National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

...LIST OF MAJOR ICE STORMS THAT HAVE AFFECTED EASTERN IOWA...


1) FEB 24 2007. 1/2 TO 1 1/2 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. MAJOR POWER OUTAGES.

2) NOV 28 1983.  POWER OUT FOR SEVERAL DAYS.  RADIO TRANSMISSION TOWERS  KNOCKED DOWN.

3) JAN 22-23 1965. AVERAGE 1 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE.

4) FEB 8-10 1959. SOME ICE BUT MAINLY HEAVY SNOW EVENT.

5) JAN 7 1937. PROBABLY THE WORST ICE STORM ON RECORD FOR EASTERN IOWA.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. ICE ON GROUND FOR 6 WEEKS
AFTERWARDS.

6) JAN 15 1935

7) MAR 19 1927

8) MAR 13 1917

9) JAN 20 1904


NOTE...LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY DATE AND NOT NECESSARILY BY SEVERITY.

THIS LIST IS NOT ALL-INCLUSIVE SO SOME ICE STORMS MAY BE OMITTED.