Ice Storm, Delaware
- When
- January 1, 6:57 PM CST to 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.471, -91.367 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Iowa, January 1, 2005
A warm front moving north through Iowa sent warm air over a surface based arctic airmass and produced ice accumulations of one quarter to one third inch across Buchanan, Delaware, and Dubuque counties. 39 inches of water equivalent.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS DVN wrote it up.
A warm front moving north through Iowa sent warm air over a surface based arctic airmass and produced ice accumulations of one quarter to one third inch across Buchanan, Delaware, and Dubuque counties. The KDBQ ASOS recorded a combination of freezing rain and sleet that melted down to 0.39 inches of water equivalent. The impact of the ice was lessened by warmer air and thunderstorms moving into the area by midnight.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Buchanan
- When
- January 1, 7:15 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.471, -91.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Dubuque
- When
- January 1, 7:30 PM CST to 9:44 PM CST
- Where
- Dubuque forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.469, -90.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flood in Ohio, January 1 to 18, 2005
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- Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 1, 2005
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, January 2005
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: 5438451, 5438450, 5438452.