Iowa

Storms in Iowa in 2024

2,532 events in 234 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2024, 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 2024 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
2,532
Deaths
12
Injuries
50
Damage
$136 million
Episodes
234

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 Wind65900$821,000
Hail41700$11 million
Drought29900
Flood18520$72 million
Winter Storm17500$2,000
Tornado155644$48 million
Heavy Rain10400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill8100
Flash Flood7400$3.5 million
Excessive Heat6600
Blizzard6400
Winter Weather5800
Funnel Cloud5200
Strong Wind3800
Ice Storm3000
High Wind2800$30,000
Heat2500
Cold/Wind Chill1400
Lightning500$50,000
Dense Fog245
Wildfire101$50,000

Every episode, month by month

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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.