Storm History: Hamilton County, Iowa

Events

683

Deaths

4

Injuries

19

Damage

$176 million

Episodes

470

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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• Tornado, November 12, 20051 death · 3 injured · $12 million · F3 · 4 events here
• High Wind, November 10, 19981 death · $305,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 20081 death · $100,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Dense Fog, November 14, 20241 death · 2 injured · 1 event here

• Drought, July 1, 2012$45 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 1989$25 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2013$21 million · 1 event here
• Flood, June 12, 2010$20 million · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2003$13 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 12, 20051 death · 3 injured · $12 million · F3 · 4 events here
• Drought, August 1, 2001$11 million · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2012$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 13, 1990$2.5 million · F4 · 2 events here
• Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009$2.5 million · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 1995$1.3 million · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Flood, June 22, 2010$1.1 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 28, 197910 injured · $500,000 · F4 · 2 events here
• Ice Storm, December 23, 2009$500,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 17, 2010$452,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, September 13, 2000$420,000 · F0 · 11 events here
• Flood, May 22, 2004$398,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 2010$385,000 · EF0 · 7 events here
• Tornado, December 15, 2021$360,000 · EF2 · 5 events here

• Hail, August 9, 2009$80,000 · 3 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 2008$13,000 · 3 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 20242.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 12, 2014$15,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, September 14, 19872.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 15, 2017$5,000 · 2.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 19, 20252 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 20242 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 6, 20182 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, June 13, 2018$120,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, April 9, 20132 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 2013$139,000 · 2 in hail · 9 events here
• Flash Flood, May 8, 2005$10,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 13, 1995$10,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 1995$1.3 million · 2 in hail · 4 events here

• Tornado, May 25, 2008$5,000 · EF5 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 18, 1974F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 28, 197910 injured · $500,000 · F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 28, 1986F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 24, 1989$25 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 13, 1990$2.5 million · F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 27, 1995$6,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 8, 19994 injured · $22,000 · F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, November 12, 20051 death · 3 injured · $12 million · F3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 26, 1969F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 28, 1979F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 26, 1991F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 11, 2001$80,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 19, 2018$1,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 14, 2021$19,000 · EF3 · 2 events here

