NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Sugar City, 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 Sugar City, Idaho since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 22 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 22
- 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 Sugar City
The strongest of the 22 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on September 26, 1959; its path came within 10 miles. Of the 22, 3 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 6 have come since 2000. April and June have had the most tornadoes, 5 each. The most recent tornado was on October 27, 2025. Sugar City has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 80% of the 90 Idaho cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 31 times since 1973, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Sugar City has more hail reports within 10 miles than 95% of the 90 Idaho cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Sugar City
By decade
- 2020s2
- 2010s2
- 2000s2
- 1990s3
- 1980s9
- 1970s1
- 1960s1
- 1950s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 1959 | F2 | 10 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 1, 2002 | F1 | 21 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 2, 1992 | F1 | 20 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 1991 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 17, 1988 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 23, 1988 | F1 | 15 mi | 15 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 11, 1985 | F1 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 15, 1984 | F1 | in town | 8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 21, 1981 | F1 | 18 mi | 1.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 8, 1980 | F1 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 25, 1955 | F1 | 10 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 27, 2025 | EF0 | 16 mi | 0.14 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 22, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Sugar City
The Storm Prediction Center has 31 hail reports within 10 miles of Sugar City since 1973, made on 23 separate days. Of these, 22 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 8, 2016. The most recent report is from October 3, 2023. June has the most reports, 10.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Sugar City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Rexburg Madison Co Airport, ID, 5 miles west of Sugar City at 4,858 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 52°F; January is the coolest, at 28°F and 13°F. May is the wettest at 1.7 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 12.1 inches over 35 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 19 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 181 nights a year. That 12.1 inches is more than at 28 of the 66 Idaho stations used on this site (42%). Rexburg, 6 miles southwest, has its own station (Rexburg Byu Idaho, ID): 12.6 inches a year, 0.5 more than here, and the same July average high, 85°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28 | 13 | 1.1 | 4 |
| Feb | 32 | 16 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Mar | 45 | 25 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Apr | 56 | 32 | 1.5 | 4 |
| May | 66 | 40 | 1.7 | 5 |
| Jun | 74 | 46 | 1.4 | 4 |
| Jul | 85 | 52 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Aug | 84 | 50 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Sep | 73 | 42 | 0.8 | 3 |
| Oct | 57 | 32 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Nov | 41 | 23 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Dec | 29 | 14 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Year | 56 | 32 | 12.1 | 35 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Rexburg Madison Co Airport, ID (4,858 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 Sugar City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 82 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Sugar City: 56 thunderstorm wind reports, 15 floods, 9 flash floods, 1 heavy rain event and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $5.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on April 14, 2002. June has had the most flash floods, 5 of 9. Of the 62 Idaho cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 57 have had fewer than Sugar City.
August 1, 2014: heavy rain event 3 miles from the centre of Sugar City — $2.0 million damage.
NWS: “Farmers and ranchers in Madison County were declared by the USDA to qualify for natural disaster assistance due to crop damage from heavy August rains. Eastern Idaho barley crop damage was estimated at 64 million dollars with a portion of that in Madison County.”
March 14, 2018: flood 10 miles from the centre of Sugar City — $1.3 million damage.
August 23, 2024: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Sugar City — $750,000 damage.
NWS: “Madison County Emergency management reported significant damage to electrical infrastructure. Multiple power poles snapped off and wired down along 2000 N between 5000 E and 9000 E in addition to estimates of 100 power poles downed across the area.”
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
Madison County, which includes Sugar City, has been named in 5 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1976, 3 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 1 flood, 1 hurricane, 1 severe storm). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 9, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Madison County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Low for hail, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $22.5 million a year, the 10th highest of 44 Idaho counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $9.3 million (42%), 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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