NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mountain Home, 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 Mountain Home, Idaho since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 6 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 6
- 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 Mountain Home
The highest rating among the 6 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 2 times; the most recent, on August 10, 1986, came within 24 miles. Of the 6, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 3 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on July 25, 2024. Of the 90 Idaho cities on this site, 62% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Mountain Home. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 5 times since 1976, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Of the 90 Idaho cities, 81% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Mountain Home.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Mountain Home
By decade
- 2020s1
- 2010s2
- 1990s1
- 1980s1
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 1986 | F1 | 24 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 2, 1961 | F1 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 25, 2024 | EF0 | 24 mi | 0.55 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 27, 2019 | EF0 | 12 mi | 0.52 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 26, 2013 | EF0 | 11 mi | 3.92 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 23, 1998 | F0 | 22 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 6 of 6, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Mountain Home
The Storm Prediction Center has 5 hail reports within 10 miles of Mountain Home since 1976. Of these, one was 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1 inch (quarter size), fell on May 18, 2004. The most recent report is from August 27, 2013.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Mountain Home
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Glenns Ferry, ID, 24 miles southeast of Mountain Home at 2,466 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 99°F and low of 59°F; December is the coolest, at 44°F and 25°F. December is the wettest at 1.6 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 10.6 inches. Highs reach 90°F on about 82 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 144 nights a year. That 10.6 inches is more than at 19 of the 66 Idaho stations used on this site (29%). Mountain Home Afb, 15 miles southwest, has its own station (Bruneau, ID): 7.4 inches a year, 3.2 less than here, and a July average high of 96°F against 99°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 25 | 1.5 |
| Feb | 50 | 27 | 0.8 |
| Mar | 60 | 32 | 1.0 |
| Apr | 68 | 38 | 0.9 |
| May | 79 | 46 | 1.1 |
| Jun | 88 | 53 | 0.7 |
| Jul | 99 | 59 | 0.2 |
| Aug | 97 | 56 | 0.3 |
| Sep | 86 | 46 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 71 | 36 | 1.0 |
| Nov | 55 | 29 | 1.1 |
| Dec | 44 | 25 | 1.6 |
| Year | 70 | 39 | 10.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Glenns Ferry, ID (2,466 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 Mountain Home
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 8 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Mountain Home: 4 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods and 1 heavy rain event. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 79 mph, on June 4, 2017.
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
Elmore County, which includes Mountain Home, has been named in 11 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 6 of them major disasters (by incident: 3 fires, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 9, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Elmore County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $21.7 million a year, the 11th highest of 44 Idaho counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.5 million (21%), 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 Mountain Home
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- Nampa, ID53 mi
- Star, ID55 mi
- Wendell, ID56 mi
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