NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Rupert, 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 Rupert, Idaho since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 14 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 14
- 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 Rupert
The highest rating among the 14 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 2 times; the most recent, on May 18, 1991, came within 4 miles. Of the 14, 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. Rupert has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 50% of the 90 Idaho cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 17 times since 1958, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Rupert has more hail reports within 10 miles than 72% of the 90 Idaho cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Rupert
By decade
- 2010s3
- 2000s3
- 1990s6
- 1970s1
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 1991 | F2 | 4 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 11, 1968 | F2 | 14 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 7, 1972 | F1 | 5 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | EF0 | 5 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 1, 2012 | EF0 | 17 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 1, 2012 | EF0 | 11 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 2009 | EF0 | 15 mi | 0.25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 24, 2004 | F0 | 18 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 28, 2003 | F0 | 4 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1998 | F0 | 12 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 4, 1995 | F0 | 9 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 3, 1993 | F0 | 19 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 14, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Rupert
The Storm Prediction Center has 17 hail reports within 10 miles of Rupert since 1958, made on 13 separate days. Of these, 12 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 4 days, most recently May 24, 2023. The most recent report is from May 24, 2023. May has the most reports, 9.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Rupert
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Minidoka Dam, ID, 7 miles east of Rupert at 4,164 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 54°F; January is the coolest, at 37°F and 18°F. May is the wettest at 1.3 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 10.0 inches over 34 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 39 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 166 nights a year. Snowfall averages 20.5 inches a year, most of it in January. That 10.0 inches is more than at 8 of the 66 Idaho stations used on this site (12%). Heyburn, 11 miles southwest, has its own station (Burley Municipal Airport, ID): 10.5 inches a year, 0.5 more than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 89°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 18 | 1.2 | 5 | 6.7 |
| Feb | 42 | 22 | 0.8 | 3 | 4.2 |
| Mar | 53 | 28 | 0.9 | 3 | 1.2 |
| Apr | 60 | 33 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.5 |
| May | 70 | 41 | 1.3 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 79 | 48 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 89 | 54 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 88 | 52 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 78 | 44 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 64 | 34 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 49 | 26 | 0.9 | 3 | 2.6 |
| Dec | 37 | 19 | 1.2 | 4 | 4.6 |
| Year | 62 | 35 | 10.0 | 34 | 20.5 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Minidoka Dam, ID (4,164 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 Rupert
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 52 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Rupert: 48 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $4.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 86 mph, on June 18, 2003.
August 1, 2014: heavy rain event 9 miles from the centre of Rupert — $4.0 million damage.
July 20, 1999: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Rupert — $200,000 damage.
NWS: “Thunderstorm winds caused extensive damage to property in Rupert. Flying debris and downed trees damaged numerous vehicles and one home.”
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
Minidoka County, which includes Rupert, 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 Minidoka County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $7.6 million a year, the 30th highest of 44 Idaho counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.8 million (50%), 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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