Storms in Iowa in 1990
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
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 189 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 80 | 0 | 21 | $135 million |
| Hail | 67 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1990
- Tornadoes in Iowa, March 8, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, March 10, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, March 12, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 13, 1990
April 1990
May 1990
- Hail in Iowa, May 8, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 9, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1990
- Tornado in Iowa, May 19, 1990
June 1990
- Tornado in Iowa, June 1, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 2, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 4, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 5, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 7, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 12, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 13, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 16, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 17, 1990
- Hail in Iowa, June 18, 1990
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 19, 1990
- Hail in Iowa, June 26, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 27, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 28, 1990
- Tornadoes in Iowa, June 29, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 30, 1990
July 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 4, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 9, 1990
- Tornadoes in Iowa, July 11, 1990
- Hail in Iowa, July 18, 1990
- Tornado in Iowa, July 19, 1990
- Hail in Iowa, July 24, 1990
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 25, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 28, 1990
August 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, August 2, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 9, 1990
- Hail in Iowa, August 10, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 18, 1990
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 19, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 23, 1990
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 24, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 26, 1990
- Hail in Iowa, August 28, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 29, 1990
September 1990
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 6, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 7, 1990
- Hail in Iowa, September 8, 1990
October 1990
More
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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.