Iowa

Storms in Iowa in 1990

336 events in 47 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1990, 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 1990 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

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The year

Events
336
Deaths
0
Injuries
22
Damage
$135 million
Episodes
47

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind18901
Tornado80021$135 million
Hail6700

Every episode, month by month

March 1990

April 1990

May 1990

June 1990

July 1990

August 1990

September 1990

October 1990

More

Every year in IowaEvery state in 1990Tornadoes in Iowa in 1990Warnings in Iowa in 199019891991

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.