Storms in Iowa in 1984
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1984, 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 1984 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
- 285
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 109
- Damage
- $271 million
- Episodes
- 34
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 | 148 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 81 | 6 | 107 | $271 million |
| Hail | 56 | 0 | 2 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1984
April 1984
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 11, 1984
- Tornado in Iowa, April 12, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 26, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 27, 1984
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 29, 1984
May 1984
June 1984
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 4, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 7, 1984
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 11, 1984
- Tornado in Iowa, June 12, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 16, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 17, 1984
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 21, 1984
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 22, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 26, 1984
July 1984
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 9, 1984
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 10, 1984
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 14, 1984
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 16, 1984
August 1984
September 1984
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 1, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 4, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, September 9, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 10, 1984
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 24, 1984
October 1984
- Tornadoes in Iowa, October 14, 1984
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, October 16, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, October 18, 1984
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, October 27, 1984
November 1984
More
Every year in IowaEvery state in 1984Tornadoes in Iowa in 198419831985
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.