Storms in Iowa in 1957

46 events in 24 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1957, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.

Iowa in 1957 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 46
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
Damage: $630,000
Episodes: 24

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	21	0
Tornado	17	1	$630,000
Hail	8	0

Every episode, month by month

March 1957

Hail in Iowa, March 13, 19571.5 in hail · 1 event

April 1957

May 1957

June 1957

July 1957

Every year in Iowa Every state in 1957 Tornadoes in Iowa in 1957 1956 1958

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.