Storms in Iowa in 1969
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1969, 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 1969 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
- 150
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $2.4 million
- Episodes
- 31
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 | 90 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 28 | 0 | 0 | $2.4 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1969
- Hail in Iowa, April 2, 1969
- Tornado in Iowa, April 8, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 21, 1969
May 1969
- Hail in Iowa, May 2, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 9, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 13, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 31, 1969
June 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 4, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 6, 1969
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 11, 1969
- Tornadoes in Iowa, June 22, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 25, 1969
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 26, 1969
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 28, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 29, 1969
July 1969
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 2, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 3, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 4, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 12, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 13, 1969
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 16, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 23, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 25, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 26, 1969
August 1969
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 6, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 7, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, August 8, 1969
September 1969
More
Every year in IowaEvery state in 1969Tornadoes in Iowa in 196919681970
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.