Storms in Iowa in 2016

1,880 events in 214 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2016, 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 2016 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: 1,880
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 17
Damage: $46 million
Episodes: 214

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 event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Heavy Rain	452	0	0
Thunderstorm Wind	413	0	0	$4.6 million
Hail	207	0	0	$1.1 million
Flood	133	0	0	$3.9 million
Flash Flood	127	2	0	$18 million
Winter Storm	71	0	3	$30,000
Excessive Heat	69	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	65	0	0
High Wind	65	0	2	$8,000
Blizzard	61	0	0
Winter Weather	56	0	0
Tornado	48	0	12	$18 million
Frost/Freeze	48	0	0
Funnel Cloud	24	0	0
Strong Wind	19	0	0	$9,000
Heat	9	0	0
Lightning	7	0	0	$40,000
Cold/Wind Chill	3	1	0
Heavy Snow	3	0	0

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.