Storms in Iowa in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1987, 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 1987 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
- 248
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $13 million
- Episodes
- 48
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 | 120 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 84 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 44 | 0 | 0 | $13 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1987
April 1987
May 1987
- Tornado in Iowa, May 2, 1987
- Tornado in Iowa, May 17, 1987
- Tornado in Iowa, May 19, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 20, 1987
- Hail in Iowa, May 21, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 25, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 26, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 27, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 30, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 31, 1987
June 1987
- Hail in Iowa, June 1, 1987
- Tornado in Iowa, June 7, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 8, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 11, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 12, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 16, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 17, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 18, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 19, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 21, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 24, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 28, 1987
July 1987
- Tornado in Iowa, July 5, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 6, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 7, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 8, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 11, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 14, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 15, 1987
- Tornadoes in Iowa, July 18, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 21, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 24, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 27, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 29, 1987
August 1987
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 3, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 7, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 14, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 16, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 17, 1987
- Tornado in Iowa, August 18, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 19, 1987
- Hail in Iowa, August 20, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, August 21, 1987
September 1987
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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.