4,632 first-hand accounts of flood events in Iowa, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
The heavy rains and subsequent minor flooding experienced in March continued through much of April. Data from the Iowa State Climatologist indicated statewide precipitation in April was 3.99 inches, or .83 inches above normal.
Read the full account →The heavy rains and subsequent minor flooding experienced in March continued through much of April. Data from the Iowa State Climatologist indicated statewide precipitation in April was 3.99 inches, or .83 inches above normal.
Read the full account →The heavy rains and subsequent minor flooding experienced in March continued through much of April. Data from the Iowa State Climatologist indicated statewide precipitation in April was 3.99 inches, or .83 inches above normal.
Read the full account →The heavy rains and subsequent minor flooding experienced in March continued through much of April. Data from the Iowa State Climatologist indicated statewide precipitation in April was 3.99 inches, or .83 inches above normal.
Read the full account →The heavy rains and subsequent minor flooding experienced in March continued through much of April. Data from the Iowa State Climatologist indicated statewide precipitation in April was 3.99 inches, or .83 inches above normal.
Read the full account →The heavy rains and subsequent minor flooding experienced in March continued through much of April. Data from the Iowa State Climatologist indicated statewide precipitation in April was 3.99 inches, or .83 inches above normal.
Read the full account →A rather complex weather situation was in place over Iowa. An outflow boundary drifted south across the state during the day from convection that had taken place earlier in the day. The boundary became stationary over the southern sections of the state.
Read the full account →April temperatures averaged 46.4�� or 2.1�� below normal while pecipitation totaled 5.93 inches or 2.60 inches above normal. This ranks as the 31st coldest and 2nd wettest April among 136 years of state records.
Read the full account →Wet weather was the rule through most of May. However, a very welcome dry period at mid month finally allowed spring planting to progress. A statewide average of only 0.07 inches of rain fell between the afternoon of the 11th and the evening of the 22nd.
Read the full account →Wet weather was the rule through most of May. However, a very welcome dry period at mid month finally allowed spring planting to progress. A statewide average of only 0.07 inches of rain fell between the afternoon of the 11th and the evening of the 22nd.
Read the full account →Wet weather was the rule through most of May. However, a very welcome dry period at mid month finally allowed spring planting to progress. A statewide average of only 0.07 inches of rain fell between the afternoon of the 11th and the evening of the 22nd.
Read the full account →Wet weather was the rule through most of May. However, a very welcome dry period at mid month finally allowed spring planting to progress. A statewide average of only 0.07 inches of rain fell between the afternoon of the 11th and the evening of the 22nd.
Read the full account →Wet weather was the rule through most of May. However, a very welcome dry period at mid month finally allowed spring planting to progress. A statewide average of only 0.07 inches of rain fell between the afternoon of the 11th and the evening of the 22nd.
Read the full account →Iowa came off of a very wet May, only to be followed by a near record wet June. Some of the flooding along Iowa's rivers continued from May into June. Heavy rains fell on a nearly daily basis somewhere in Iowa through the first half of the month.
Read the full account →Iowa received a welcome break from heavy winter precipitation. The month was practically snow-free until the 13th when snow fell over the southeast one-half of the state with greatest amounts in central (7.6 inches at Des Moines) and southwest (6.8 inches at Oakland) Iowa.
Read the full account →Relatively wet weather prevailed over much of Iowa for the first one-half of July but the second half of the month was much drier in most areas. Monthly rain totals varied from 2.03 inches at Newton to 8.95 inches at Anamosa.
Read the full account →Rainfall totals were generally less than normal over the northwest one-half of Iowa and greater than normal over the southeast. Very wet conditions prevailed in the far southeast where Keosauqua recorded 11.49 inches of rain or about three times the normal May amount.
Read the full account →A very humid and unstable airmass was in place over Iowa during the evening of the 11th into the morning of the 12th. A strong push if moisture pushed precipitable water values to over 2 inches over southern Iowa by evening.
Read the full account →A strong weather system moved through the central U.S. from the 21st through the 23rd of the month. Strong convection formed north of a warm frontal boundary lifting north through the state.
Read the full account →The flooding that began earlier in the month continued as the warmer air moved north. Much of the secondary flooding of the month occurred over northern Iowa in places that hadn't already reached flood stage from the first wave of melting.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front moving east through Iowa. By the evening, a surface low had developed along the cold front as it moved into Eastern Iowa.
Read the full account →An area of thunderstorms developed over northwest and west central Iowa during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Deep moisture was in place over the state, combined with light winds aloft. The result was very heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Flooding from rain and snowmelt in March continued into April. Flooding was the most extensive over the north half of Iowa, particularly along the Des Moines River Basin. Much of the flooding was in agricultural areas and did not have major impacts.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the second and third weeks of June resulted in the Skunk River at Augusta going above the moderate flood stage level of 17 feet on June 14 around 2 pm. It crested above the major flood stage around 21.6 feet around 1 am June 22.
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