Storms in Iowa in 1973
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1973, 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 1973 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
- 181
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 21
- Damage
- $4.3 million
- Episodes
- 38
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 | 108 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 33 | 2 | 21 | $4.3 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 19, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 20, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 21, 1973
- Hail in Iowa, April 30, 1973
May 1973
- Tornadoes in Iowa, May 7, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 21, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 26, 1973
June 1973
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 1, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 2, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 3, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 4, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 5, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 16, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 18, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 23, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 26, 1973
July 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 1, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 2, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 3, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 4, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 8, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 9, 1973
- Hail in Iowa, July 26, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 27, 1973
- Hail in Iowa, July 28, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 29, 1973
August 1973
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 7, 1973
- Hail in Iowa, August 8, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 9, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 10, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 11, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 16, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 22, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 31, 1973
September 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, September 21, 1973
- Tornado in Iowa, September 25, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 26, 1973
October 1973
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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.