Storm History: Hardin County, Iowa
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hardin 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
- 693
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 25
- Damage
- $246 million
- Episodes
- 432
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 | 249 | 0 | 3 | $38 million |
| Hail | 113 | 0 | 22 | $79 million |
| Flash Flood | 64 | 0 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| Blizzard | 34 | 0 | 0 | $520,000 |
| Flood | 34 | 0 | 0 | $22 million |
| High Wind | 33 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 30 | 0 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| Winter Storm | 29 | 0 | 0 | $526,000 |
| Drought | 28 | 0 | 0 | $96 million |
| Heavy Snow | 20 | 0 | 0 | $96,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | $303,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 9 | 0 | 0 | $4.0 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | $294,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | $135,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $78,000 |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, August 9, 2009
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Tornado, May 24, 1989
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Drought, August 1, 2003
- Drought, August 1, 2001
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Tornado, March 22, 1991
- Tornado, June 28, 1990
- Tornado, May 30, 1989
- Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2011
- Tornado, May 28, 1998
- Tornado, April 20, 2001
- Flood, May 22, 2004
- Tornado, June 22, 2007
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 16, 1996
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2022
- Hail, August 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2008
- Hail, May 24, 2024
- Hail, May 7, 2023
- Hail, April 15, 2017
- Hail, April 12, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2002
- Hail, May 16, 1999
- Hail, June 26, 1990
- Hail, May 25, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2024
- Hail, June 6, 2018
- Hail, April 29, 2013
- Hail, July 22, 2013
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 25, 2008
- Tornado, June 18, 1974
- Tornado, May 24, 1989
- Tornado, May 30, 1989
- Tornado, April 8, 1999
- Tornado, May 20, 1953
- Tornado, May 7, 1964
- Tornado, May 31, 1971
- Tornado, September 21, 1973
- Tornado, May 8, 1988
- Tornado, June 28, 1990
- Tornado, March 22, 1991
- Tornado, April 11, 2001
- Tornado, November 12, 2005
- Tornado, August 19, 2019
Every episode, newest first
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2026
- Hail, August 15, 2025
- Tornado, June 26, 2025
- Hail, June 19, 2025
- Hail, June 11, 2025
- Hail, April 23, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 29, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Hail, May 24, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2024
- Hail, May 19, 2024
- Funnel Cloud, May 9, 2024
- Hail, May 8, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- Hail, April 27, 2024
- Tornado, April 16, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Blizzard, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Drought, August 29, 2023
- Tornado, July 28, 2023
- Hail, May 7, 2023
- Tornado, April 4, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2022
- Tornado, July 7, 2022
- Tornado, July 5, 2022
- Flood, June 14, 2022
- Tornado, April 23, 2022
- High Wind, April 14, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Funnel Cloud, October 7, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Tornado, August 27, 2021
- Hail, August 7, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Drought, June 15, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2021
- Blizzard, February 4, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2021
- Drought, October 6, 2020
- Hail, September 5, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Drought, August 18, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2020
- Tornado, June 18, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, October 11, 2019
- Hail, September 14, 2019
- Tornado, September 9, 2019
- Tornado, August 19, 2019
- Hail, July 18, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2019
- Tornado, June 15, 2019
- Tornado, May 29, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, April 28, 2019
- High Wind, April 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 4, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, October 15, 2018
- Tornado, September 4, 2018
- Hail, August 4, 2018
- Hail, August 1, 2018
- Funnel Cloud, July 28, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2018
- Tornado, June 20, 2018
- Funnel Cloud, June 19, 2018
- Hail, June 6, 2018
- Hail, May 25, 2018
- Hail, April 18, 2018
- Hail, April 13, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, October 28, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2017
- Heavy Rain, July 26, 2017
- Hail, July 12, 2017
- Hail, July 2, 2017
- Tornado, June 28, 2017
- Hail, April 15, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Tornado, November 28, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, October 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2016
- Hail, August 11, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2016
- Hail, June 3, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Blizzard, February 7, 2016
- Blizzard, February 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Flood, December 13, 2015
- Heavy Rain, December 12, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 20, 2015
- High Wind, November 11, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2015
- Heavy Rain, August 17, 2015
- Hail, August 9, 2015
- Hail, August 8, 2015
- Hail, June 22, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Blizzard, January 8, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2015
- Flood, September 1, 2014
- Tornado, August 31, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2014
- Tornado, June 30, 2014
- Tornado, June 29, 2014
- Tornado, June 16, 2014
- Hail, April 12, 2014
- Blizzard, February 20, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Blizzard, January 26, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Hail, July 22, 2013
- Hail, July 8, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2013
- Tornado, May 26, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2013
- Hail, May 20, 2013
- Hail, April 29, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 26, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2013
- Ice Storm, January 27, 2013
- Blizzard, December 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2012
- High Wind, January 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2011
- Hail, July 22, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Funnel Cloud, July 7, 2011
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Hail, June 13, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- High Wind, October 27, 2010
- Hail, September 6, 2010
- Tornado, July 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2010
- Tornado, June 22, 2010
- Tornado, June 18, 2010
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Tornado, June 8, 2010
- Blizzard, January 25, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 20, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009
- Hail, August 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2009
- Tornado, June 21, 2009
- Tornado, April 25, 2009
- Winter Storm, April 5, 2009
- Blizzard, December 20, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Flood, July 17, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2008
- Hail, June 14, 2008
- Tornado, June 14, 2008
- Tornado, June 11, 2008
- Tornado, June 7, 2008
- Tornado, May 29, 2008
- Tornado, May 25, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2008
- Tornado, April 24, 2008
- Flash Flood, March 2, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
- Hail, July 18, 2007
- Tornado, June 22, 2007
- Tornado, June 21, 2007
- Hail, April 2, 2007
- Hail, March 31, 2007
- Blizzard, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2007
- Hail, June 24, 2006
- Hail, June 14, 2006
- High Wind, April 15, 2006
- Tornado, April 13, 2006
- Tornado, March 30, 2006
- High Wind, January 24, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2005
- High Wind, November 15, 2005
- Tornado, November 12, 2005
- High Wind, November 12, 2005
- Flood, July 26, 2005
- Hail, June 29, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2005
- Flood, June 26, 2005
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2005
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Hardin CountyEvery warning in Hardin 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.