Storms in Iowa in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1974, 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 1974 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
- 343
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 106
- Damage
- $37 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 | 191 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 125 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 27 | 3 | 106 | $37 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1974
- Hail in Iowa, April 3, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 11, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 13, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 14, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 20, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 27, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 28, 1974
May 1974
- Hail in Iowa, May 7, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 13, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 16, 1974
- Hail in Iowa, May 17, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 21, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 28, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 29, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 30, 1974
June 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 3, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 8, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 9, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 14, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 18, 1974
- Hail in Iowa, June 19, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 20, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 21, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 22, 1974
July 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 3, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 10, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 21, 1974
- Tornado in Iowa, July 22, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 24, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 25, 1974
- Hail in Iowa, July 26, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 27, 1974
August 1974
More
Every year in IowaEvery state in 1974Tornadoes in Iowa in 197419731975
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.