NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Kuna, 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 Kuna, Idaho since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 20 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 20
- 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 Kuna
The highest rating among the 20 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 3 times; the most recent, on October 26, 1984, came within 7 miles. Of the 20, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 10 have come since 2000. August has had the most tornadoes, 6. The most recent tornado was on May 26, 2023. Kuna has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 74% of the 90 Idaho cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 15 times since 1967, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Kuna has more hail reports within 10 miles than 63% of the 90 Idaho cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Kuna
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2000s8
- 1990s4
- 1980s3
- 1960s1
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 1984 | F1 | 7 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 21, 1984 | F1 | 2 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 9, 1956 | F1 | 17 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 26, 2023 | EF0 | 17 mi | 0.95 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 27, 2022 | EF0 | 15 mi | 3.77 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 25, 2004 | F0 | 23 mi | — | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 6, 2003 | F0 | 12 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 15, 2000 | F0 | 12 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 3, 2000 | F0 | 22 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 3, 2000 | F0 | 9 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 3, 2000 | F0 | 9 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 3, 2000 | F0 | 10 mi | — | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 20, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Kuna
The Storm Prediction Center has 15 hail reports within 10 miles of Kuna since 1967, made on 11 separate days. Of these, 7 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on April 23, 1998. The most recent report is from April 3, 2024. April and June have the most reports, 4 each.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Kuna
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Boise Air Terminal, ID, 10 miles northeast of Kuna at 2,814 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 62°F; December is the coolest, at 39°F and 25°F. May and December are the wettest at 1.5 inches of precipitation on average and July and August the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 11.5 inches over 38 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 55 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 108 nights a year. Snowfall averages 17.6 inches a year, most of it in December. That 11.5 inches is more than at 26 of the 66 Idaho stations used on this site (39%). Nampa, 11 miles northwest, has its own station (Nampa Sugar Factory, ID): 11.2 inches a year, 0.3 less than here, and the same July average high, 93°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39 | 26 | 1.4 | 5 | 5.3 |
| Feb | 46 | 29 | 1.0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| Mar | 56 | 35 | 1.3 | 5 | 1.2 |
| Apr | 62 | 40 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.1 |
| May | 72 | 48 | 1.5 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 81 | 54 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 93 | 62 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 91 | 61 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 80 | 53 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 65 | 42 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 49 | 32 | 1.2 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Dec | 39 | 25 | 1.5 | 5 | 5.6 |
| Year | 64 | 42 | 11.5 | 38 | 17.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Boise Air Terminal, ID (2,814 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 Kuna
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 24 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Kuna: 20 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 flash floods and 2 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 72, and the NWS estimated $295,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 72 mph, on May 28, 2026.
August 21, 2010: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Kuna — 70 injured.
NWS: “The BOI ASOS measured a wind gust of 68 MPH and several reports were received for wind damage including downed trees and power lines. Minor injuries were reported from the Western Idaho Fair as a result of temporary structures collapsing.”
October 19, 2019: thunderstorm wind 1 mile from the centre of Kuna — 2 injured.
NWS: “The public in Kuna reported several large trees, power lines and fences down, and car damage. The Boise Fire Department reported a lightning strike on a house 2 miles east of Boise.”
August 26, 1996: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Kuna — $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
Ada County, which includes Kuna, 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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