Storms in Iowa in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1979, 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 1979 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
- 206
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 114
- Damage
- $68 million
- Episodes
- 44
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 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 61 | 7 | 114 | $68 million |
| Hail | 45 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1979
April 1979
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 5, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 10, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 11, 1979
May 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 8, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 10, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 17, 1979
- Hail in Iowa, May 18, 1979
- Tornado in Iowa, May 26, 1979
June 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 4, 1979
- Tornadoes in Iowa, June 5, 1979
- Tornado in Iowa, June 9, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 12, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 19, 1979
- Tornado in Iowa, June 20, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 26, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 27, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 28, 1979
July 1979
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 3, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 10, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 13, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 15, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 26, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 27, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 29, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 30, 1979
August 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 4, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, August 5, 1979
- Tornadoes in Iowa, August 8, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 18, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, August 19, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 20, 1979
- Hail in Iowa, August 21, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 22, 1979
- Tornado in Iowa, August 26, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, August 28, 1979
September 1979
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 1, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, September 5, 1979
- Hail in Iowa, September 6, 1979
- Hail in Iowa, September 24, 1979
October 1979
More
Every year in IowaEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in Iowa in 197919781980
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.