Winter Weather in Iowa

Events

2,490

Deaths

22

Injuries

32

Damage

$770,000

• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Iowa, November 9 to 10, 20202 deaths · 3 injured · $40,000 · 11 eventsUnusual warmth with a week of temperatures mainly in the 70s (even 50s and 60s on November 9 less than a day before this storm) was brought to an abrupt end as a deep trough of low pressure moved out of Rockies and into the Plains.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, February 3, 20082 deaths · 4 injured · 18 eventsOn February 3, 2008 a strong upper air disturbance moving through Missouri, produced an intense overrunning situation across the|region. Many areas of eastern Iowa, western Illinois and northeast Missouri reported thundersnows.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, February 3, 20182 deaths · 4 injured · $4,000 · 1 eventTwo sisters were killed in a two vehicle accident north of Decorah (Winneshiek County) on February 5th. Roads were still partially snow covered from snow that fell two days earlier on February 3rd.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 12, 20202 deaths · 2 injured · $11,000 · 7 eventsA mid-level disturbance worked northeast from Colorado early morning January 12 into Iowa by late day. Broad lift initially within the warm advection zone became increasingly concentrated, with deeper lift in the dendritic growth layer by afternoon across northwest Iowa.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, December 3, 20082 deaths · 21 eventsAn arctic front swept through the region on December 3, 2008 accompanied by a band of snow behind the frontal passage. Mainly light snow fell for about a 5 to 7 hour period with total accumulations of 2 to 4 inches across eastern Iowa and northwest and western Illinois.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, February 13 to 14, 20091 death · 9 injured · 7 eventsAn upper air disturbance moving across the region produced a six to nine hour period of light to moderate snow on February 13-14, 2009. A band of 3 to 4 inches of snow was common across northeast Iowa and northwest Illinois.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, April 9 to 11, 2013$55 million · 11 eventsHeavy precipitation with rapid cooling produced a combination of freezing rain, sleet, and snow over much of northwest Iowa from the evening hours of April 9th, to the morning of April 11th.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, January 16 to 17, 20211 death · $30,000 · 1 eventOne person was killed in a single vehicle accident northwest of North Buena Vista (Clayton County) on January 16, 2021.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 11 to 13, 20121 death · 21 eventsAfter a day of sunshine and record high temperatures in the lower to middle 50s on January 11, 2012 a strong polar cold front plowed across the region.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, March 1 to 2, 20071 death · 19 eventsMarch roared in like a lion, as an intense low pressure system tracked from Oklahoma to central Iowa, and then into the western Great Lakes.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, January 18 to 19, 20231 death · $20,000 · 1 eventA Charles City (Floyd County) driver died in a single motor vehicle accident after losing control on a rural road east of Charles City. Rural roads across portions of Floyd County remained slippery after a snow event that occurred from January 18th into the 19th.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, January 20 to 22, 20081 death · 13 eventsLow pressure in Kansas brought warmer south winds over a dome of arctic air presiding across the region. As the low tracked along the Iowa/Missouri border and to near Chicago, an optimum over-running situation developed.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, December 28 to 30, 20191 death · 8 eventsA deep trough across the southwestern U.S. in the early morning of Saturday, December 28 pushed eastward through the day, allowing low pressure to organize near the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, November 9, 20111 death · 2 eventsA strong upper level disturbance lifting from west Texas into the mid Mississippi Valley brought widespread rain to eastern Iowa beginning late in the evening of November 7th and continued through the 8th and into the early morning hours of November 9th.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, January 11, 20121 death · 2 eventsLight snow accompanied an Arctic cold front that passed through extreme eastern Nebraska and west central Iowa during the afternoon of January 11th.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, November 9, 20111 death · $5,000 · 1 eventA light snow event during the morning hours of November 9th created icy roadways. Snowfall amounts ranged from a half inch to around 2.5 inches, but this was enough to create dangerous driving conditions which resulted in a fatal accident on State Highway 13 four miles west of…
• Winter Weather in Iowa, December 2 to 3, 20111 death · $5,000 · 1 eventLight freezing rain late in the evening hours of December 2nd created icy roadways across Floyd County. One fatality occurred from a single car accident near Charles City when the driver lost control on the icy roadways.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, January 20, 20121 death · $4,000 · 1 eventOne fatality occurred from an accident that occurred on snow covered roads near Westgate (Fayette County). The accident happened while snow was falling over much of northeast Iowa thanks to an upper level disturbance that tracked over the Upper Midwest.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, January 16, 20131 death · $5,000 · 1 eventOne person was killed January 16th after a car skidded off an ice covered county road, hit a rock, rolled and ejected the driver. The accident occurred near Harpers Ferry (Allamakee County) after freezing drizzle earlier in the day had created a glaze of ice on untreated roads.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, December 12, 20191 death · $3,000 · 1 eventOne person was killed in a single vehicle accident north of Westgate (Fayette County). The driver lost control on icy roads, crashed into a ditch and was killed when ejected from the vehicle.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, February 20 to 21, 20112 injured · $252,000 · 8 eventsA winter storm came out of the southwest United States and brought freezing rain and a little bit of snow to northeast Iowa from February 20th into the 21st. The freezing rain created ice accumulations that ranged from a tenth of an inch up to a quarter of an inch.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 27 to 28, 2023$250,000 · 11 eventsWith colder air entrenched across the northern tier of the U.S., a jet streak dropped southeast out of Canada and a strong zone of frontogenetic forcing along the boundary of colder air resulted in a band of heavy snowfall, with brief rates up to 1 to 2 inches per hour through…
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 20, 2010$200,000 · 11 eventsFreezing rain produced ice accumulations of a quarter inch or a little more in the Sioux City to Storm lake areas of northwest Iowa.Travel and walking were made extremely hazardous, and power lines and trees were damaged.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, February 15 to 16, 2006$42,000 · 22 eventsA winter storm moved along a frontal boundary from the southern Plains and into the Great Lakes region.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, January 28 to 29, 20116 injured · $4,000 · 1 eventA light snow event on the 28th transitioned to freezing drizzle before ending during the early morning hours of the 29th. The freezing drizzle created icy roads and six people were injured in an accident on U.S. Highway 52 south of Decorah (Winneshiek County).

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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.