Storms in Iowa in 2008
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2008, 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 2008 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
The year
- Events
- 3,457
- Deaths
- 25
- Injuries
- 155
- Damage
- $1.6 billion
- Episodes
- 314
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 845 | 0 | 6 | $6.2 million |
| Hail | 771 | 2 | 2 | $18 million |
| Flood | 335 | 0 | 0 | $1.4 billion |
| Flash Flood | 323 | 2 | 3 | $91 million |
| Winter Weather | 296 | 3 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 167 | 2 | 4 | $1.1 million |
| Tornado | 115 | 15 | 137 | $128 million |
| High Wind | 112 | 0 | 0 | $3.7 million |
| Heavy Rain | 88 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 66 | 0 | 0 | $350,000 |
| Blizzard | 59 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 59 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 57 | 1 | 3 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 18 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Sleet | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2008
- Dense Fog in Iowa, January 5 to 8, 2008
- Heat in Iowa, January 6 to 7, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, January 7, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 17, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 20 to 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 20 to 21, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 20 to 22, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 21 to 22, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 23, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, January 24, 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Iowa, January 29, 2008
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 29, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 29, 2008
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 29, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, January 29 to 30, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, January 29 to 30, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 31, 2008
February 2008
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, February 3, 2008
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, February 3, 2008
- Ice Storm in Iowa, February 4, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, February 4, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, February 4, 2008
- Dense Fog in Iowa, February 4, 2008
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 5 to 6, 2008
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 5 to 6, 2008
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, February 5 to 6, 2008
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 5 to 6, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, February 10, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, February 10, 2008
- Cold in Iowa, February 10, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, February 11 to 12, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, February 11 to 12, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, February 14, 2008
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, February 16 to 17, 2008
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 17, 2008
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 17, 2008
- Cold in Iowa, February 19 to 20, 2008
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Iowa, February 20, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, February 25 to 26, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, February 28, 2008
March 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, March 2 to 7, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, March 2 to 4, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, March 2 to 3, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 7, 2008
- Flood in Iowa, March 8, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, March 12 to 18, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, March 14, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, March 16 to 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 27, 2008
- Hail and Winter Weather in Iowa, March 27, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, March 27, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Iowa, March 31, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, March 31, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, March 31, 2008
April 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, April 1 to 30, 2008
- Flood in Iowa, April 1 to 2, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, April 8 to 16, 2008
- High Wind in Iowa, April 10, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 10, 2008
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 10, 2008
- High Wind in Iowa, April 15, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, April 17, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, April 18 to 21, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, April 18 to 19, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, April 21 to 22, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, April 22, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, April 24 to 26, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, April 24 to 25, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, April 24 to 30, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, April 24 to 25, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, April 25 to 30, 2008
- Tornado in Iowa, April 25, 2008
- Cold in Iowa, April 28 to 29, 2008
- Frost and Freeze in Iowa, April 29, 2008
May 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, May 1 to 16, 2008
- Tornadoes in Iowa, May 1, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, May 1 to 2, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 2, 2008
- Funnel Clouds in Iowa, May 2, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, May 3 to 12, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, May 4 to 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 6, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, May 6 to 7, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 6, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 6, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 6, 2008
- High Wind in Iowa, May 11, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, May 11, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, May 13, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 19, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 23, 2008
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Iowa, May 24, 2008
- High Wind in Iowa, May 24, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, May 24 to 31, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 25, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 25, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 25, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 25 to 26, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 25, 2008
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, May 25, 2008
- Flood in Iowa, May 26, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 29, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 29 to 30, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Iowa, May 29 to 31, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 29, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, May 30 to 31, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 30, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, May 30 to 31, 2008
- Flood in Iowa, May 30, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, May 31, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, May 31, 2008
June 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, June 1 to 2, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, June 1 to 21, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, June 1 to 30, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, June 1 to 25, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, June 1 to 3, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 1, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 2, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 3, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 3, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 3 to 4, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 3, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, June 4 to 18, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 4 to 5, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 4, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 5, 2008
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 5, 2008
- Flood in Iowa, June 5 to 8, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 5, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, June 5 to 16, 2008
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 5, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 5 to 6, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, June 5 to 30, 2008
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Iowa, June 6, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 6, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 7, 2008
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 7 to 8, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 7 to 11, 2008
- Flooding and Hail in Iowa, June 7 to 9, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, June 7 to 12, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 7 to 8, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 8, 2008
