Blizzard, Emmet
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Emmet forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.378, -94.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard in Iowa, January 15 to 16, 1997
11 blizzard, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Kossuth
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kossuth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.204, -94.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Winnebago
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Winnebago forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.378, -93.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Worth
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Worth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.377, -93.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Palo Alto
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Palo Alto forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.082, -94.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Hancock
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hancock forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.082, -93.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Cerro Gordo
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cerro Gordo forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.082, -93.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Pocahontas
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.734, -94.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Humboldt
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.777, -94.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Wright
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wright forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.733, -93.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Franklin
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.733, -93.262 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 15 to 18, 1997
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 15 to 16, 1997
- Cold in South Dakota, January 15 to 16, 1997
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 15 to 17, 1997
- Cold in Iowa, January 15 to 16, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Mississippi, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- High Wind in Iowa, January 15 to 16, 1997
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, January 1997
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5585791, 5585792, 5585793, 5585794, 5585795, 5585796, 5585797, 5585798, 5585799, 5585800, 5585801.