Storms in Iowa in 1993
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1993, 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 1993 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
- 129
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 27
- Damage
- $9.6 million
- Episodes
- 24
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 | 81 | 0 | 25 | $1.9 million |
| Hail | 41 | 0 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Tornado | 7 | 0 | 2 | $4.7 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1993
April 1993
May 1993
- Tornado in Iowa, May 6, 1993
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 7, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 8, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 10, 1993
- Hail in Iowa, May 11, 1993
- Hail in Iowa, May 14, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 27, 1993
August 1993
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 9, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 10, 1993
- Tornadoes in Iowa, August 11, 1993
- Hail in Iowa, August 12, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 14, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 16, 1993
- Hail in Iowa, August 17, 1993
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 18, 1993
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 22, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 23, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 26, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 27, 1993
September 1993
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.