Every tornado in Hamilton County, with its track

• Heavy Snow, February 19, 20261 event here
• High Wind, February 18, 202651 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 22, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2025$1,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 202562 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 19, 20252 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 19, 20251.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 14, 2025$2,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Blizzard, March 4, 202555 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 28, 202557 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20251 event here
• Dense Fog, November 14, 20241 death · 2 injured · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 29, 20241 event here
• Hail, July 28, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 6, 20241.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 24, 20242.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 24, 2024$80,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 20242 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20241 event here
• Tornado, April 7, 2024EF1 · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, January 11, 20242 events here
• Winter Storm, January 8, 20241 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, August 29, 20231 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 28, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 18, 20231 event here
• Ice Storm, January 2, 20231 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20222 events here
• Drought, December 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 18, 20221 event here
• Hail, May 30, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 23, 2022EF1 · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 14, 202254 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 12, 2022EF2 · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20222 events here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20221 event here
• Tornado, December 15, 2021$360,000 · EF2 · 5 events here
• Drought, November 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20211 event here
• Tornado, August 20, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Funnel Cloud, July 17, 20211 event here
• Tornado, July 14, 2021$19,000 · EF3 · 2 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, June 15, 20211 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, February 4, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 25, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, December 29, 20201 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20201 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20201 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20201 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 2020EF1 · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20202 events here
• Frost/Freeze, October 11, 20191 event here
• Hail, September 14, 20191.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, August 12, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 201961 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 17, 20191 event here
• Tornado, May 29, 2019EF1 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 28, 20191 event here
• High Wind, April 11, 201955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 13, 2019$200,000 · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 4, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, February 23, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, February 16, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 20191 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 15, 20181 event here
• Flood, September 20, 2018$350,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 4, 2018EF1 · 2 events here
• Heavy Rain, August 19, 20182 events here
• Hail, August 4, 2018$35,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 1, 20181.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 25, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 19, 2018$1,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2018EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 2018$10,000 · 1.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 13, 2018$120,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 6, 20182 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, April 13, 20181.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 23, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, February 8, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 20171 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 27, 20171 event here
• Hail, July 12, 201752 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 22, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 15, 2017$5,000 · 2.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 19, 2017$20,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 6, 2017$20,000 · EF2 · 3 events here
• Blizzard, February 23, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 20171 event here
• Ice Storm, January 15, 20171 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 13, 20161 event here
• Flood, September 22, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, September 15, 201654 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, July 16, 2016$10,000 · 1.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2016$5,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 30, 2016$1,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 19, 201653 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 7, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, February 2, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, December 24, 20151 event here
• Heavy Rain, December 12, 20152 events here
• Winter Storm, November 20, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 11, 201557 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 27, 2015$125,000 · 14 events here
• Hail, August 8, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, June 17, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, June 10, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 25, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 2015$50,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 8, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 5, 20151 event here
• Tornado, August 31, 2014$229,000 · EF1 · 14 events here
• Tornado, July 6, 2014$1,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 30, 2014$279,000 · EF2 · 10 events here
• Tornado, June 29, 2014$2,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 16, 2014EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 12, 2014$15,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Blizzard, February 20, 2014$25,000 · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 20141 event here
• Blizzard, January 26, 2014$10,000 · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2013$21 million · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 2013$139,000 · 2 in hail · 9 events here
• Flash Flood, June 24, 201365 kt wind · 2 events here
• Funnel Cloud, June 9, 20131 event here
• Flash Flood, May 25, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 29, 20131.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 9, 20132 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 8, 2013$3,000 · 1.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, March 10, 2013$5,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 21, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, December 20, 2012$100,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 19, 2012$25,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, September 4, 2012$35,000 · 64 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2012$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Hail, July 25, 2012$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2012$45 million · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 19, 2012$1,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 29, 2012$10,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 1, 2012$10,000 · 63 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lightning, October 12, 20111 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2011$7,000 · 72 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 23, 2011$88,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011$135,000 · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, July 7, 20112 events here
• Hail, July 1, 2011$23,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 26, 2011$100,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 13, 2011$15,000 · 59 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 11, 2010$75,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 27, 2010$25,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 2010$385,000 · EF0 · 7 events here
• Flash Flood, August 8, 201062 kt wind · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, July 30, 20101 event here
• Flash Flood, July 23, 2010$60,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 21, 2010EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 17, 2010$452,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 12, 20101 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 20101 event here
• Flood, June 22, 2010$1.1 million · 1 event here
• Flood, June 12, 2010$20 million · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 10, 2010$25,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 12, 2010$4,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 2, 2010$5,000 · 66 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, March 9, 2010$25,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 25, 2010$75,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 20, 2010$100,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 6, 2010$25,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 23, 2009$500,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 8, 2009$50,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 7, 2009$10,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009$2.5 million · 1 event here
• Hail, August 9, 2009$80,000 · 3 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 2, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 7, 2009$5,000 · 0.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 2009$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2009$4,000 · EF1 · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 2009$1,000 · 54 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 5, 2009$20,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 20, 20081 event here
• Winter Storm, December 18, 2008$5,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 2008$10,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 2008$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 14, 200851 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 19, 2008$5,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 2008$13,000 · 3 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 14, 2008$30,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 11, 2008$198,000 · EF0 · 9 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 20081 death · $100,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flood, June 5, 2008$325,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 4, 2008$25,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 29, 2008$13,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 25, 2008$5,000 · EF5 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 6, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 24, 2008$60,000 · EF0 · 3 events here
• Flood, March 12, 20081 event here
• Flash Flood, March 2, 2008$50,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 10, 2007$50,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 1, 2007$10,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, October 15, 2007$75,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, August 20, 2007$100,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 19, 2007$5,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 18, 2007$15,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 22, 2007$150,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2007$10,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 1, 2007EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 14, 2007$11,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 6, 2007$25,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 25, 2007$250,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 24, 2007$25,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 2, 2007$10,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 2, 2007$8,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, March 12, 2007$50,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 1, 2007$100,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 2007$250,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 20, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 16, 2006$5,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 16, 2006$28,000 · 66 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 1, 2006$20,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 8, 2006$24,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 15, 2006$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 13, 2006$51,000 · F0 · 9 events here
• Hail, April 11, 20061 in hail · 1 event here

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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.