Storms in Iowa in 2021
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2021, 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 2021 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
- 1,786
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $48 million
- Episodes
- 183
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 | 381 | 1 | 1 | $640,000 |
| Drought | 307 | 0 | 0 | $9.8 million |
| Hail | 198 | 0 | 0 | $7.2 million |
| Heavy Rain | 177 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 146 | 0 | 1 | $30 million |
| Winter Storm | 109 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 94 | 0 | 0 | $200,000 |
| Winter Weather | 73 | 1 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Blizzard | 60 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 57 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 31 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Flood | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2021
- Drought in Iowa, January 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, January 1 to 31, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 1, 2021
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 14 to 15, 2021
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 14 to 15, 2021
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 15, 2021
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 16 to 17, 2021
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 23, 2021
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 25 to 26, 2021
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 25 to 26, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 25 to 26, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 25 to 26, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 25 to 26, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 30 to 31, 2021
February 2021
- Drought in Iowa, February 1 to 23, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, February 1 to 28, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, February 1 to 16, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, February 1 to 28, 2021
- Winter Weather in Iowa, February 4, 2021
- Blizzard in Iowa, February 4, 2021
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Iowa, February 4, 2021
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Iowa, February 4, 2021
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, February 6 to 7, 2021
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, February 7, 2021
- Cold in Iowa, February 13 to 16, 2021
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, February 13 to 16, 2021
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, February 14 to 15, 2021
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, February 14 to 16, 2021
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 21, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, February 21, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, February 21, 2021
March 2021
- Drought in Iowa, March 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, March 1 to 31, 2021
- Hail and High Wind in Iowa, March 10, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, March 14 to 15, 2021
- Winter Storm in Iowa, March 15, 2021
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 15, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, March 15, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, March 23, 2021
- Tornado in Iowa, March 23, 2021
April 2021
- Drought in Iowa, April 1 to 30, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, April 1 to 30, 2021
- Hail in Iowa, April 5, 2021
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, April 6, 2021
- Tornado in Iowa, April 7, 2021
May 2021
- Drought in Iowa, May 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, May 1 to 31, 2021
- High Wind in Iowa, May 1, 2021
- Hail in Iowa, May 2, 2021
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 8, 2021
- Hail in Iowa, May 8, 2021
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 15, 2021
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 15, 2021
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 20, 2021
- Hail in Iowa, May 25, 2021
- Flood in Iowa, May 27 to 28, 2021
June 2021
- Drought in Iowa, June 1 to 30, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, June 1 to 30, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 11, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 11, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 11, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 11, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, June 15 to 30, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, June 15 to 29, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, June 15 to 30, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, June 15 to 22, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 16 to 30, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 16, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 18 to 19, 2021
- Hail in Iowa, June 18, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 18 to 19, 2021
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 20, 2021
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 20, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 22, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 22, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 22, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 23 to 25, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 24, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Iowa, June 24 to 25, 2021
- Funnel Clouds in Iowa, June 25 to 30, 2021
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Iowa, June 25 to 26, 2021
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 29, 2021
July 2021
- Drought in Iowa, July 1 to 13, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, July 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, July 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, July 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, July 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, July 1 to 31, 2021
- Funnel Cloud in Iowa, July 1, 2021
- Funnel Clouds in Iowa, July 5 to 6, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 5, 2021
- Heavy Rain in Iowa, July 7, 2021
- Hail in Iowa, July 8 to 9, 2021
- Hail in Iowa, July 9, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 9 to 10, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 9, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 9 to 10, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 10, 2021
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 11, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, July 13 to 31, 2021
- Hail in Iowa, July 14, 2021
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 14 to 15, 2021
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 14, 2021
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 14, 2021
- Funnel Clouds in Iowa, July 17, 2021
- Funnel Clouds in Iowa, July 19, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, July 27 to 31, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 27, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 29, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 30 to 31, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 30, 2021
August 2021
- Drought in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 5, 2021
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 7, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 7 to 8, 2021
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, August 7, 2021
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 8, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Iowa, August 8 to 9, 2021
- Tornadoes in Iowa, August 8, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 10, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 10, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 10, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Iowa, August 11, 2021
- Tornado in Iowa, August 11, 2021
- Hail in Iowa, August 12, 2021
- Flash Flood in Iowa, August 12, 2021
- Tornadoes and Heavy Rain in Iowa, August 20 to 21, 2021
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 20, 2021
- Hail in Iowa, August 24, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 24, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 24, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 24, 2021
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Iowa, August 25, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 25, 2021
- Flash Flood in Iowa, August 25, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 26 to 27, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 26, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 26 to 27, 2021
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, August 27 to 28, 2021
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, August 27 to 31, 2021
- Flash Flood in Iowa, August 28, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 28, 2021
- Flooding in Iowa, August 30 to 31, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 30 to 31, 2021
- Hail in Iowa, August 30, 2021
September 2021
- Drought in Iowa, September 1 to 7, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, September 1 to 30, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, September 1 to 30, 2021
- Flood in Iowa, September 1, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, September 1 to 30, 2021
- Hail in Iowa, September 13, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 16 to 17, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 20, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 20, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, September 28 to 30, 2021
October 2021
- Drought in Iowa, October 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, October 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, October 1 to 31, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, October 1 to 26, 2021
- Funnel Clouds in Iowa, October 7, 2021
- Hail in Iowa, October 20, 2021
- Heavy Rain in Iowa, October 23 to 25, 2021
November 2021
- Drought in Iowa, November 1 to 2, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, November 1 to 2, 2021
- Drought in Iowa, November 1 to 2, 2021
- High Wind in Iowa, November 11, 2021
December 2021
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 2021
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 2021
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, December 15, 2021
- High Wind in Iowa, December 15 to 16, 2021
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, December 15 to 16, 2021
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, December 15 to 16, 2021
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, December 15, 2021
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, December 15, 2021
- High Wind in Iowa, December 15 to 16, 2021
- Winter Weather in Iowa, December 28, 2021
- Cold in Iowa, December 31, 2021
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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.