FloodZoneMap.org

Flood — Butler, IA

Jun 26, 2005

June temperatures averaged 73.4º or 3.6º above normal while precipitation averaged 5.19 inches or 0.55 inches above normal. This ranks as the 14th warmest and 50th wettest June among 133 years of state records. This was also the warmest June since 1991 and wettest since 2000. Rainfall, as was also the case in April and May, was heaviest in northern and western Iowa and least in the southeast. Precipitation was fairly evenly distributed through the month with the exception of the 24th-26th whe

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5454714). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Butler, IA

This event is one of many recorded floods in Butler County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

View Butler County flood data →

More Flood Stories

Flood1 death$500K damage

Butler, IA · May 26, 2013

The continued series of thunderstorms moved across Iowa during the afternoon of the 26th and through the overnight hours of the 26th into the 27th. A stationary front remained in place from central Nebraska into northern Missouri.

Read the full account →
Flood$50K damage

Butler, IA · Mar 14, 2019

Reports from the 13h through the 19th in this entry. ||A relatively deep and widespread snowpack existed across the region during early to mid March.

Read the full account →
Flood$100K damage

Butler, IA · Jun 9, 2018

Iowa remained entrenched in the relative ring of fire weather pattern. Morning convection lingered across southern Minnesota and northern Iowa through the morning, before generally subsiding.

Read the full account →
Flood$100K damage

Butler, IA · Jun 10, 2018

Early June activity continued with yet another day of convective activity that included severe storms and heavy rainfall. A relatively stationary boundary was situated across the western and southern portions of the state, acting as a focus for convective activity throughout the…

Read the full account →