Storms in Iowa in 2026

Events

764

Deaths

1

Injuries

3

Damage

$2.6 million

Episodes

81

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.

January 2026

• High Wind and Strong Wind in Iowa, January 16, 202650 kt wind · 11 events
• Strong Wind in Iowa, January 16, 20261 death · 1 event
• Winter Weather in Iowa, January 21, 20264 events
• Blizzard and High Wind in Iowa, January 21, 202659 kt wind · 9 events
• High Wind in Iowa, January 21, 202653 kt wind · 5 events
• Extreme Cold in Iowa, January 22 to 23, 20268 events
• Extreme Cold in Iowa, January 23, 20264 events

February 2026

• High Wind in Iowa, February 18, 202651 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in Iowa, February 18, 202652 kt wind · 4 events
• High Wind in Iowa, February 18, 202653 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Iowa, February 19 to 20, 20264 events
• Heavy Snow in Iowa, February 19 to 20, 20261 injured · 23 events
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, February 19 to 20, 20268 events
• Winter Weather in Iowa, February 28, 20263 events

March 2026

• Hail in Iowa, March 6, 20261.5 in hail · 4 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 10, 2026EF1 · 50 events
• High Wind in Iowa, March 12 to 13, 202653 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in Iowa, March 13, 202658 kt wind · 5 events
• High Wind in Iowa, March 15 to 16, 202656 kt wind · 8 events
• Blizzard and High Wind in Iowa, March 15 to 16, 202619 events
• Hail in Iowa, March 15, 20261.5 in hail · 2 events
• Blizzard and Winter Weather in Iowa, March 15 to 16, 20268 events
• Blizzard in Iowa, March 15 to 16, 202621 events
• Hail in Iowa, March 26, 20261 in hail · 1 event
• Wildfire in Iowa, March 28, 20261 injured · 1 event
• Drought in Iowa, March 31, 20267 events
• Hail in Iowa, March 31, 20260.88 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in Iowa, March 31, 20261.75 in hail · 7 events

April 2026

• Drought in Iowa, April 1 to 30, 20267 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 2, 2026EF1 · 22 events
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 9, 202651 kt wind · 2 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 13, 2026EF0 · 22 events
• Hail in Iowa, April 14, 2026$1.9 million · 3.5 in hail · 8 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, April 14, 2026EF1 · 61 events
• Hail in Iowa, April 14, 20261 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Iowa, April 15, 20261.75 in hail · 5 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 15, 20261 in hail · 8 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 17, 2026EF1 · 36 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 17, 20261 injured · $55,000 · EF0 · 4 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 23, 2026EF1 · 18 events
• Hail in Iowa, April 23, 20261.5 in hail · 4 events
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 23, 202670 kt wind · 15 events
• Flash Flood in Iowa, April 27, 20261 event
• Hail in Iowa, April 27, 20261 in hail · 1 event

May 2026

• Drought in Iowa, May 1 to 31, 20262 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 4, 20261 in hail · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 15, 20262 in hail · 19 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 15, 20261 in hail · 10 events
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 15, 202661 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 16, 20262.75 in hail · 8 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Iowa, May 17, 2026EF1 · 54 events
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 17, 202663 kt wind · 4 events
• Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 17, 202661 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 17 to 18, 20261.25 in hail · 4 events
• Hail in Iowa, May 18, 20261.75 in hail · 10 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 20261.5 in hail · 5 events
• Tornado in Iowa, May 22, 20261 event
• Hail in Iowa, May 24 to 25, 20261.25 in hail · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 31, 20261.5 in hail · 3 events
• Hail in Iowa, May 31, 20261 in hail · 1 event

June 2026

• Drought in Iowa, June 1 to 2, 20262 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 1, 20261 in hail · 3 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 5, 20261 in hail · 13 events
• Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 7, 20262 events
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 10, 202670 kt wind · 32 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 11, 2026EF1 · 33 events
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 11, 202656 kt wind · 6 events
• Hail in Iowa, June 13, 20261.5 in hail · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 13, 20261 in hail · 3 events
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 17, 202659 kt wind · 2 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 17, 2026EF1 · 35 events
• Tornado in Iowa, June 17, 2026$678,000 · EF2 · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 17, 202659 kt wind · 2 events
• Drought in Iowa, June 23 to 30, 20261 event
• Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 28, 20261.5 in hail · 7 events
• Heat in Iowa, June 28 to 30, 20268 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 28, 20262 in hail · 2 events
• Excessive Heat and Heat in Iowa, June 29, 202611 events
• Excessive Heat in Iowa, June 29 to 30, 20268 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29 to 30, 20261.25 in hail · 18 events
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 30, 202656 kt wind · 2 events

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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.