Storms in Iowa in 1968
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1968, 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 1968 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
- 134
- Deaths
- 18
- Injuries
- 636
- Damage
- $55 million
- Episodes
- 39
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 | 73 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 28 | 18 | 636 | $55 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1968
- Hail in Iowa, March 18, 1968
- Hail in Iowa, March 27, 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, March 30, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, March 31, 1968
April 1968
- Tornadoes in Iowa, April 3, 1968
- Tornadoes in Iowa, April 16, 1968
- Hail in Iowa, April 18, 1968
- Tornadoes in Iowa, April 28, 1968
May 1968
June 1968
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 8, 1968
- Hail in Iowa, June 9, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 10, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 13, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 14, 1968
- Hail in Iowa, June 17, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 22, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 23, 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 24, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 1968
July 1968
- Hail in Iowa, July 4, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 6, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 8, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 12, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 22, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 23, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 26, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 29, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 30, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 31, 1968
August 1968
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 4, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 6, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 7, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 8, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 16, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 18, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 26, 1968
September 1968
October 1968
More
Every year in IowaEvery state in 1968Tornadoes in Iowa in 196819671969
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.