Storms in Iowa in 1989
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1989, 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 1989 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
- 340
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- $234 million
- Episodes
- 42
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 | 216 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 84 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tornado | 40 | 0 | 13 | $234 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1989
- Hail in Iowa, April 2, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 22, 1989
- Hail in Iowa, April 23, 1989
- Hail in Iowa, April 24, 1989
- Hail in Iowa, April 25, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 26, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 27, 1989
- Hail in Iowa, April 28, 1989
May 1989
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 4, 1989
- Hail in Iowa, May 8, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 23, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 24, 1989
- Tornado in Iowa, May 25, 1989
- Hail in Iowa, May 27, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 30, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 31, 1989
June 1989
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 2, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 3, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 12, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 22, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 25, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 26, 1989
July 1989
- Hail in Iowa, July 4, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 10, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 11, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 17, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 18, 1989
August 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 4, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 5, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 13, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 14, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 21, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 22, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 24, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 26, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 31, 1989
September 1989
- Tornado in Iowa, September 1, 1989
- Hail in Iowa, September 3, 1989
- Tornado in Iowa, September 4, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 7, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 8, 1989
October 1989
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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.