Iowa

Storms in Iowa in 2014

2,571 events in 208 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2014, 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 2014 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
2,571
Deaths
6
Injuries
30
Damage
$88 million
Episodes
208

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
Hail62426$6.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind60800$612,000
Heavy Rain40000
Flash Flood15211$37 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill14100
Flood12400$11 million
Tornado113315$31 million
Winter Weather11000
High Wind8700$990,000
Blizzard7000$805,000
Cold/Wind Chill4800
Winter Storm4500$60,000
Funnel Cloud1600
Heavy Snow1100
Freezing Fog800
Lightning700
Dense Fog508
Strong Wind100$15,000
Dust Devil100$10,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2014

February 2014

March 2014

April 2014

May 2014

June 2014

July 2014

August 2014

September 2014

October 2014

November 2014

December 2014

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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.