Storm History: Audubon County, Iowa
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Audubon County, Iowa: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 447
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $151 million
- Episodes
- 330
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 119 | 0 | 1 | $1.6 million |
| Hail | 62 | 0 | 0 | $437,000 |
| Flash Flood | 47 | 0 | 0 | $884,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 31 | 0 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| High Wind | 30 | 0 | 0 | $951,000 |
| Drought | 30 | 0 | 0 | $110 million |
| Flood | 22 | 0 | 0 | $22 million |
| Blizzard | 21 | 0 | 0 | $475,000 |
| Winter Storm | 20 | 0 | 0 | $510,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 18 | 0 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 10 | 0 | 0 | $4.0 million |
| Ice Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | $3.1 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | $294,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | $135,000 |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Drought, August 1, 2003
- Drought, August 1, 2001
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2000
- Drought, August 14, 2000
- Drought, July 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow, October 26, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2002
- Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 23, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- Ice Storm, January 20, 2010
- Flood, June 14, 1998
- Tornado, May 6, 2007
- Flood, May 22, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2013
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2015
- Hail, May 24, 2024
- Hail, May 17, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2013
- Hail, June 17, 2009
- Hail, July 30, 2024
- Hail, July 30, 2021
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2013
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Hail, April 29, 2010
- Hail, April 2, 2007
- Hail, May 8, 2006
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Tornado, June 13, 1976
- Tornado, May 25, 2008
- Tornado, July 28, 1986
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Tornado, June 19, 1964
- Tornado, May 4, 1959
- Tornado, April 14, 1976
- Tornado, May 6, 1983
- Tornado, June 29, 1986
- Tornado, July 13, 1986
- Tornado, May 16, 1999
- Tornado, July 2, 1999
- Tornado, May 10, 2001
- Tornado, May 6, 2007
Every episode, newest first
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2025
- Hail, April 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Hail, March 14, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2024
- Hail, July 30, 2024
- Tornado, June 25, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2024
- Hail, May 24, 2024
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2024
- Tornado, May 6, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Blizzard, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Drought, August 29, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Hail, May 30, 2022
- Tornado, April 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Hail, August 30, 2021
- Hail, July 30, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Hail, June 16, 2021
- Drought, June 15, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2021
- Blizzard, January 15, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Drought, August 1, 2020
- Drought, July 14, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, October 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 14, 2019
- Hail, September 14, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2019
- Hail, July 17, 2019
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, April 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 15, 2018
- Heavy Rain, August 19, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, October 28, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, October 27, 2017
- Tornado, August 20, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, October 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2016
- Hail, August 11, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2016
- Blizzard, February 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2015
- Heavy Rain, December 12, 2015
- High Wind, November 11, 2015
- Hail, August 9, 2015
- Tornado, August 2, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2015
- Tornado, May 10, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Flood, October 1, 2014
- Tornado, August 31, 2014
- Tornado, June 30, 2014
- Tornado, June 29, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2014
- High Wind, January 26, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 19, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 24, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2013
- Blizzard, December 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2012
- High Wind, April 15, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- High Wind, February 29, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2011
- High Wind, August 23, 2011
- Hail, August 6, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Tornado, June 26, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- High Wind, October 27, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2010
- Tornado, June 18, 2010
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Tornado, June 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2010
- High Wind, May 10, 2010
- Hail, April 29, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Blizzard, January 25, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 20, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 23, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2009
- Hail, June 19, 2009
- Hail, June 17, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Tornado, May 25, 2008
- Tornado, April 24, 2008
- Hail, April 22, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2007
- Tornado, August 28, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2007
- Tornado, May 6, 2007
- Flood, April 25, 2007
- Hail, April 2, 2007
- Blizzard, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2007
- Hail, September 16, 2006
- Hail, July 13, 2006
- Hail, May 8, 2006
- High Wind, April 15, 2006
- Tornado, April 15, 2006
- Tornado, March 30, 2006
- High Wind, January 24, 2006
- High Wind, November 12, 2005
- Hail, September 18, 2005
- Tornado, July 25, 2005
- Hail, June 29, 2005
- Flood, May 13, 2005
- Tornado, May 10, 2005
- Hail, April 19, 2005
- High Wind, March 10, 2005
- High Wind, January 22, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2005
- High Wind, October 30, 2004
- Tornado, August 26, 2004
- Tornado, August 3, 2004
- Hail, June 14, 2004
- Tornado, May 24, 2004
- Tornado, May 22, 2004
- Flood, May 22, 2004
- Hail, May 17, 2004
- Tornado, May 8, 2004
- High Wind, April 27, 2004
- Hail, April 21, 2004
- High Wind, April 18, 2004
- Heavy Snow, March 15, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2004
- Heavy Snow, February 2, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2004
- High Wind, November 12, 2003
- Drought, August 1, 2003
- Tornado, July 9, 2003
- Flood, July 5, 2003
- Hail, July 5, 2003
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2003
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 4, 2002
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2002
- Hail, August 20, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2002
- Hail, May 5, 2002
- Tornado, April 17, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2002
- Heat, August 5, 2001
- Drought, August 1, 2001
- Tornado, May 10, 2001
- Hail, May 9, 2001
- Tornado, April 20, 2001
- High Wind, April 7, 2001
- Hail, April 6, 2001
- Flood, March 23, 2001
- Flood, March 15, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2001
- Ice Storm, February 8, 2001
- Blizzard, December 18, 2000
- Blizzard, December 16, 2000
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2000
- Drought, September 1, 2000
- Drought, August 14, 2000
- Tornado, July 26, 2000
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 1999
- Cold/Wind Chill, September 21, 1999
- Drought, July 20, 1999
- Tornado, July 2, 1999
- Flood, July 2, 1999
- Flood, June 27, 1999
- Flood, June 23, 1999
- Flood, June 9, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 1999
- Tornado, June 6, 1999
- Tornado, May 16, 1999
- Winter Storm, March 8, 1999
- Winter Storm, February 22, 1999
- Ice Storm, February 11, 1999
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Flash Flood, July 21, 1998
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Audubon CountyEvery warning in Audubon County since 1986Every county in Iowa
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.