Storm History: Sioux County, Iowa

Events

1,046

Deaths

5

Injuries

12

Damage

$69 million

Episodes

728

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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• Winter Storm, January 14, 20072 deaths · 3 injured · 1 event here
• Flood, June 20, 20241 death · $6.5 million · 9 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 20051 death · $50,000 · 69 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 14, 20211 death · 1 injured · 1 event here

• Winter Storm, April 9, 2013$10 million · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2022$9.2 million · 1 event here
• Flood, June 20, 20241 death · $6.5 million · 9 events here
• Drought, October 1, 2023$4.8 million · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2022$4.1 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 11, 2014$3.0 million · EF1 · 5 events here
• Drought, September 1, 2022$2.6 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 5, 1978$2.5 million · F2 · 7 events here
• Tornado, September 22, 1968$2.5 million · F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, August 8, 1979$2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$2.3 million · 1 event here
• Hail, October 1, 2002$2.0 million · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 5, 2023$1.7 million · EF0 · 10 events here
• Drought, August 1, 2020$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Hail, June 19, 1996$1.3 million · 2.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 15, 2014$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, June 15, 2014$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Drought, July 28, 2020$890,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, June 21, 2022$885,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 12, 2005$800,000 · F1 · 1 event here

• Flash Flood, July 9, 20094 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, September 22, 20102.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 7, 19842.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, August 21, 19752.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 18, 2022$10,000 · 2.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 4, 20202.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 28, 20182.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 16, 20022.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 19, 1996$1.3 million · 2.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 14, 19612.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 21, 20252 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 29, 20172 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 25, 20122 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, July 29, 19632 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 18, 20261.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, March 29, 1979F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 28, 1986F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 25, 2010EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 22, 1968$2.5 million · F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 28, 1990F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 26, 1991F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 1992$250 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 5, 1994$550,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 16, 1963$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 2, 1966$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 19, 1973F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 22, 1975F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 5, 1978$2.5 million · F2 · 7 events here
• Tornado, August 8, 1979$2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 29, 1980F2 · 2 events here

