NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Gooding, 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 Gooding, Idaho since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 17 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 17
- 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 Gooding
The strongest of the 17 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on June 9, 1990; its path came within 19 miles. Of the 17, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 5 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 5. The most recent tornado was on June 30, 2016. Gooding has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 61% of the 90 Idaho cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 6 times since 1998, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 90 Idaho cities, 71% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Gooding.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Gooding
By decade
- 2010s3
- 2000s2
- 1990s4
- 1980s6
- 1960s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1990 | F2 | 19 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 10, 1990 | F1 | 13 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 20, 1988 | F1 | 4 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 20, 1988 | F1 | 20 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 24, 1986 | F1 | 24 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 2, 1985 | F1 | 6 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 5, 1961 | F1 | 22 mi | 5.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 3, 1956 | F1 | 6 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | EF0 | 19 mi | 1.46 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 8, 2013 | EF0 | 18 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 16, 2011 | EF0 | 24 mi | 7.36 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 4, 2006 | F0 | 16 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 17, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Gooding
The Storm Prediction Center has 6 hail reports within 10 miles of Gooding since 1998. Of these, 4 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on August 6, 2009. The most recent report is from October 24, 2016.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Gooding
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hagerman 2 SW, ID, 14 miles southwest of Gooding at 2,897 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 56°F; December is the coolest, at 38°F and 22°F. December is the wettest at 1.6 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 9.8 inches over 29 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 69 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 142 nights a year. That 9.8 inches is more than at 5 of the 66 Idaho stations used on this site (8%). Wendell, 13 miles south, has its own station (Jerome, ID): 10.4 inches a year, 0.6 more than here, and a July average high of 90°F against 92°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38 | 22 | 1.3 | 4 |
| Feb | 45 | 25 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Mar | 55 | 31 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Apr | 62 | 35 | 0.8 | 3 |
| May | 72 | 44 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Jun | 82 | 50 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Jul | 92 | 56 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Aug | 91 | 53 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Sep | 81 | 44 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Oct | 66 | 35 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Nov | 50 | 27 | 1.1 | 4 |
| Dec | 38 | 22 | 1.6 | 5 |
| Year | 64 | 37 | 9.8 | 29 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Hagerman 2 SW, ID (2,897 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 Gooding
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 10 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Gooding: 7 thunderstorm wind reports and 3 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $388,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on June 8, 1996.
April 1, 2017: flood 2 miles from the centre of Gooding — $250,000 damage.
NWS: “The combination of rain and melting of near record snowpack in the Big Wood Basin led to significant flooding along the Big Wood River. Magic Reservoir filled to capacity sending large flows over the spillway and downriver through Gooding County.”
May 7, 2017: flood 1 mile from the centre of Gooding — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “Rapid snowmelt in the high elevations of the Big Wood Basin sent high flows over the spillway of Magic Reservoir causing flooding downstream in Gooding County. Agricultural land and low lying roads were impacted by the high water around the town of Gooding.”
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
Gooding County, which includes Gooding, has been named in 7 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 5 of them major disasters (by incident: 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 earthquake, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 9, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Gooding County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $8.4 million a year, the 28th highest of 44 Idaho counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.0 million (35%), 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 Gooding
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- Hagerman, ID14 mi
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- Filer, ID27 mi
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- Hansen, ID38 mi
- Bellevue, ID39 mi
- Hazelton, ID41 mi
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