Storms in Iowa in 2017
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2017, 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 2017 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
The year
- Events
- 1,942
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 9
- Damage
- $52 million
- Episodes
- 161
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 637 | 0 | 0 | $304,000 |
| Hail | 589 | 1 | 1 | $3.0 million |
| Heavy Rain | 123 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 76 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 68 | 1 | 8 | $7.1 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 67 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 59 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 41 | 0 | 0 | $41 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 25 | 0 | 0 | $320,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2017
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 10, 2017
- Ice Storm in Iowa, January 15 to 16, 2017
- Ice Storm in Iowa, January 15 to 16, 2017
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 15 to 17, 2017
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 16, 2017
- Flood in Iowa, January 18 to 21, 2017
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 24 to 25, 2017
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 24 to 25, 2017
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 24 to 25, 2017
February 2017
- Hail in Iowa, February 7, 2017
- Winter Weather in Iowa, February 7 to 8, 2017
- Flood in Iowa, February 22 to 26, 2017
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, February 23 to 24, 2017
- Blizzard in Iowa, February 23 to 24, 2017
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 23 to 25, 2017
- Blizzard in Iowa, February 23 to 24, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, February 23, 2017
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, February 28, 2017
March 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, March 6, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, March 6, 2017
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 6, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, March 6, 2017
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 6, 2017
- Flood in Iowa, March 9 to 10, 2017
- Winter Storm in Iowa, March 12 to 13, 2017
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 12 to 13, 2017
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Iowa, March 12 to 13, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, March 19, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, March 23, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, March 23, 2017
April 2017
- Flood in Iowa, April 5 to 7, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 9 to 10, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, April 9, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 10, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Iowa, April 14 to 15, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 15 to 16, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, April 15, 2017
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Iowa, April 15, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, April 15, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 19 to 20, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, April 19, 2017
May 2017
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 7 to 8, 2017
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 10 to 11, 2017
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 10, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Iowa, May 15, 2017
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 15, 2017
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 15, 2017
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 16, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 16 to 17, 2017
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 16, 2017
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 16 to 17, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 16 to 17, 2017
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 17 to 19, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 17, 2017
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 17, 2017
- Funnel Cloud in Iowa, May 20, 2017
- Flooding in Iowa, May 21 to 25, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 22 to 23, 2017
- Funnel Clouds in Iowa, May 23, 2017
- Flooding in Iowa, May 24 to 31, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, May 27, 2017
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 28, 2017
June 2017
- Flood in Iowa, June 1, 2017
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 3, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 12, 2017
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 13, 2017
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 13 to 14, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 14, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 15, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 15, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, June 15, 2017
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 16, 2017
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 16, 2017
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 16 to 17, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 17, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 17, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, June 19, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, June 21, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 22, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 22, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, June 22, 2017
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 28, 2017
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 28, 2017
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Iowa, June 28 to 30, 2017
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 28, 2017
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 28 to 29, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 29, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29 to 30, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 29, 2017
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 29, 2017
July 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 2 to 4, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, July 4, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 5, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 9 to 10, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 10 to 11, 2017
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 11 to 12, 2017
- Flash Flood and Flood in Iowa, July 11 to 12, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, July 12, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 12, 2017
- Funnel Clouds in Iowa, July 18, 2017
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 18, 2017
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 19, 2017
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 19, 2017
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 19, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 20, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Iowa, July 20, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Iowa, July 20 to 22, 2017
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, July 21 to 23, 2017
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 21 to 23, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, July 22, 2017
- Flood in Iowa, July 23, 2017
- Drought in Iowa, July 25 to 31, 2017
- Heavy Rain in Iowa, July 26, 2017
- Tornado in Iowa, July 26, 2017
- Funnel Cloud in Iowa, July 28, 2017
- Flood in Iowa, July 30 to 31, 2017
August 2017
- Drought in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, August 1, 2017
- Funnel Cloud in Iowa, August 6, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 10, 2017
- Funnel Clouds in Iowa, August 13, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 14, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, August 18, 2017
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, August 18, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, August 18, 2017
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Iowa, August 20 to 21, 2017
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 21, 2017
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Iowa, August 26, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, August 27, 2017
September 2017
- Drought in Iowa, September 1 to 30, 2017
- Drought in Iowa, September 12 to 30, 2017
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 15, 2017
- Heavy Rain in Iowa, September 16 to 17, 2017
- Drought in Iowa, September 19 to 30, 2017
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, September 20 to 21, 2017
- Heavy Rain in Iowa, September 20 to 21, 2017
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Iowa, September 25, 2017
October 2017
- Drought in Iowa, October 1 to 24, 2017
- Drought in Iowa, October 1 to 10, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, October 2, 2017
- Heavy Rain in Iowa, October 3 to 4, 2017
- Heavy Rain in Iowa, October 5 to 6, 2017
- Heavy Rain in Iowa, October 6 to 7, 2017
- Heavy Rain in Iowa, October 6 to 7, 2017
- Flood in Iowa, October 6 to 19, 2017
- Hail in Iowa, October 14, 2017
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, October 21, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in Iowa, October 27, 2017
- Frost and Freeze in Iowa, October 28, 2017
November 2017
December 2017
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Iowa, December 4, 2017
- High Wind in Iowa, December 4, 2017
- High Wind in Iowa, December 9 to 13, 2017
- Winter Weather in Iowa, December 21, 2017
- Winter Weather in Iowa, December 24, 2017
- Cold in Iowa, December 26 to 27, 2017
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, December 29, 2017
- Winter Weather in Iowa, December 29, 2017
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Iowa, December 30 to 31, 2017
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 30 to 31, 2017
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 31, 2017
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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.