Storms in Iowa in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1970, 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 1970 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
- 154
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $3.6 million
- Episodes
- 35
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 | 105 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 22 | 0 | 0 | $3.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1970
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 5, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 12, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 22, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, April 29, 1970
May 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 9, 1970
- Tornado in Iowa, May 10, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 11, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 12, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 13, 1970
- Tornado in Iowa, May 22, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 23, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 24, 1970
- Hail in Iowa, May 29, 1970
- Hail in Iowa, May 31, 1970
June 1970
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 11, 1970
- Tornado in Iowa, June 12, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 15, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 16, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 17, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 18, 1970
- Tornado in Iowa, June 20, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 25, 1970
July 1970
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 1, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 2, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 3, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 13, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 14, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 18, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 31, 1970
August 1970
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 2, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 3, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 5, 1970
- Hail in Iowa, August 18, 1970
September 1970
October 1970
More
Every year in IowaEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Iowa in 197019691971
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.