Blizzard, Emmet
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Emmet forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.378, -94.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard in Iowa, January 9 to 10, 1997
18 blizzard, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 18 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
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
18 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Kossuth
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kossuth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.204, -94.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Winnebago
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.378, -93.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Worth
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Worth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.377, -93.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Palo Alto
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Alto forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.082, -94.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Hancock
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.082, -93.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Cerro Gordo
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cerro Gordo forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.082, -93.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Pocahontas
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.734, -94.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Humboldt
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.777, -94.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Wright
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wright forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.733, -93.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Franklin
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.733, -93.262 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Sac
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sac forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.386, -95.105 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Calhoun
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.385, -94.640 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Webster
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.428, -94.182 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Hamilton
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.384, -93.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Hardin
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.384, -93.240 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Greene
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.036, -94.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard, Boone
- When
- January 9, 6:30 PM CST to January 10, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Coordinates
- 42.037, -93.932 (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
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Cold in Ohio, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 9, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 9, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5585357, 5585358, 5585359, 5585360, 5585361, 5585362, 5585363, 5585364, 5585365, 5585366, 5585367, 5585368, 5585369, 5585370, 5585371, 5585372, 5585373, 5585374.