Iowa

Storms in Iowa in 2013

2,170 events in 225 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2013, 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 2013 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

Open the live radar over Iowa

The year

Events
2,170
Deaths
4
Injuries
16
Damage
$1.1 billion
Episodes
225

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
Hail49705$5.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind43800$245,000
Winter Storm17100$56 million
Heavy Rain16700
Flash Flood16701$53 million
Drought16000$945 million
Flood14900$5.9 million
Heavy Snow14100$3.0 million
Winter Weather12110$5,000
Funnel Cloud4400
Tornado3121$9.9 million
Heat2100
Cold/Wind Chill1600
Ice Storm1600$550,000
High Wind1500$65,000
Blizzard500$30,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Lightning400$75,000
Dense Fog219$20,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2013

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November 2013

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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.