NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Eagle, 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 Eagle, Idaho since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 24 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 24
- 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 Eagle
The highest rating among the 24 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 4 times; the most recent, on June 19, 1991, came within 13 miles. Of the 24, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 13 have come since 2000. August has had the most tornadoes, 7. The most recent tornado was on May 26, 2023. Eagle has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 84% of the 90 Idaho cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 22 times since 1967, with stones up to 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size). Eagle has more hail reports within 10 miles than 81% of the 90 Idaho cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Eagle
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2000s11
- 1990s5
- 1980s3
- 1960s1
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1991 | F1 | 13 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 26, 1984 | F1 | 9 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 21, 1984 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 9, 1956 | F1 | 7 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 26, 2023 | EF0 | 5 mi | 0.95 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 27, 2022 | EF0 | 25 mi | 3.77 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 25, 2004 | F0 | 19 mi | — | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 25, 2004 | F0 | 16 mi | — | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 6, 2003 | F0 | 14 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 29, 2002 | F0 | 16 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 7, 2002 | F0 | 13 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 15, 2000 | F0 | 14 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 24, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Eagle
The Storm Prediction Center has 22 hail reports within 10 miles of Eagle since 1967, made on 19 separate days. Of these, 15 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently May 26, 2015. The most recent report is from April 3, 2024. April has the most reports, 6.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Eagle
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Boise 7 N, ID, 8 miles east of Eagle at 3,885 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 58°F; December is the coolest, at 37°F and 23°F. December is the wettest at 2.6 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 18.1 inches over 52 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 29 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 125 nights a year. Snowfall averages 57.4 inches a year, most of it in December. That 18.1 inches is more than at 46 of the 66 Idaho stations used on this site (70%). Meridian, 6 miles southwest, has its own station (Nampa Sugar Factory, ID): 11.2 inches a year, 6.9 less than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 88°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 24 | 2.3 | 7 | 14.0 |
| Feb | 43 | 27 | 1.6 | 6 | 9.2 |
| Mar | 51 | 32 | 2.1 | 6 | 6.6 |
| Apr | 58 | 36 | 1.9 | 6 | 2.4 |
| May | 68 | 43 | 2.1 | 5 | 0.7 |
| Jun | 77 | 49 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 88 | 58 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 86 | 58 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 76 | 50 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 61 | 40 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 46 | 30 | 2.0 | 6 | 7.3 |
| Dec | 37 | 23 | 2.6 | 7 | 16.7 |
| Year | 61 | 39 | 18.1 | 52 | 57.4 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Boise 7 N, ID (3,885 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 Eagle
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 42 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Eagle: 32 thunderstorm wind reports, 6 floods, 2 flash floods and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 4, and the NWS estimated $788,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 71 mph, on September 6, 1998.
July 25, 2002: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Eagle — 4 injured.
April 1, 2017: flood 8 miles from the centre of Eagle — $500,000 damage.
March 6, 2017: flood 8 miles from the centre of Eagle — $250,000 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Eagle's ZIP code 83616 have filed 30 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $255,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2017, with 16. Of the 19 Idaho cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 13 have fewer than Eagle.
Ada County, which includes Eagle, has been named in 6 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 4 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 1 fire, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 9, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Ada County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $115.6 million a year, the highest of 44 Idaho counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $63.0 million (54%), 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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Cities near Eagle
- Meridian, ID6 mi
- Star, ID6 mi
- Boise, ID9 mi
- Middleton, ID12 mi
- Nampa, ID14 mi
- Emmett, ID15 mi
- Kuna, ID17 mi
- Caldwell, ID17 mi
- Melba, ID25 mi
- Marsing, ID27 mi
- Wilder, ID27 mi
- New Plymouth, ID29 mi
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