Storm History: Winnebago County, Iowa
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Winnebago 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
- 542
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $122 million
- Episodes
- 390
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 | 140 | 0 | 6 | $11 million |
| Hail | 82 | 0 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| Flash Flood | 58 | 0 | 0 | $997,000 |
| Blizzard | 42 | 0 | 0 | $580,000 |
| High Wind | 37 | 0 | 2 | $1.4 million |
| Winter Storm | 31 | 0 | 0 | $506,000 |
| Flood | 27 | 0 | 0 | $22 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 26 | 0 | 0 | $261,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 20 | 0 | 0 | $160,000 |
| Drought | 18 | 0 | 0 | $75 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | $151,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 0 | 0 | $294,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 9 | 0 | 0 | $6.7 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | $135,000 |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 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
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Drought, August 1, 2003
- Drought, August 1, 2001
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Tornado, June 7, 1984
- Frost/Freeze, September 15, 2011
- Tornado, September 20, 1980
- Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009
- Hail, June 22, 1997
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- Flood, May 22, 2004
- Tornado, June 7, 2008
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Cold/Wind Chill, September 21, 1999
- Tornado, April 2, 1967
- Tornado, May 17, 1982
- Tornado, April 26, 1984
- Tornado, July 11, 1987
- Tornado, August 2, 1990
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 22, 1997
- Hail, July 14, 2009
- Hail, May 11, 1962
- Hail, July 4, 1961
- Hail, October 4, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2013
- Hail, July 22, 2013
- Hail, May 30, 2003
- Hail, May 31, 2000
- Hail, April 28, 2025
- Hail, June 19, 2025
- Hail, June 2, 2020
- Hail, September 5, 2020
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 7, 1984
- Tornado, May 31, 1971
- Tornado, June 20, 1974
- Tornado, August 28, 1979
- Tornado, September 20, 1980
- Tornado, August 7, 1994
- Tornado, July 8, 1965
- Tornado, July 19, 1980
- Tornado, May 17, 1982
- Tornado, April 26, 1984
- Tornado, June 16, 1990
- Tornado, August 2, 1990
- Tornado, August 9, 1993
- Tornado, June 12, 1994
- Tornado, July 7, 1994
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, August 17, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2025
- Hail, June 19, 2025
- Hail, April 28, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Hail, September 19, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Blizzard, January 11, 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
- Ice Storm, February 22, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Tornado, July 5, 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
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Funnel Cloud, July 17, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Drought, June 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2021
- Blizzard, February 4, 2021
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Ice Storm, November 10, 2020
- Hail, September 5, 2020
- Tornado, June 18, 2020
- Hail, June 2, 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
- Hail, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, April 28, 2019
- High Wind, April 11, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 4, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 12, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2018
- Tornado, September 4, 2018
- Funnel Cloud, August 15, 2018
- Hail, July 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2018
- Tornado, June 9, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2018
- Blizzard, April 14, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 8, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 23, 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
- Heavy Rain, October 6, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2017
- Tornado, June 16, 2017
- Hail, May 16, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2017
- Hail, April 19, 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
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, October 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2016
- Flood, September 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2016
- Tornado, July 27, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2016
- Hail, July 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 21, 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, July 23, 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
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2014
- Tornado, June 16, 2014
- Tornado, June 1, 2014
- Blizzard, February 20, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Blizzard, January 26, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Hail, August 1, 2013
- Hail, July 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2013
- Funnel Cloud, June 9, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2013
- Heavy Snow, May 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 10, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 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
- Hail, May 5, 2012
- Tornado, May 4, 2012
- Hail, May 3, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2012
- High Wind, January 1, 2012
- High Wind, September 29, 2011
- Frost/Freeze, September 15, 2011
- Hail, September 2, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Hail, July 1, 2011
- Tornado, June 19, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 20, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2011
- Blizzard, January 7, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 23, 2010
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- Hail, September 6, 2010
- Hail, August 31, 2010
- Tornado, July 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2010
- Tornado, June 22, 2010
- Tornado, June 17, 2010
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2010
- Blizzard, January 25, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009
- Hail, July 14, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2009
- High Wind, February 9, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 13, 2009
- Blizzard, December 20, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Tornado, June 11, 2008
- Tornado, June 7, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Blizzard, January 29, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2007
- Hail, May 23, 2007
- Tornado, March 21, 2007
- Blizzard, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 14, 2007
- Winter Storm, November 10, 2006
- Hail, October 4, 2006
- Hail, July 19, 2006
- Flood, April 1, 2006
- High Wind, January 24, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2005
- High Wind, November 15, 2005
- High Wind, November 12, 2005
- Hail, October 4, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2005
- Hail, July 3, 2005
- Tornado, June 20, 2005
- Flood, May 13, 2005
- Tornado, May 10, 2005
- Heavy Snow, March 18, 2005
- High Wind, January 22, 2005
- Blizzard, January 21, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 4, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2005
- High Wind, December 12, 2004
- Flood, September 15, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 14, 2004
- Tornado, August 3, 2004
- Hail, June 8, 2004
- Hail, May 28, 2004
- Tornado, May 24, 2004
- Flood, May 22, 2004
- Hail, May 19, 2004
- Hail, May 7, 2004
- High Wind, April 27, 2004
- High Wind, April 18, 2004
- Tornado, April 17, 2004
- High Wind, March 7, 2004
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2004
- Hail, November 17, 2003
- High Wind, November 12, 2003
- Drought, August 1, 2003
- Tornado, July 9, 2003
- Tornado, July 3, 2003
- Flood, June 27, 2003
- Hail, May 30, 2003
- High Wind, May 30, 2003
- Hail, May 14, 2003
- Flood, May 9, 2003
- Flood, May 4, 2003
- Winter Storm, April 6, 2003
- Ice Storm, April 4, 2003
- High Wind, February 11, 2003
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2003
- High Wind, August 16, 2002
- Hail, August 16, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2002
- High Wind, May 11, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Blizzard, March 9, 2002
- Ice Storm, March 8, 2002
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Winnebago CountyEvery warning in Winnebago 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.