Storms in Iowa in 2022
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
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 322 | 0 | 0 | $374,000 |
| Hail | 247 | 0 | 0 | $774,000 |
| Drought | 203 | 0 | 0 | $83 million |
| Winter Storm | 138 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 130 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 123 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 79 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 56 | 7 | 7 | $226 million |
| Winter Weather | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 23 | 0 | 0 | $615,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2022
- Cold in Iowa, January 1, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 1 to 2, 2022
- Winter Storm and Extreme Cold in Iowa, January 1 to 2, 2022
- Cold in Iowa, January 1 to 2, 2022
- High Wind in Iowa, January 4 to 5, 2022
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Iowa, January 5 to 6, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 14 to 15, 2022
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 14 to 15, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 14 to 15, 2022
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 14 to 15, 2022
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, January 25 to 26, 2022
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, January 25 to 26, 2022
February 2022
- High Wind in Iowa, February 11, 2022
- Winter Weather in Iowa, February 18, 2022
- Winter Weather in Iowa, February 21 to 22, 2022
- Cold in Iowa, February 22 to 23, 2022
March 2022
- Winter Weather in Iowa, March 5, 2022
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 5, 2022
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, March 5, 2022
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 5, 2022
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 6 to 7, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, March 15 to 31, 2022
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Iowa, March 25, 2022
- High Wind in Iowa, March 25, 2022
- High Wind in Iowa, March 25, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, March 29, 2022
- High Wind in Iowa, March 29, 2022
April 2022
- Drought in Iowa, April 1 to 30, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 12, 2022
- Tornadoes and Flood in Iowa, April 12 to 13, 2022
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 12, 2022
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 12, 2022
- High Wind in Iowa, April 14, 2022
- High Wind in Iowa, April 14, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, April 19 to 30, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Iowa, April 21 to 22, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, April 22, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, April 23, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 23, 2022
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 23, 2022
- Wildfire and High Wind in Iowa, April 23, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 29, 2022
- Hail and High Wind in Iowa, April 29 to 30, 2022
May 2022
- Drought in Iowa, May 1 to 31, 2022
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 8, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, May 9, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 11, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 11, 2022
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 12, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 12, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 12, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 14, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 17, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, May 17 to 18, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 19, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, May 19, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, May 19, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, May 20, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 26, 2022
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 26 to 27, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 29, 2022
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 30, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 30, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 30, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 30, 2022
June 2022
- Drought in Iowa, June 1 to 30, 2022
- Flooding and Hail in Iowa, June 5 to 6, 2022
- Flood in Iowa, June 5 to 9, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 6, 2022
- Flood in Iowa, June 7, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 7, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 7, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, June 11, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 11, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, June 13, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, June 13, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, June 14 to 30, 2022
- Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 14 to 15, 2022
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 14, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 15, 2022
- Flood in Iowa, June 15, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 15, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, June 21 to 30, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, June 21 to 30, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 21, 2022
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Iowa, June 24 to 25, 2022
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 25, 2022
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 25, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, June 28, 2022
July 2022
- Drought in Iowa, July 1 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, July 1 to 31, 2022
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 4, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 4, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 5, 2022
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 5, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 5, 2022
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 5, 2022
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 5, 2022
- Tornadoes and Heavy Rain in Iowa, July 7 to 8, 2022
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 7, 2022
- Flooding in Iowa, July 8 to 15, 2022
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 8, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, July 10, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 11, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 11, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 11, 2022
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Iowa, July 14 to 15, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 22, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 23, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 23, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 23, 2022
- Tornado and Flood in Iowa, July 23 to 24, 2022
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 23, 2022
August 2022
- Drought in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, August 1 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, August 2 to 31, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 3, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 3, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 3, 2022
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Iowa, August 6 to 7, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 7, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, August 9 to 31, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 11, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, August 16 to 30, 2022
- Funnel Cloud in Iowa, August 16, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 18, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Iowa, August 19, 2022
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, August 19, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, August 19, 2022
- Funnel Clouds in Iowa, August 20, 2022
- Tornado in Iowa, August 20, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 24, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 27 to 28, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 27, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 27, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 27, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, August 29, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, August 29, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, August 30 to 31, 2022
September 2022
- Drought in Iowa, September 1 to 30, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, September 1 to 30, 2022
- Flash Flood in Iowa, September 3, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, September 13 to 30, 2022
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Iowa, September 17 to 18, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 17, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 18 to 19, 2022
October 2022
- Drought in Iowa, October 1 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, October 1 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, October 4 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, October 11 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, October 11 to 31, 2022
- Hail in Iowa, October 12, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, October 18 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, October 18 to 31, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, October 23, 2022
November 2022
- Drought in Iowa, November 1 to 30, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, November 1 to 8, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, November 1 to 30, 2022
- Heavy Rain in Iowa, November 4 to 5, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, November 4, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, November 5, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, November 29, 2022
December 2022
- Drought in Iowa, December 1 to 31, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, December 1 to 31, 2022
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, December 8 to 9, 2022
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 8 to 9, 2022
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, December 12 to 13, 2022
- Blizzard and Winter Weather in Iowa, December 15 to 16, 2022
- Winter Weather in Iowa, December 21 to 22, 2022
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Iowa, December 21 to 25, 2022
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Iowa, December 21 to 24, 2022
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 21 to 24, 2022
- Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 22 to 24, 2022
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 22 to 23, 2022
- Blizzard in Iowa, December 22 to 23, 2022
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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.