Storm History: Marion County, Iowa
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Marion 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
- 919
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 31
- Damage
- $279 million
- Episodes
- 513
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 257 | 0 | 6 | $1.9 million |
| Tornado | 238 | 0 | 25 | $125 million |
| Flash Flood | 121 | 0 | 0 | $4.3 million |
| Flood | 88 | 0 | 0 | $26 million |
| Drought | 33 | 0 | 0 | $110 million |
| Winter Storm | 29 | 0 | 0 | $565,000 |
| High Wind | 27 | 0 | 0 | $882,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 26 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Heavy Snow | 22 | 0 | 0 | $3.5 million |
| Blizzard | 17 | 0 | 0 | $335,000 |
| Ice Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | $323,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 9 | 0 | 0 | $4.0 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | $294,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | $135,000 |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, July 19, 2018
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Drought, August 1, 2003
- Drought, August 1, 2001
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2000
- Drought, August 14, 2000
- Drought, July 20, 1999
- Heavy Snow, October 26, 1997
- Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2015
- Flood, June 5, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 1997
- Tornado, May 29, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2015
- Flood, May 22, 2004
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 25, 2008
- Tornado, June 22, 1964
- Tornado, June 18, 1974
- Tornado, July 28, 1986
- Tornado, May 24, 1989
- Tornado, April 8, 1999
- Tornado, April 16, 1960
- Tornado, May 18, 1971
- Tornado, May 8, 1988
- Tornado, April 11, 2001
- Tornado, June 22, 2015
- Tornado, July 19, 2018
- Tornado, August 19, 2019
- Tornado, May 21, 1957
- Tornado, May 28, 1962
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2025
- Hail, June 19, 2025
- Hail, May 19, 2025
- Hail, March 14, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Hail, October 4, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2024
- Hail, July 30, 2024
- Hail, July 28, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2024
- Tornado, June 25, 2024
- Hail, May 27, 2024
- Hail, May 24, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2024
- Hail, May 19, 2024
- Tornado, May 6, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 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 1, 2023
- Tornado, July 28, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Drought, June 27, 2023
- Tornado, May 12, 2023
- Hail, May 7, 2023
- Tornado, April 19, 2023
- Tornado, April 4, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Heavy Rain, November 4, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Hail, September 17, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 9, 2022
- High Wind, March 25, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Hail, August 10, 2021
- Hail, July 30, 2021
- Tornado, June 20, 2021
- Hail, June 18, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Blizzard, February 4, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Hail, July 14, 2020
- Funnel Cloud, June 19, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Hail, May 14, 2020
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, October 11, 2019
- Tornado, September 21, 2019
- Tornado, August 19, 2019
- Hail, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2019
- Hail, June 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2019
- Hail, May 25, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, April 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 15, 2018
- Tornado, October 8, 2018
- Flood, October 5, 2018
- Tornado, September 4, 2018
- Drought, September 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2018
- Hail, August 28, 2018
- Drought, August 21, 2018
- Tornado, July 19, 2018
- Funnel Cloud, July 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2018
- Hail, June 28, 2018
- Funnel Cloud, June 21, 2018
- Tornado, June 20, 2018
- Hail, June 6, 2018
- Hail, May 25, 2018
- Tornado, May 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, October 28, 2017
- Drought, October 1, 2017
- Drought, September 1, 2017
- Drought, August 1, 2017
- Tornado, June 28, 2017
- Hail, June 22, 2017
- Hail, June 15, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2017
- Funnel Cloud, May 23, 2017
- Hail, May 17, 2017
- Hail, May 16, 2017
- Hail, April 15, 2017
- Hail, April 9, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, October 13, 2016
- Heavy Rain, September 7, 2016
- Heavy Rain, August 1, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2016
- Tornado, July 19, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Flood, December 13, 2015
- Heavy Rain, December 12, 2015
- Ice Storm, November 26, 2015
- Tornado, November 11, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2015
- Flood, July 15, 2015
- Flood, June 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2015
- Tornado, June 22, 2015
- Tornado, June 20, 2015
- Funnel Cloud, June 14, 2015
- Hail, May 4, 2015
- Hail, April 19, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2015
- Flood, October 13, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2014
- Tornado, August 31, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2014
- Tornado, June 30, 2014
- Tornado, June 29, 2014
- Tornado, June 16, 2014
- Hail, May 12, 2014
- Hail, April 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- High Wind, January 26, 2014
- Blizzard, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 21, 2013
- Hail, September 19, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Hail, July 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2013
- Hail, May 19, 2013
- Heavy Snow, May 2, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 26, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2013
- Blizzard, December 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2012
- Hail, October 13, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Hail, July 25, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2012
- High Wind, May 3, 2012
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- High Wind, January 1, 2012
- Lightning, October 12, 2011
- Hail, August 6, 2011
- Hail, July 22, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Tornado, July 11, 2011
- Tornado, June 26, 2011
- Flood, June 25, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2011
- Flood, June 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2011
- Hail, June 5, 2011
- Hail, May 29, 2011
- Flood, May 22, 2011
- High Wind, April 10, 2011
- Hail, April 3, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2011
- Flood, February 17, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- High Wind, October 27, 2010
- Flood, September 21, 2010
- Tornado, August 10, 2010
- Flood, August 9, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2010
- Tornado, July 23, 2010
- Flood, July 18, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2010
- Funnel Cloud, July 6, 2010
- Flood, July 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2010
- Flood, June 22, 2010
- Tornado, June 18, 2010
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2010
- Flood, May 11, 2010
- Hail, April 30, 2010
- Flood, April 25, 2010
- Flood, April 24, 2010
- Hail, April 6, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Hail, April 2, 2010
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 2010
- Flood, March 14, 2010
- Flood, March 9, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2010
- Blizzard, January 25, 2010
- Flood, January 24, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 20, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Flood, December 25, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2009
- Flood, October 29, 2009
- Flood, October 22, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009
- Flood, August 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 26, 2009
- Hail, July 14, 2009
- Flood, June 18, 2009
- Hail, June 17, 2009
- Flood, May 14, 2009
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Marion CountyEvery warning in Marion 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.