Iowa

Storm History: Winnebago County, Iowa

390 episodes, 542 events since 1961

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.

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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
Tornado14006$11 million
Hail8200$2.7 million
Flash Flood5800$997,000
Blizzard4200$580,000
High Wind3702$1.4 million
Winter Storm3100$506,000
Flood2700$22 million
Thunderstorm Wind2600$261,000
Heavy Snow2000$160,000
Drought1800$75 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1700
Ice Storm1300$151,000
Cold/Wind Chill900$294,000
Frost/Freeze900$6.7 million
Funnel Cloud400
Excessive Heat300$135,000
Lightning200$35,000
Heavy Rain200
Heat100
Winter Weather100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Winnebago County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.