Storms in Iowa in 2005

1,641 events in 360 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2005, 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 2005 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: 1,641
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 20
Damage: $244 million
Episodes: 360

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
Hail	444	0	0	$3.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind	404	1	1	$1.2 million
High Wind	166	0	0	$3.2 million
Drought	116	0	0	$197 million
Flood	107	1	0	$6.2 million
Heavy Snow	100	0	0	$585,000
Winter Weather	59	0	0	$10,000
Tornado	51	1	15	$20 million
Ice Storm	48	0	0	$610,000
Winter Storm	29	0	0
Flash Flood	26	0	0	$1.0 million
Blizzard	25	0	0	$100,000
Frost/Freeze	21	0	0	$10 million
Heavy Rain	18	0	0
Lightning	10	1	2	$43,000
Heat	8	0	0
Funnel Cloud	5	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	3	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	2	$1.0 million

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.