Every tornado in Sioux County, with its track

• Hail, June 29, 20261.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20261 event here
• Flash Flood, June 28, 20261.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 202659 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 18, 20261.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 17, 2026EF1 · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, March 31, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, March 15, 20262 events here
• High Wind, March 12, 202653 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 18, 202652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 21, 202659 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 16, 202650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 28, 202551 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 18, 20253 injured · 55 kt wind · 2 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 13, 20252 events here
• High Wind, December 9, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 6, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20251 event here
• High Wind, November 25, 202558 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 8, 20251 event here
• Hail, September 21, 20252 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 15, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 8, 20251 event here
• Flood, July 30, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, July 29, 202557 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 28, 2025EF1 · 13 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 27, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, July 27, 202561 kt wind · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 21, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 202565 kt wind · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20251 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20251.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 2, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 20251.75 in hail · 7 events here
• High Wind, May 19, 202563 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 19, 202563 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 6, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, March 4, 202554 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20251 event here
• High Wind, February 28, 202554 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, February 10, 20251 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20251 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20251 event here
• Strong Wind, December 19, 20241 event here
• High Wind, December 4, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20241 event here
• Strong Wind, November 20, 20241 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 15, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 25, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 5, 20241 event here
• Heat, August 2, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 31, 20241 event here
• Hail, July 29, 202474 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 202470 kt wind · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 13, 20241 event here
• Flood, July 1, 20241 event here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 20241 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 20, 20242 events here
• Flood, June 20, 20241 death · $6.5 million · 9 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 202465 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, June 6, 20241 event here
• Hail, June 2, 20241.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 31, 2024EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 202453 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 16, 2024EF1 · 4 events here
• High Wind, April 6, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 27, 20241 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, January 11, 20243 events here
• Winter Storm, January 8, 20241 event here
• Ice Storm, December 24, 20231 event here
• Strong Wind, December 9, 20231 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, October 28, 20231 event here
• Strong Wind, October 12, 20231 event here
• Drought, October 1, 2023$4.8 million · 1 event here
• Heat, September 2, 20231 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 21, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 19, 20231 event here
• Tornado, August 5, 2023$1.7 million · EF0 · 10 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 25, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 202365 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, July 10, 2023$319,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 3, 20231.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 202370 kt wind · 4 events here
• Drought, June 1, 20231 event here
• Hail, May 31, 20230.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 202352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20231 event here
• High Wind, April 30, 202352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20231.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, April 10, 20231 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 22, 20231 event here
• Flood, March 21, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 16, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 8, 20231 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20231 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 23, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 21, 20231 event here
• High Wind, February 15, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 18, 20231 event here
• Ice Storm, January 2, 20231 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, December 15, 20221 event here
• Ice Storm, December 12, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20221 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, November 29, 20221 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 23, 202252 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2022$2.6 million · 1 event here
• Hail, August 18, 2022$10,000 · 2.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Drought, August 1, 2022$4.1 million · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 202256 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, July 1, 2022$9.2 million · 1 event here
• Drought, June 21, 2022$885,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 2022$7,000 · 78 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, May 1, 2022$200,000 · 1 event here
• Wildfire, April 23, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 14, 202252 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 25, 202251 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 5, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, February 21, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20221 event here
• High Wind, January 4, 202253 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20211 event here
• Tornado, December 15, 2021EF2 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 10, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 16, 2021$80,000 · 70 kt wind · 7 events here
• Hail, August 30, 2021$200,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 26, 2021$190,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 2021$500,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, July 1, 2021$50,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 2021$6,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 2021$2,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, March 14, 20211 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 21, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, February 4, 20211 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, January 23, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, January 14, 20211 death · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, December 29, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20201 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20201 event here
• Ice Storm, November 9, 2020$20,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 2020$47,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, October 24, 20201 event here
• Hail, October 11, 2020$1,000 · 54 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, October 1, 2020$125,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2020$170,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2020$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Drought, July 28, 2020$890,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 2020$17,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 9, 2020$10,000 · 63 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 20202.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 12, 20201 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2020$40,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 28, 20203 events here
• Winter Weather, March 19, 20201 event here
• Flood, March 8, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, February 12, 20201 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, January 12, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, December 28, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 26, 20191 event here
• Flood, October 1, 2019$5,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, September 11, 2019$35,000 · 4 events here
• Hail, July 20, 201961 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 17, 2019$15,000 · 70 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flood, July 17, 20192 events here
• Hail, July 12, 20191 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, July 9, 20192 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2019$400,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, July 1, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 2019$30,000 · 3 events here
• Heat, June 30, 20191 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20191 event here
• Heat, June 28, 20191 event here
• Hail, June 27, 20191.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 27, 20191 event here
• Flood, June 1, 20193 events here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$2.3 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 27, 20194 events here
• Flood, May 1, 20193 events here
• Ice Storm, April 10, 2019$172,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20193 events here
• Flood, March 13, 20198 events here
• Flood, March 13, 2019$610,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 9, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, February 3, 20191 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20191 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, November 28, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, November 16, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, October 14, 20181 event here
• Flood, October 10, 20183 events here
• Flood, September 20, 20182 events here
• Flood, September 20, 20183 events here
• Flood, September 20, 20182 events here
• Flash Flood, September 20, 20182 events here
• Hail, August 28, 20182.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 27, 20181.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 5, 2018EF0 · 5 events here
• Heat, July 11, 20181 event here
• Flood, July 3, 20181 event here
• Flood, July 1, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, June 24, 201856 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, June 21, 20182 events here
• Flood, June 21, 20182 events here
• Flood, June 20, 20181 event here
• Hail, May 29, 201852 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 12, 20181 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20181 event here
• Hail, May 1, 20181.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, April 21, 20182 events here
• Winter Storm, April 18, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, April 14, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, April 8, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, April 2, 20181 event here
• Flood, April 1, 20181 event here
• Flood, March 24, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, March 23, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, March 16, 20181 event here
• Flood, March 6, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, March 5, 20181 event here

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Tornadoes in Sioux CountyEvery warning in Sioux County since 1986Every county in Iowa

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.