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, June 8 to 9, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Iowa, June 8 to 9, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 9 to 10, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 10, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, June 10 to 20, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 10, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 10, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 11 to 13, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 11, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 11, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 11, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 11, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 11 to 13, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, June 12, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 12 to 13, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 12 to 13, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 12 to 13, 2008
- Flood in Iowa, June 13 to 14, 2008
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 13, 2008
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 14, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 14, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 14, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 14, 2008
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 14, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 14, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 14 to 15, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 15, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 15, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 15, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 19, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 19, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 19, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 20, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 20, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 20, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 21, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 24, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 25 to 26, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 25, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, June 25 to 29, 2008
- Flood in Iowa, June 26, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Iowa, June 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 26, 2008
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 26, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 27, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 27, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 27, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 27, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, June 28, 2008
July 2008
- Hail in Iowa, July 2, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 2, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 2, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, July 2, 2008
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Iowa, July 6, 2008
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 6, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 6, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 6, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, July 6, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 7, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 7, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 7, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 7 to 8, 2008
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 7, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 7, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 7, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, July 8 to 10, 2008
- Funnel Cloud in Iowa, July 8, 2008
- Tornado in Iowa, July 9, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 10, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, July 10, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, July 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 11, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 12, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 12, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 15, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 15, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, July 17, 2008
- Flooding and Hail in Iowa, July 17, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, July 18 to 24, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, July 19 to 20, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 19, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 19 to 20, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 19, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, July 20, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 20 to 21, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 21, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 21, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 21 to 23, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, July 21, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, July 24 to 25, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, July 24 to 31, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, July 27, 2008
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 27 to 28, 2008
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 27, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, July 28 to 31, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, July 28, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 29, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 29, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 31, 2008
August 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, August 1 to 8, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, August 3, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, August 4, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, August 4, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 4, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 4, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 4 to 5, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 5, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, August 9, 2008
- Tornadoes in Iowa, August 9, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 13, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, August 13, 2008
- Funnel Cloud in Iowa, August 14, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 14, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 14, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 27 to 28, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, August 27, 2008
- Flash Flood in Iowa, August 28, 2008
September 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, September 12 to 13, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, September 12 to 16, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, September 13, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, September 13 to 15, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, September 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 23, 2008
- Hail in Iowa, September 25, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 29, 2008
October 2008
- Flood in Iowa, October 22, 2008
- High Wind in Iowa, October 26, 2008
- High Wind in Iowa, October 26, 2008
- High Wind in Iowa, October 26, 2008
- High Wind in Iowa, October 26, 2008
November 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, November 5, 2008
- Flood in Iowa, November 7, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, November 29 to 30, 2008
December 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, December 3, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, December 8, 2008
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 8 to 9, 2008
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 8 to 9, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, December 8 to 9, 2008
- Ice Storm in Iowa, December 8 to 9, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, December 14, 2008
- Cold in Iowa, December 14 to 16, 2008
- Sleet in Iowa, December 14, 2008
- Sleet in Iowa, December 14, 2008
- Cold in Iowa, December 14 to 15, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, December 16, 2008
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 2008
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 2008
- Ice Storm in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 2008
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 2008
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 2008
- Blizzard in Iowa, December 20 to 21, 2008
- Winter Storm and Cold in Iowa, December 20 to 22, 2008
- Blizzard in Iowa, December 20 to 21, 2008
- Blizzard in Iowa, December 20 to 21, 2008
- Cold in Iowa, December 20 to 21, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, December 24, 2008
- Dense Fog in Iowa, December 26 to 27, 2008
- Flooding in Iowa, December 26 to 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, December 27, 2008
- Ice Storm in Iowa, December 27, 2008
- Ice Storm in Iowa, December 27, 2008
- Flash Flood in Iowa, December 27, 2008
- High Wind in Iowa, December 30, 2008
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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.