Iowa

Storms in Iowa in 2011

2,072 events in 259 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2011, 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 2011 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
2,072
Deaths
5
Injuries
50
Damage
$217 million
Episodes
259

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
Hail61315$11 million
Thunderstorm Wind58200$56 million
Flood16906$45 million
Winter Weather10636$14,000
Excessive Heat8504$7.2 million
Heavy Rain8400
Flash Flood6300$14 million
Blizzard5510$675,000
Tornado54021$52 million
High Wind4700$698,000
Winter Storm3602$292,000
Funnel Cloud3500
Heavy Snow2500$1.2 million
Lightning2200$312,000
Heat2000
Drought1600
Cold/Wind Chill1300
Ice Storm1200$202,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Frost/Freeze1000$27 million
Wildfire901$115,000
Strong Wind400$6,000
Dense Fog105$12,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2011

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September 2011

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November 2011

December 2011

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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.