Iowa

Storms in Iowa in 2010

2,940 events in 372 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2010, 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 2010 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
2,940
Deaths
2
Injuries
173
Damage
$1.3 billion
Episodes
372

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 Wind62102$1.5 million
Hail528010$7.9 million
Flood4660121$1.2 billion
Flash Flood29107$73 million
Winter Weather21305$10,000
Blizzard13612$6.8 million
Winter Storm13000$1.1 million
Heavy Rain12600
Funnel Cloud7300
High Wind6906$1.4 million
Ice Storm6801$14 million
Lightning3700$140,000
Tornado34118$68 million
Dense Fog3301$350,000
Heat3200
Heavy Snow3000$525,000
Cold/Wind Chill2700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1400
Excessive Heat700
Strong Wind500$10,000

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.