Iowa

Storm History: Jackson County, Iowa

445 episodes, 578 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jackson 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
578
Deaths
1
Injuries
8
Damage
$70 million
Episodes
445

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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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail11200$1.6 million
Tornado10207$14 million
Winter Storm7210$80,000
Winter Weather4700$5,000
Flash Flood4501$2.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind4300$454,000
Flood3900$23 million
Heavy Snow1700
Blizzard1500
High Wind1400$303,000
Ice Storm1400$77,000
Drought1300$27 million
Dense Fog1200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1200
Frost/Freeze800$495,000
Cold/Wind Chill500
Heat300
Strong Wind200
Heavy Rain100
Excessive Heat100
Freezing Fog100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Jackson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Jackson CountyEvery warning in Jackson 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.