Storm History: Clinton County, Iowa
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clinton 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
- 833
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 30
- Damage
- $90 million
- Episodes
- 552
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 | 219 | 1 | 30 | $40 million |
| Hail | 160 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 75 | 0 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| Winter Storm | 74 | 1 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 71 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Flood | 64 | 1 | 0 | $8.7 million |
| Winter Weather | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 21 | 0 | 0 | $419,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 15 | 0 | 0 | $36 million |
| Ice Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $265,000 |
| Blizzard | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 7 | 0 | 0 | $495,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, May 8, 1988
- Drought, July 1, 2005
- Drought, August 1, 2003
- Flood, September 11, 2000
- Tornado, April 11, 1965
- Tornado, June 20, 1974
- Tornado, April 4, 1981
- Tornado, March 22, 1991
- Tornado, July 27, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 1996
- Tornado, May 10, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2003
- Flood, June 1, 2008
- Flood, May 16, 2003
- Flood, August 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2009
- Flood, June 17, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, May 3, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2010
- Tornado, January 24, 1967
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, August 19, 1994
- Hail, June 17, 1992
- Hail, April 4, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 1958
- Hail, August 16, 1987
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Hail, May 7, 2023
- Hail, June 15, 2022
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Hail, May 19, 2013
- Hail, April 13, 2006
- Flood, September 18, 2002
- Hail, June 6, 1999
- Hail, March 31, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2009
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 22, 1964
- Tornado, April 11, 1965
- Tornado, August 26, 1965
- Tornado, January 24, 1967
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, June 20, 1974
- Tornado, September 21, 1973
- Tornado, November 9, 1975
- Tornado, May 8, 1988
- Tornado, March 22, 1991
- Tornado, July 13, 1992
- Tornado, April 14, 1994
- Tornado, June 18, 1994
- Tornado, July 19, 1994
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 28, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 2026
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Tornado, April 2, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- Tornado, March 10, 2026
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Hail, July 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2025
- Tornado, July 11, 2025
- Tornado, July 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2025
- Hail, March 19, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Ice Storm, December 14, 2024
- Hail, October 24, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2024
- Flood, July 1, 2024
- Tornado, June 25, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2024
- Tornado, May 24, 2024
- Hail, May 21, 2024
- Hail, May 19, 2024
- Hail, May 7, 2024
- Tornado, April 16, 2024
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Blizzard, January 8, 2024
- Tornado, July 28, 2023
- Hail, May 7, 2023
- Tornado, May 6, 2023
- Flood, April 22, 2023
- Hail, April 20, 2023
- Hail, April 4, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 25, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2023
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Hail, November 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2022
- Hail, June 15, 2022
- Tornado, March 5, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Hail, August 24, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2021
- Blizzard, February 4, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Flood, June 28, 2020
- Hail, June 21, 2020
- Flood, June 6, 2020
- Tornado, May 23, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 16, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2020
- Winter Weather, November 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2019
- Tornado, August 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Tornado, May 29, 2019
- Flood, May 27, 2019
- High Wind, May 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Flood, April 25, 2019
- Hail, April 22, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Flood, March 12, 2019
- Blizzard, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 5, 2018
- Flood, October 1, 2018
- Flood, September 4, 2018
- Tornado, August 28, 2018
- Tornado, August 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2018
- Tornado, June 9, 2018
- Hail, May 2, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2017
- Hail, August 10, 2017
- Flood, July 30, 2017
- Tornado, July 26, 2017
- Tornado, July 21, 2017
- Tornado, July 11, 2017
- Tornado, May 17, 2017
- Tornado, April 15, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Tornado, February 28, 2017
- Hail, February 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 4, 2016
- Flood, October 1, 2016
- Flood, September 27, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2016
- Tornado, July 17, 2016
- Tornado, May 31, 2016
- Hail, May 11, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Hail, March 31, 2016
- Tornado, March 15, 2016
- Blizzard, December 28, 2015
- Flood, December 21, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 20, 2015
- Tornado, August 18, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Tornado, June 20, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2015
- Tornado, April 9, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2014
- Hail, August 25, 2014
- Hail, July 12, 2014
- Flood, July 1, 2014
- Hail, June 29, 2014
- Flood, June 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2014
- Hail, April 12, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2014
- Freezing Fog, January 10, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2013
- Ice Storm, December 19, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 10, 2013
- Heat, August 26, 2013
- Flood, June 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2013
- Flood, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 30, 2013
- Flood, May 27, 2013
- Hail, May 19, 2013
- Flood, April 17, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2013
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Dense Fog, November 21, 2012
- Dense Fog, November 19, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, August 7, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2012
- Tornado, May 3, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Hail, March 31, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2011
- Hail, August 8, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Hail, May 29, 2011
- Tornado, May 22, 2011
- Flood, April 16, 2011
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flood, October 1, 2010
- Hail, September 21, 2010
- Flood, August 14, 2010
- Flood, July 28, 2010
- Flood, July 12, 2010
- Flood, July 8, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2010
- Tornado, June 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2010
- Flood, June 17, 2010
- Tornado, June 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2010
- Flood, May 18, 2010
- Hail, April 30, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 19, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2010
- Dense Fog, January 16, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 23, 2009
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2009
- Blizzard, December 9, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2009
- Flood, August 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2009
- Hail, June 27, 2009
- Hail, June 25, 2009
- Flood, May 2, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 13, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2009
- Dense Fog, December 26, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2008
- Blizzard, December 20, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 3, 2008
- Winter Weather, November 29, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Tornado, August 4, 2008
- Tornado, July 10, 2008
- Tornado, June 12, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2008
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Clinton CountyEvery warning in Clinton 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.