Greene County, Iowa tornado history

38 tornadoes recorded in or across Greene County from 1954 to 2023, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Greene County

The Storm Prediction Center records 38 tornadoes whose paths touched Greene County, Iowa between 1954 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is December, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 10 May 1959. The most recent was on 13 May 2023.

  • 38tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 4injuries
  • 667per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Greene County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01847%
F1 / EF1513%
F2 / EF21232%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF425%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating13%

Greene County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 2000s.1950s31960s31970s11980s21990s72000s92010s42020s9

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s3
1970s1
1980s2
1990s7
2000s9
2010s4
2020s9
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in Dec.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr7May6Jun4Jul4Aug5Sep3Oct0Nov1Dec8
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr7
May6
Jun4
Jul4
Aug5
Sep3
Oct0
Nov1
Dec8

Records for Greene County

Notable tornadoes in Greene County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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