Storms in Iowa in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1980, 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 1980 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
- 288
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $36 million
- Episodes
- 40
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 | 143 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 95 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 50 | 0 | 8 | $36 million |
Every episode, month by month
May 1980
- Hail in Iowa, May 26, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 29, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 30, 1980
June 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 2, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 4, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 6, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 7, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 12, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 13, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 14, 1980
- Tornado in Iowa, June 17, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 18, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 27, 1980
- Tornado in Iowa, June 28, 1980
July 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 4, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 5, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 9, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 10, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 15, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 16, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 17, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 19, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 20, 1980
August 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 2, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 4, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 5, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 9, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 13, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 18, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 19, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 20, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 25, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 26, 1980
- Hail in Iowa, August 30, 1980
September 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, September 3, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 4, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 6, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 13, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, September 20, 1980
October 1980
More
Every year in IowaEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Iowa in 198019791981
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.