jerome, ID37 mi
- Filer, ID42 mi
- American Falls, ID48 mi
- Shoshone, ID49 mi
- Wendell, ID50 mi
All Idaho cities →All hurricanes since 1851 →Compare Burley with another place →