Iowa

Storms in Iowa in 2022

1,514 events in 175 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2022, 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 2022 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

Open the live radar over Iowa

The year

Events
1,514
Deaths
7
Injuries
7
Damage
$311 million
Episodes
175

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 Wind32200$374,000
Hail24700$774,000
Drought20300$83 million
Winter Storm13800
Heavy Rain13000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill12300
High Wind7900
Tornado5677$226 million
Winter Weather5300
Blizzard4900
Cold/Wind Chill3300
Flash Flood2300$615,000
Funnel Cloud2100
Flood1200
Strong Wind900
Heavy Snow600
Ice Storm500
Lightning400$4,000
Wildfire100

Every episode, month by month

January 2022

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December 2022

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Every year in IowaEvery state in 2022Tornadoes in Iowa in 2022Warnings in Iowa in 202220212023

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.