Storms in Iowa in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 358
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 33
- Damage
- $517 million
- Episodes
- 43
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 | 211 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 100 | 0 | 22 | |
| Tornado | 47 | 1 | 11 | $517 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1986
April 1986
- Hail in Iowa, April 4, 1986
- Hail in Iowa, April 24, 1986
- Hail in Iowa, April 25, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 29, 1986
- Hail in Iowa, April 30, 1986
May 1986
- Hail in Iowa, May 6, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 8, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 9, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 10, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 12, 1986
June 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 10, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 20, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 21, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 22, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 28, 1986
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 30, 1986
July 1986
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 5, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 8, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 13, 1986
- Hail in Iowa, July 14, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 19, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 24, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 27, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 28, 1986
- Hail in Iowa, July 30, 1986
August 1986
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 1, 1986
- Tornado in Iowa, August 5, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 7, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 14, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 16, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 26, 1986
September 1986
- Hail in Iowa, September 10, 1986
- Hail in Iowa, September 18, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 20, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, September 22, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 24, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, September 28, 1986
November 1986
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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.