Iowa

Storms in Iowa in 2008

3,457 events in 314 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind84506$6.2 million
Hail77122$18 million
Flood33500$1.4 billion
Flash Flood32323$91 million
Winter Weather29630
Winter Storm16724$1.1 million
Tornado11515137$128 million
High Wind11200$3.7 million
Heavy Rain8800
Ice Storm6600$350,000
Blizzard5900$100,000
Cold/Wind Chill5900
Dense Fog5713
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4700
Heavy Snow4500
Funnel Cloud2400
Frost/Freeze2100
Lightning1800$50,000
Sleet800
Heat100

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.