Iowa

Storm History: Bremer County, Iowa

378 episodes, 583 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bremer 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
583
Deaths
0
Injuries
12
Damage
$125 million
Episodes
378

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado18401$12 million
Hail109011$1.8 million
Flash Flood6900$3.7 million
High Wind2900$990,000
Winter Storm2600$491,000
Drought2600$75 million
Blizzard2500$410,000
Thunderstorm Wind2200$315,000
Flood2100$23 million
Heavy Snow2000$86,000
Ice Storm1300$183,000
Frost/Freeze1100$6.7 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Cold/Wind Chill800$294,000
Heavy Rain400
Excessive Heat200$135,000
Lightning100$3,000
Heat100
Winter Weather100

The deadliest

None recorded.

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Bremer County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Bremer CountyEvery warning in Bremer 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.