Tornado History Map

Ida County, Iowa tornado history

17 tornadoes recorded in or across Ida County from 1953 to 2021, 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 Ida County

The Storm Prediction Center records 17 tornadoes whose paths touched Ida County, Iowa between 1953 and 2021. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 26 July 1969. The most recent was on 15 December 2021.

  • 17tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 394per 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 Ida County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0424%
F1 / EF1529%
F2 / EF2529%
F3 / EF316%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating212%

Ida County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 2010s.1950s21960s11970s21980s21990s32000s12010s42020s2

The 2020s only run to 2021, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s1
1970s2
1980s2
1990s3
2000s1
2010s4
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr2May0Jun7Jul3Aug1Sep2Oct0Nov0Dec2
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May0
Jun7
Jul3
Aug1
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec2

Records for Ida County

  • Strongest: Iowa tornado26 July 1969, F3, 22.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Iowa tornado7 June 1953, F2, 49.2 miles long
  • Most recent: Iowa tornado15 December 2021, EF0, 2.9 miles long

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

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