Iowa

Storms in Iowa in 2019

2,276 events in 263 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2019, 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 2019 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
2,276
Deaths
7
Injuries
20
Damage
$218 million
Episodes
263

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
Flood44800$149 million
Thunderstorm Wind41404$603,000
Winter Storm23200
Hail232011$1.5 million
Heavy Rain22300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill11020
Frost/Freeze9500
Winter Weather8620$28,000
Flash Flood8612$61 million
Excessive Heat6800
Tornado5913$4.6 million
High Wind5300$151,000
Blizzard4800
Funnel Cloud4200
Heavy Snow2600
Cold/Wind Chill1700
Heat1610
Ice Storm1200$371,000
Lightning900$6,000

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.