Storms in Iowa in 1963
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1963, 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 1963 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
- 57
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $753,000
- Episodes
- 28
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 15 | 0 | 2 | $753,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1963
April 1963
- Hail in Iowa, April 3, 1963
- Hail in Iowa, April 16, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 17, 1963
- Tornadoes in Iowa, April 18, 1963
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 21, 1963
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 22, 1963
- Hail in Iowa, April 30, 1963
May 1963
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 3, 1963
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 9, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 11, 1963
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 12, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 15, 1963
June 1963
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 2, 1963
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 6, 1963
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 7, 1963
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 8, 1963
- Tornadoes in Iowa, June 9, 1963
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 26, 1963
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 28, 1963
July 1963
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 1, 1963
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 16, 1963
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 17, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 18, 1963
- Hail in Iowa, July 19, 1963
- Hail in Iowa, July 29, 1963
August 1963
October 1963
More
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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.