Iowa

Storms in Iowa in 2017

1,942 events in 161 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind63700$304,000
Hail58911$3.0 million
Heavy Rain12300
Winter Weather7600
Tornado6818$7.1 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill6700
Winter Storm5900
Frost/Freeze5400
Drought5000
Ice Storm4400
Flash Flood4100$41 million
Funnel Cloud3400
Blizzard2900
Flood2500$320,000
Heavy Snow2000
Cold/Wind Chill1100
High Wind900
Lightning500
Wildfire100$5,000

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.