Storms in Iowa in 1962
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1962, 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 1962 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
The year
- Events
- 88
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $1.9 million
- Episodes
- 26
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 | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 12 | 1 | 5 | $1.9 million |
Every episode, month by month
May 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 5, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 7, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 9, 1962
- Hail in Iowa, May 10, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 11, 1962
- Hail in Iowa, May 12, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 18, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 22, 1962
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 26, 1962
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 28, 1962
- Tornado in Iowa, May 29, 1962
June 1962
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 10, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 16, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 17, 1962
- Hail in Iowa, June 19, 1962
- Hail in Iowa, June 23, 1962
July 1962
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 7, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 8, 1962
- Hail in Iowa, July 12, 1962
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 19, 1962
- Hail in Iowa, July 21, 1962
- Hail in Iowa, July 22, 1962
August 1962
September 1962
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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.