Storms in Iowa in 1996

1,847 events in 543 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Iowa in 1996 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: 1,847
Deaths: 7
Injuries: 29
Damage: $164 million
Episodes: 543

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
High Wind	409	0	1	$3.3 million
Cold/Wind Chill	274	1	0	$5.1 million
Blizzard	246	2	3	$225,000
Hail	206	0	1	$5.1 million
Flood	177	0	0	$81 million
Thunderstorm Wind	143	0	6	$5.8 million
Heavy Snow	110	2	0	$660,000
Winter Storm	84	1	14	$296,000
Ice Storm	70	0	0	$435,000
Frost/Freeze	39	0	0	$42 million
Flash Flood	23	0	0	$18 million
Tornado	22	0	2	$1.7 million
Funnel Cloud	19	0	0
Lightning	17	1	2	$679,000
Dense Fog	7	0	0
Winter Weather	1	0	0	$3,000

Every episode, month by month

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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.