Iowa Tornado Statistics
2022 Iowa Tornadoes
The 2022 tornado season started off early, and active. On March 5, 2022, 15 tornadoes spawned across the state of Iowa, with the strongest being an EF-4 tornado near Winterset, Iowa. Unfortunately, this tornado caused six fatalities and injured five. This was also the first EF-4 tornado in Iowa since 2013, and one of the longest tornadoes in path in over 40 years. This tornado was on the ground for a little over 70 miles. About a month later, on April 12th, 13 more tornadoes spun up across northern Iowa. Most of these tornadoes were EF-0 to EF-1 in strength, with a couple in the EF-2 category. The prime tornado season in Iowa (May and June) was very quiet, with only 4 tornadoes occurring between the two months. Only a half a dozen more tornadoes occurred in July, with the last tornado of the 2022 season occurring on August 20th in Jones county.
Out of the 42 tornadoes to occur in 2022, there were 10 EFU (Unknowns), 11 EF-0, 13 EF-1, six EF-2, one EF-3, and one EF-4. Most of the tornadoes that occurred in 2022, occurred between 5PM and 11PM.
| Date | Time (CDT/CST) | Counties | EF Rating | Path Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/5/2022 | 3:02 PM – 3:02 PM | Montgomery | EF0 | 0.01 mi |
| 3/5/2022 | 3:38 PM – 3:40 PM | Adams | EFU | 1.48 mi |
| 3/5/2022 | 4:01 PM – 4:05 PM | Adams/Union | EF0 | 2.84 mi |
| 3/5/2022 | 4:26 PM – 6:00 PM | Madison/Warren/Polk/Jasper | EF4 | 70.57 mi |
| 3/5/2022 | 5:07 PM – 5:33 PM | Decatur/Wayne/Lucas | EF2 | 19.42 mi |
| 3/5/2022 | 5:20 PM – 5:24 PM | Decatur/Wayne | EFU | 2.07 mi |
| 3/5/2022 | 5:28 PM – 5:33 PM | Lucas | EFU | 2.07 mi |
| 3/5/2022 | 5:33 PM – 5:53 PM | Lucas | EF3 | 11.28 mi |
| 3/5/2022 | 5:38 PM – 5:51 PM | Wayne | EF2 | 9.87 mi |
| 3/5/2022 | 5:40 PM – 5:42 PM | Lucas | EF0 | 0.65 mi |
| 3/5/2022 | 6:04 PM – 6:28 PM | Jasper/Poweshiek/Tama | EF2 | 17.31 mi |
| 3/5/2022 | 6:33 PM – 6:42 PM | Tama | EF2 | 8.54 mi |
| 3/5/2022 | 7:10 PM – 7:26 PM | Benton | EF1 | 14.04 mi |
| 3/5/2022 | 8:37 PM – 8:38 PM | Scott | EF0 | 0.12 mi |
| 3/5/2022 | 8:37 PM – 8:41 PM | Scott | EF1 | 4.16 mi |
| 4/12/2022 | 6:15 PM – 6:33 PM | Pocahontas | EF2 | 7.43 mi |
| 4/12/2022 | 6:28 PM – 6:37 PM | Humboldt | EF1 | 4.61 mi |
| 4/12/2022 | 6:39 PM – 6:50 PM | Humboldt | EF2 | 5.55 mi |
| 4/12/2022 | 7:33 PM – 7:36 PM | Hancock | EF0 | 1.66 mi |
| 4/12/2022 | 9:08 PM – 9:18 PM | Harrison | EF1 | 9.55 mi |
| 4/12/2022 | 9:25 PM – 9:28 PM | Harrison | EF1 | 2.30 mi |
| 4/12/2022 | 10:26 PM – 10:32 PM | Cerro Gordo | EF1 | 4.56 mi |
| 4/12/2022 | 10:34 PM – 10:36 PM | Worth | EF1 | 1.20 mi |
| 4/12/2022 | 10:41 PM – 10:48 PM | Floyd/Mitchell | EF0 | 8.17 mi |
| 4/12/2022 | 10:57 PM – 11:00 PM | Mitchell | EF1 | 2.83 mi |
| 4/12/2022 | 10:57 PM – 11:09 PM | Mitchell/Howard | EF1 | 9.23 mi |
| 4/12/2022 | 11:10 PM – 11:16 PM | Howard | EF0 | 4.69 mi |
| 4/12/2022 | 11:36 PM – 11:37 PM | Winneshiek | EF0 | 0.61 mi |
| 4/23/2022 | 6:21 PM – 6:32 PM | Polk/Boone/Story | EF1 | 9.09 mi |
| 4/23/2022 | 6:23 PM – 6:28 PM | Polk/Boone | EFU | 3.93 mi |
| 4/23/2022 | 6:24 PM – 6:27 PM | Polk | EF0 | 2.43 mi |
| 5/12/2022 | 7:01 PM – 7:02 PM | Woodbury | EFU | 0.08 mi |
| 5/30/2022 | 2:17 AM – 2:19 AM | Lyon | EF1 | 1.94 mi |
| 5/30/2022 | 2:21 AM – 2:22 AM | Lyon | EF0 | 0.54 mi |
| 6/15/2022 | 12:18 AM – 12:25 AM | Pottawattamie | EF1 | 2.38 mi |
| 7/5/2022 | 5:37 PM – 5:42 PM | Emmet | EF0 | 1.69 mi |
| 7/5/2022 | 8:44 PM – 8:46 PM | Buchanan | EFU | 1.37 mi |
| 7/5/2022 | 9:00 PM – 9:01 PM | Buchanan | EFU | 0.67 mi |
| 7/7/2022 | 2:32 PM – 2:34 PM | Carroll | EFU | 0.36 mi |
| 7/7/2022 | 5:17 PM – 5:19 PM | Hardin | EFU | 0.33 mi |
| 7/23/2022 | 11:44 PM – 11:46 PM | Allamakee | EF1 | 1.46 mi |
| 8/20/2022 | 12:20 PM – 12:31 PM | Jones | EFU | 0.15 mi |