NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit St Maries, 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 St Maries, Idaho since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 1 tornado has touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 1
- 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 St Maries
The only tornado within 25 miles was an F0 on June 5, 1987; its path came within 24 miles. Of the 90 Idaho cities on this site, 90% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than St Maries. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 5 times since 2006, with stones up to 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size). Of the 90 Idaho cities, 81% have more hail reports within 10 miles than St Maries.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of St Maries
By decade
- 1980s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 1987 | F0 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 3 |
The strongest 1 of 1, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in St Maries
The Storm Prediction Center has 5 hail reports within 10 miles of St Maries since 2006, made on 4 separate days. Of these, 2 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.5 inches (ping pong ball size), fell on June 4, 2012. The most recent report is from July 2, 2012.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in St Maries
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Saint Maries, ID, 3 miles north of St Maries at 2,151 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 52°F; December is the coolest, at 36°F and 24°F. January and December are the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 31.0 inches over 83 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 20 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 138 nights a year. Snowfall averages 56.0 inches a year, most of it in December. That 31.0 inches is more than at 60 of the 66 Idaho stations used on this site (91%). Pinehurst, 23 miles northeast, has its own station (Kellogg, ID): 34.1 inches a year, 3.1 more than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 84°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 24 | 4.4 | 12 | 16.3 |
| Feb | 42 | 25 | 3.0 | 8 | 8.6 |
| Mar | 50 | 30 | 3.3 | 9 | 5.2 |
| Apr | 58 | 35 | 2.3 | 8 | 0.7 |
| May | 68 | 42 | 2.4 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 74 | 48 | 2.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 84 | 52 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 85 | 51 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 75 | 44 | 1.0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 59 | 36 | 2.4 | 6 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 44 | 30 | 4.2 | 10 | 6.6 |
| Dec | 36 | 24 | 4.4 | 11 | 18.3 |
| Year | 59 | 37 | 31.0 | 83 | 56.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Saint Maries, ID (2,151 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 St Maries
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 21 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of St Maries: 14 floods and 7 thunderstorm wind reports. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $767,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on May 31, 1997.
March 15, 2017: flood 7 miles from the centre of St Maries — $400,000 damage.
NWS: “The St. Joe River Gage at St.”
April 1, 2017: flood 9 miles from the centre of St Maries — $100,000 damage.
NWS: “The USGS St. Joe River Gage at St.”
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 St Maries's ZIP code 83861 have filed 37 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $622,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 17 claims (46% of all) and $527,000. 46% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 19 Idaho cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 14 have fewer than St Maries.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1996 | 17 | $527,000 |
Benewah County, which includes St Maries, has been named in 16 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 14 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 severe storms, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 fire). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on June 30, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Benewah County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for inland flooding; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $6.4 million a year, the 34th highest of 44 Idaho counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $5.4 million (84%), 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 St Maries
- Pinehurst, ID23 mi
- Kellogg, ID28 mi
- Coeur D Alene, ID31 mi
- Osburn, ID31 mi
- Post Falls, ID35 mi
- Hayden, ID35 mi
- Liberty Lake, WA36 mi
- Troy, ID37 mi
- Otis Orchards, WA39 mi
- Rathdrum, ID40 mi
- Newman Lake, WA40 mi
- Spokane Valley, WA40 mi
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