Drought intensified across portions of central Iowa early in the month. However, generous rainfall later in the month help to alleviate drought concerns with improving conditions.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS DMX wrote it up.
Drought intensified across portions of central Iowa early in the month. However, generous rainfall later in the month help to alleviate drought concerns with improving conditions.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Early dryness from the fall that extended into October created severe drought conditions into a small portions of southwest Hardin county. These conditions improved after generous rainfall during the middle to later parts of the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Iowa in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, October 2020
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 925698.