Storms in Iowa in 2023

1,886 events in 202 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2023, 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 2023 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: 1,886
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 12
Damage: $78 million
Episodes: 202

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
Hail	577	0	0	$2.2 million
Drought	466	0	0	$70 million
Thunderstorm Wind	294	0	0	$101,000
Winter Storm	95	0	0	$250,000
Tornado	84	0	11	$4.9 million
Winter Weather	65	1	0	$20,000
Excessive Heat	54	0	0
Flood	43	0	0
Heavy Snow	40	0	0
Heavy Rain	38	0	0
Ice Storm	31	0	0
Strong Wind	25	0	0
Funnel Cloud	21	0	0
Flash Flood	18	0	0	$500,000
High Wind	11	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	6	0	0
Blizzard	5	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	4	0	0
Heat	4	0	0
Lightning	2	0	0
Freezing Fog	1	2	0
Dense Fog	1	1	0
Wildfire	1	0	1

Every episode, month by month

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December 2023

Every year in Iowa Every state in 2023 Tornadoes in Iowa in 2023 Warnings in Iowa in 2023 2022 2024

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.