Storms in Iowa in 1985
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1985, 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 1985 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
- 241
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 31
- Damage
- $28 million
- Episodes
- 39
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 | 127 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 86 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 28 | 2 | 30 | $28 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1985
April 1985
- Hail in Iowa, April 12, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 19, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 20, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 21, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 22, 1985
May 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 11, 1985
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 14, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 19, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 23, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 26, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 29, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 30, 1985
June 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 1, 1985
- Hail in Iowa, June 14, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 16, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 21, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 23, 1985
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 26, 1985
July 1985
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 3, 1985
- Tornado in Iowa, July 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 9, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 14, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 24, 1985
August 1985
- Tornadoes in Iowa, August 4, 1985
- Hail in Iowa, August 6, 1985
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 7, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 9, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 12, 1985
- Tornadoes in Iowa, August 13, 1985
- Tornadoes in Iowa, August 14, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 23, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 24, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 28, 1985
September 1985
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 8, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, September 22, 1985
October 1985
More
Every year in IowaEvery state in 1985Tornadoes in Iowa in 198519841986
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.