Storm History: Chickasaw County, Iowa
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Chickasaw 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
- 495
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $28 million
- Episodes
- 357
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 | 111 | 0 | 3 | $9.7 million |
| Hail | 105 | 0 | 0 | $5.8 million |
| Winter Storm | 49 | 0 | 0 | $110,000 |
| Flash Flood | 49 | 1 | 0 | $10 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 33 | 0 | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Blizzard | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 16 | 0 | 1 | $534,000 |
| High Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | $191,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | $33,000 |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $700 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2017
- Hail, June 29, 2014
- Tornado, August 27, 2021
- Tornado, July 12, 1971
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2008
- Tornado, July 7, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 1998
- Flash Flood, July 18, 1999
- Tornado, August 9, 1993
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Tornado, July 19, 1994
- Flood, July 19, 1999
- Flash Flood, July 20, 1999
- Hail, June 17, 2009
- Tornado, April 11, 1965
- Tornado, October 16, 1984
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2004
- Hail, July 22, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2000
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Tornado, April 11, 1965
- Tornado, July 12, 1971
- Tornado, May 24, 1989
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Tornado, May 20, 1953
- Tornado, June 24, 1971
- Tornado, June 20, 1974
- Tornado, August 28, 1979
- Tornado, May 8, 1988
- Tornado, April 14, 1994
- Tornado, July 19, 1994
- Tornado, July 17, 1956
- Tornado, May 22, 1962
- Tornado, May 15, 1965
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Hail, April 14, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, March 13, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2026
- Blizzard, December 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Flood, August 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Blizzard, March 5, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- High Wind, December 4, 2024
- Drought, October 15, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 26, 2024
- Tornado, August 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2024
- Flood, June 22, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, November 25, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 22, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Drought, June 20, 2023
- Flood, May 14, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Hail, June 15, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2021
- Tornado, August 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Drought, June 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 2021
- Blizzard, February 4, 2021
- Hail, September 6, 2020
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Tornado, September 12, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2019
- Flood, June 27, 2019
- Tornado, May 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2019
- Hail, August 28, 2018
- Hail, August 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 18, 2018
- Hail, April 13, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2017
- Tornado, July 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2017
- Tornado, May 17, 2017
- Hail, May 16, 2017
- Tornado, May 15, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2016
- Tornado, September 21, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2016
- Heat, July 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2016
- Strong Wind, April 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 19, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 20, 2015
- Tornado, June 22, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2015
- Blizzard, January 8, 2015
- Tornado, August 31, 2014
- Hail, June 29, 2014
- Hail, June 18, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2014
- Flood, June 16, 2014
- Blizzard, February 20, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Blizzard, January 26, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2013
- Funnel Cloud, June 7, 2013
- Tornado, May 29, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2013
- Flood, April 9, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2013
- Blizzard, December 20, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 25, 2012
- Flood, July 18, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Heat, July 2, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2011
- Hail, March 22, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Dense Fog, December 29, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2010
- Blizzard, December 10, 2010
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2010
- Hail, June 25, 2010
- Flood, June 23, 2010
- Flood, March 10, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 8, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 10, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2009
- Hail, June 17, 2009
- Hail, April 24, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Funnel Cloud, August 14, 2008
- Hail, August 4, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2008
- Tornado, June 7, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2008
- Hail, May 25, 2008
- Flash Flood, April 24, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Blizzard, January 29, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2007
- Hail, July 16, 2007
- Hail, June 21, 2007
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2007
- Blizzard, February 24, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2007
- Hail, July 1, 2006
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2005
- Hail, September 19, 2005
- Hail, September 13, 2005
- Blizzard, January 22, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2005
- High Wind, December 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2004
- Hail, May 21, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2004
- Hail, May 8, 2004
- Hail, April 17, 2004
- Hail, April 16, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2004
- Hail, July 31, 2003
- Hail, July 20, 2003
- Tornado, July 7, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2003
- Hail, May 8, 2003
- Winter Storm, April 7, 2003
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2003
- Tornado, June 21, 2002
- Hail, June 19, 2002
- Tornado, May 8, 2002
- Hail, April 18, 2002
- Hail, April 18, 2002
- Blizzard, March 9, 2002
- High Wind, October 25, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2001
- Heat, August 1, 2001
- Heat, July 31, 2001
- Hail, June 17, 2001
- Tornado, April 11, 2001
- High Wind, April 7, 2001
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2001
- Ice Storm, February 7, 2001
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2000
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2000
- Tornado, July 2, 2000
- Hail, June 15, 2000
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2000
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Chickasaw CountyEvery warning in Chickasaw 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.