Iowa

Storms in Iowa in 2015

2,102 events in 189 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2015, 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 2015 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
2,102
Deaths
5
Injuries
9
Damage
$54 million
Episodes
189

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
Heavy Rain43500
Hail35000$2.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind34200$56,000
Winter Storm31520$2.7 million
Flood12600$12 million
Flash Flood12412$23 million
Winter Weather9400
Heavy Snow8200
Tornado7215$13 million
Funnel Cloud3500
Blizzard3411
High Wind3300$50,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3100
Lightning1701
Cold/Wind Chill900
Ice Storm200$55,000
Wildfire100

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.