Storms in Iowa in 1964
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1964, 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 1964 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
- 135
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 73
- Damage
- $43 million
- Episodes
- 40
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 | 56 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 55 | 1 | 73 | $43 million |
| Hail | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1964
April 1964
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 6, 1964
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 12, 1964
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 20, 1964
- Tornadoes in Iowa, April 26, 1964
May 1964
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 3, 1964
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 4, 1964
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 5, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 6, 1964
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 7, 1964
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 8, 1964
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 23, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 24, 1964
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 25, 1964
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 26, 1964
June 1964
- Tornado in Iowa, June 4, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 8, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 9, 1964
- Tornado in Iowa, June 11, 1964
- Tornado in Iowa, June 13, 1964
- Tornado in Iowa, June 14, 1964
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 19, 1964
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 20, 1964
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 22, 1964
July 1964
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 2, 1964
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 3, 1964
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 7, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 8, 1964
- Hail in Iowa, July 9, 1964
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 22, 1964
August 1964
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 10, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 11, 1964
- Tornadoes in Iowa, August 20, 1964
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 24, 1964
- Tornadoes in Iowa, August 27, 1964
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, August 29, 1964
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 31, 1964
September 1964
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Every year in IowaEvery state in 1964Tornadoes in Iowa in 196419631965
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.