Storm History: Winneshiek County, Iowa
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Winneshiek 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
- 627
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 17
- Damage
- $44 million
- Episodes
- 392
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 | 183 | 0 | 0 | $15 million |
| Tornado | 117 | 0 | 4 | $9.8 million |
| Flash Flood | 59 | 0 | 0 | $17 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 51 | 0 | 0 | $593,000 |
| Winter Storm | 51 | 0 | 2 | $18,000 |
| Flood | 28 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Heavy Snow | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 21 | 0 | 1 | $77,000 |
| Drought | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $267,000 |
| Winter Weather | 11 | 2 | 10 | $8,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $400 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, July 24, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2016
- Tornado, July 29, 1987
- Tornado, March 24, 1988
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2014
- Tornado, July 19, 1994
- Flood, May 22, 2004
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2013
- Tornado, July 23, 2022
- Tornado, May 15, 2017
- Hail, May 7, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2007
- Tornado, June 12, 1990
- Tornado, August 25, 1965
- Tornado, June 4, 1973
- Tornado, July 10, 1984
- High Wind, November 10, 1998
- Tornado, April 12, 2022
- Hail, October 4, 2006
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 15, 1968
- Tornado, May 5, 1965
- Tornado, May 24, 1989
- Tornado, August 25, 1965
- Tornado, September 9, 1970
- Tornado, June 24, 1971
- Tornado, June 20, 1974
- Tornado, September 20, 1980
- Tornado, June 16, 1992
- Tornado, July 19, 1994
- Tornado, July 27, 1995
- Tornado, September 9, 1965
- Tornado, June 4, 1973
- Tornado, July 29, 1987
- Tornado, March 24, 1988
Every episode, newest first
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2026
- Blizzard, December 28, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Flood, August 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2025
- Hail, August 16, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2025
- Hail, July 2, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Blizzard, March 5, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Drought, October 15, 2024
- Hail, September 19, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 26, 2024
- Tornado, August 5, 2024
- Flood, June 22, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2024
- Hail, May 7, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2023
- Drought, August 15, 2023
- Flood, May 14, 2023
- Heavy Snow, April 16, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2022
- Tornado, July 23, 2022
- Hail, June 28, 2022
- Hail, June 15, 2022
- Tornado, April 12, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Tornado, August 27, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Drought, July 1, 2021
- Drought, June 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 8, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Tornado, September 12, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2019
- Flood, June 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2019
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2019
- Flood, October 8, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 19, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 2, 2018
- Hail, July 13, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2018
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2018
- Flood, June 7, 2018
- Flood, May 3, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 18, 2018
- Hail, April 13, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2018
- Flood, January 22, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 2017
- Drought, October 1, 2017
- Drought, September 19, 2017
- Tornado, July 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2017
- Tornado, May 17, 2017
- Tornado, May 15, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2017
- Heavy Snow, March 12, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2017
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 10, 2016
- Tornado, September 21, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2016
- Flood, September 7, 2016
- Lightning, September 7, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2016
- Heat, July 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2016
- Strong Wind, April 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 16, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 17, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 20, 2015
- Tornado, June 22, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 22, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2015
- Blizzard, January 8, 2015
- Hail, August 18, 2014
- Hail, June 29, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2014
- Flood, June 16, 2014
- Hail, May 19, 2014
- Hail, April 12, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Blizzard, January 26, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Flash Flood, October 4, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2013
- Tornado, May 29, 2013
- Funnel Cloud, May 22, 2013
- Hail, May 20, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 19, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 4, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2013
- Blizzard, December 20, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, September 4, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 9, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2012
- Flood, July 18, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Heat, July 2, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2012
- Tornado, May 24, 2012
- Hail, May 4, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2011
- Hail, June 21, 2011
- Hail, April 10, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2011
- Dense Fog, December 29, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2010
- Blizzard, December 10, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 3, 2010
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2010
- Flood, June 23, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2010
- Dense Fog, March 8, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 10, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2009
- Hail, July 30, 2009
- Hail, July 24, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2009
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 20, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2008
- Hail, July 11, 2008
- Hail, June 28, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2008
- Hail, May 31, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 14, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Blizzard, January 29, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2007
- Hail, July 16, 2007
- Hail, June 21, 2007
- Hail, June 21, 2007
- Hail, May 14, 2007
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2007
- Hail, March 21, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2007
- Blizzard, February 24, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2007
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2007
- Hail, October 4, 2006
- Hail, September 8, 2006
- Funnel Cloud, September 3, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2006
- Hail, July 1, 2006
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2005
- Hail, September 13, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2005
- Hail, May 26, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 17, 2005
- Blizzard, January 22, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 1, 2005
- High Wind, December 12, 2004
- Hail, August 26, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2004
- Hail, July 19, 2004
- Flood, May 22, 2004
- Flood, May 22, 2004
- Hail, May 21, 2004
- Hail, May 21, 2004
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Winneshiek CountyEvery warning in Winneshiek 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.