Storms in Iowa in 2006

1,507 events in 301 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2006, 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 2006 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: 1,507
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 45
Damage: $42 million
Episodes: 301

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	658	0	5	$21 million
Thunderstorm Wind	408	0	0	$825,000
High Wind	78	0	2	$1.7 million
Winter Weather	76	0	1	$22,000
Drought	51	0	0
Tornado	40	2	35	$16 million
Heavy Rain	37	0	0
Flood	33	0	0	$110,000
Winter Storm	29	0	0	$502,000
Heavy Snow	27	0	0	$56,000
Funnel Cloud	20	0	0
Lightning	16	0	1	$30,000
Flash Flood	12	0	1	$1.7 million
Frost/Freeze	9	0	0
Ice Storm	6	0	0	$67,000
Strong Wind	3	0	0	$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill	3	0	0
Heat	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2006

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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.