Storm History: Dubuque County, Iowa
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Dubuque 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
- 965
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 27
- Damage
- $101 million
- Episodes
- 539
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 | 244 | 0 | 1 | $31 million |
| Hail | 215 | 0 | 9 | $9.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 129 | 0 | 0 | $30 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 100 | 0 | 6 | $659,000 |
| Winter Storm | 65 | 1 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 52 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Flood | 35 | 0 | 0 | $7.8 million |
| Heavy Snow | 22 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Ice Storm | 17 | 0 | 0 | $16,000 |
| High Wind | 15 | 0 | 1 | $120,000 |
| Blizzard | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 12 | 1 | 10 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 12 | 0 | 0 | $21 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 7 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 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, March 13, 1990
- Flash Flood, May 16, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2011
- Hail, August 19, 1994
- Flood, June 1, 2008
- Drought, July 1, 2005
- Tornado, May 8, 1988
- Drought, August 1, 2005
- Hail, July 5, 2003
- Flood, May 20, 2003
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Tornado, July 23, 2016
- Tornado, July 20, 1994
- Hail, April 30, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2010
- Hail, June 19, 2009
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Tornado, April 30, 1967
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, August 26, 1965
- Tornado, April 30, 1967
- Tornado, June 2, 1980
- Tornado, June 7, 1984
- Tornado, May 24, 1989
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, May 8, 1964
- Tornado, September 9, 1970
- Tornado, May 18, 1971
- Tornado, June 24, 1971
- Tornado, September 21, 1973
- Tornado, June 20, 1974
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2026
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Tornado, April 14, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- Tornado, March 10, 2026
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Hail, September 22, 2025
- Hail, August 16, 2025
- Tornado, August 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2025
- Tornado, July 11, 2025
- Tornado, July 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2025
- Hail, April 17, 2025
- Hail, March 19, 2025
- Tornado, March 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Ice Storm, December 14, 2024
- High Wind, December 4, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Flood, July 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2024
- Tornado, May 24, 2024
- Hail, May 21, 2024
- Hail, May 7, 2024
- Hail, April 27, 2024
- Tornado, April 16, 2024
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2024
- Hail, February 8, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Blizzard, January 8, 2024
- Tornado, August 14, 2023
- Tornado, July 28, 2023
- Tornado, June 24, 2023
- Flood, April 22, 2023
- Hail, April 19, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2023
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2022
- Hail, June 15, 2022
- Tornado, March 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Hail, August 24, 2021
- Tornado, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2021
- Tornado, June 20, 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
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2020
- Tornado, March 28, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2020
- Winter Weather, November 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, October 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2019
- Tornado, August 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2019
- High Wind, May 21, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Flood, April 25, 2019
- Hail, April 17, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Blizzard, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 7, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, October 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2018
- Hail, August 5, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2018
- Hail, May 25, 2018
- Hail, May 13, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 18, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2017
- Tornado, July 21, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2017
- Tornado, July 11, 2017
- Hail, July 10, 2017
- Hail, July 5, 2017
- Tornado, June 28, 2017
- Hail, June 14, 2017
- Tornado, May 17, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2016
- Hail, September 21, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2016
- Tornado, July 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2016
- Tornado, June 14, 2016
- Hail, May 28, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Blizzard, December 28, 2015
- Tornado, December 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 20, 2015
- Tornado, November 11, 2015
- Hail, September 17, 2015
- Hail, June 22, 2015
- Tornado, June 20, 2015
- Tornado, April 9, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 14, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2014
- Hail, June 29, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2014
- Hail, May 20, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 4, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 1, 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
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2013
- Hail, November 17, 2013
- Hail, September 19, 2013
- Heat, August 26, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2013
- Hail, June 12, 2013
- Hail, May 19, 2013
- Hail, April 29, 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
- Hail, September 5, 2012
- Drought, August 7, 2012
- Hail, July 25, 2012
- Drought, July 10, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2012
- Winter Weather, November 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Flood, April 13, 2011
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 20, 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
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Flood, October 1, 2010
- Hail, September 21, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2010
- Flood, July 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2010
- Hail, April 30, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 19, 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
- Hail, August 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2009
- Hail, June 19, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 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
- Ice Storm, December 8, 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
- Hail, August 3, 2008
- Tornado, July 10, 2008
- Tornado, July 2, 2008
- Tornado, June 12, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2008
- Flood, June 1, 2008
- Hail, May 31, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2008
- Tornado, May 25, 2008
- Hail, May 1, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, April 29, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, April 28, 2008
- Tornado, April 24, 2008
- Flood, April 1, 2008
- Hail, March 27, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2008
- Dense Fog, February 4, 2008
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Dubuque CountyEvery warning in Dubuque 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.