Storm History: Humboldt County, Iowa
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Humboldt 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
- 551
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 38
- Damage
- $139 million
- Episodes
- 430
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 | 119 | 0 | 16 | $7.5 million |
| Hail | 89 | 0 | 1 | $685,000 |
| Flood | 69 | 0 | 20 | $25 million |
| Flash Flood | 51 | 0 | 0 | $2.0 million |
| Blizzard | 40 | 0 | 0 | $575,000 |
| High Wind | 38 | 0 | 1 | $1.2 million |
| Drought | 32 | 0 | 0 | $96 million |
| Winter Storm | 27 | 0 | 0 | $471,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 0 | 0 | $190,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | $708,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 11 | 0 | 0 | $121,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 10 | 0 | 0 | $4.0 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | $294,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | $135,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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.
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Drought, August 1, 2003
- Drought, August 1, 2001
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Tornado, May 21, 2004
- Tornado, June 7, 1984
- Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- Tornado, June 20, 2018
- Flood, June 22, 2010
- Ice Storm, December 23, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2010
- Flood, May 22, 2004
- Flood, July 1, 2010
- Flood, June 20, 2018
- Flood, September 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2007
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
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, June 28, 1979
- Tornado, June 7, 1984
- Tornado, July 28, 1986
- Tornado, July 26, 1969
- Tornado, June 18, 1994
- Tornado, August 19, 2019
- Tornado, May 29, 1956
- Tornado, May 15, 1965
- Tornado, July 8, 1965
- Tornado, June 9, 1974
- Tornado, June 12, 1981
- Tornado, September 5, 1983
- Tornado, April 26, 1984
- Tornado, June 19, 1990
- Tornado, August 7, 1991
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, September 22, 2025
- Hail, August 15, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2025
- Tornado, June 26, 2025
- Tornado, April 17, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- High Wind, February 28, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2024
- Hail, July 6, 2024
- Flood, July 1, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2024
- Flood, June 21, 2024
- Hail, May 24, 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 22, 2023
- Hail, August 11, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2023
- Ice Storm, January 2, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 2, 2022
- Hail, May 30, 2022
- Tornado, April 23, 2022
- High Wind, April 14, 2022
- Tornado, April 12, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Tornado, August 20, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Ice Storm, November 10, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Drought, October 6, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Drought, August 18, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2020
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, October 11, 2019
- Tornado, August 19, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Tornado, May 29, 2019
- Flood, May 22, 2019
- Flood, May 9, 2019
- Flood, May 1, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, April 28, 2019
- Flood, April 23, 2019
- High Wind, April 11, 2019
- Flood, April 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Flood, March 11, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 4, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, October 15, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 12, 2018
- Flood, October 9, 2018
- Flood, September 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2018
- Tornado, September 4, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2018
- Hail, August 4, 2018
- Hail, July 25, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2018
- Flood, June 20, 2018
- Tornado, June 20, 2018
- Funnel Cloud, June 19, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2018
- Hail, June 6, 2018
- Tornado, May 29, 2018
- Flood, May 12, 2018
- Flood, May 1, 2018
- Hail, May 1, 2018
- Flood, April 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2018
- Blizzard, April 14, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- High Wind, December 9, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, October 27, 2017
- Funnel Cloud, August 13, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Blizzard, February 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, October 13, 2016
- Tornado, July 27, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Blizzard, February 7, 2016
- Blizzard, February 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Heavy Rain, December 12, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 20, 2015
- High Wind, November 11, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2015
- Hail, August 9, 2015
- Hail, June 22, 2015
- Tornado, May 17, 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
- Hail, August 24, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2014
- Hail, June 22, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2014
- Tornado, 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
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 26, 2013
- Tornado, May 19, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2013
- Heavy Snow, May 1, 2013
- Hail, April 29, 2013
- Hail, April 9, 2013
- Hail, April 8, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2013
- Blizzard, December 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, September 4, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 25, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2012
- Hail, May 3, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2012
- High Wind, January 1, 2012
- Heavy Snow, December 3, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Flood, July 14, 2011
- Flood, July 1, 2011
- Tornado, June 26, 2011
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Flood, June 15, 2011
- Hail, June 13, 2011
- Flood, June 1, 2011
- Flood, May 22, 2011
- Hail, May 21, 2011
- Hail, May 12, 2011
- Flood, April 19, 2011
- Flood, April 1, 2011
- Flood, March 21, 2011
- Blizzard, January 7, 2011
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- High Wind, October 27, 2010
- Flood, October 1, 2010
- Flood, September 28, 2010
- Tornado, August 10, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2010
- Flood, July 22, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2010
- Tornado, July 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2010
- Flood, July 1, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2010
- Flood, June 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2010
- Tornado, June 22, 2010
- Flood, June 22, 2010
- Hail, June 19, 2010
- Tornado, June 18, 2010
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Flood, June 17, 2010
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- High Wind, May 10, 2010
- Hail, April 29, 2010
- Flood, April 13, 2010
- Flood, April 1, 2010
- Flood, March 14, 2010
- Blizzard, January 25, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 20, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 23, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009
- Hail, August 2, 2009
- Hail, July 22, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2009
- High Wind, February 9, 2009
- Blizzard, December 20, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Hail, August 4, 2008
- Tornado, July 19, 2008
- Tornado, June 14, 2008
- Flood, June 5, 2008
- Tornado, April 24, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 4, 2008
- Blizzard, January 29, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
- Flood, October 18, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2007
- Flood, August 20, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2007
- Hail, July 18, 2007
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Humboldt CountyEvery warning in Humboldt 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.