Storms in Iowa in 1976

112 events in 24 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1976, 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 1976 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

Open the live radar over Iowa

The year

Events: 112
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 17
Damage: $28 million
Episodes: 24

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	Injuries	Damage
Hail	45	0
Thunderstorm Wind	41	0
Tornado	26	17	$28 million

Every episode, month by month

March 1976

April 1976

May 1976

June 1976

July 1976

August 1976

Every year in Iowa Every state in 1976 Tornadoes in Iowa in 1976 1975 1977

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.