Storms in Iowa in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 211
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 35
- Damage
- $11 million
- Episodes
- 36
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 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 33 | 0 | 35 | $11 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1983
May 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 1, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 6, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1983
- Hail in Iowa, May 24, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 26, 1983
- Tornadoes in Iowa, May 27, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 28, 1983
June 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 13, 1983
- Tornado in Iowa, June 18, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 20, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 24, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 25, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 26, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 1983
July 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 1, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 2, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 3, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 18, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 19, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 22, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 28, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 3, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 18, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 20, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 21, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 22, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 25, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 26, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 27, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 29, 1983
September 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, September 5, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 6, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 17, 1983
- Hail in Iowa, September 19, 1983
November 1983
More
Every year in IowaEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Iowa in 198319821984
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.