Cedar County tornado history

44 tornadoes touched Cedar County, Iowa between 1950 and 2025 — about 0.6 a year. The strongest was rated F4 (Apr 11, 1965). Tornadoes here killed 1 and injured 70 people.

44tornadoes since 1950

F4strongest rating

1killed · 70 injured

91.5 milongest path · 1965

(E)F0(E)F1(E)F2(E)F3(E)F4(E)F5· dots = start point only

By rating

(E)F016

(E)F116

(E)F29

(E)F31

(E)F41

(E)F50

unrated1

By month

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Peak month: May.

By decade

’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20

Strongest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Path	Width	Injured	Killed
Apr 11, 1965	F4	91.5 mi	200 yd	3	1
May 15, 1998	F3	47 mi	400 yd	47	0
Mar 31, 2023	EF2	19.6 mi	200 yd	2	0
Mar 31, 2023	EF2	16.4 mi	250 yd	0	0
Mar 22, 1991	F2	14 mi	80 yd	0	0
May 21, 1957	F2	8.9 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jul 27, 1995	F2	7.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 8, 1988	F2	7 mi	90 yd	0	0
May 9, 1995	F2	7 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 7, 1961	F2	5.1 mi	200 yd	1	0
Apr 28, 1974	F2	2.3 mi	100 yd	16	0
May 24, 2024	EF1	22.5 mi	150 yd	0	0

Most recent tornadoes

Date	Rating	Path	Width	Injured
Mar 14, 2025	EF0	1.9 mi	50 yd	0
May 24, 2024	EF1	22.5 mi	150 yd	0
May 24, 2024	unrated	11 mi	10 yd	0
May 24, 2024	EF1	15 mi	50 yd	0
Mar 31, 2023	EF1	8.3 mi	10 yd	0
Mar 31, 2023	EF2	16.4 mi	250 yd	0
Mar 31, 2023	EF1	5.2 mi	100 yd	0
Mar 31, 2023	EF2	19.6 mi	200 yd	2
May 23, 2020	EF1	7 mi	50 yd	0
May 23, 2020	EF1	6.9 mi	30 yd	0
May 24, 2019	EF0	—	10 yd	0
Sep 25, 2018	EF0	0.1 mi	20 yd	0

Deadliest: Apr 11, 1965, F4, 1 killed.

Nearby counties

Muscatine County, IA39 Jones County, IA46 Johnson County, IA45 Scott County, IA67 Linn County, IA66 Clinton County, IA55 Rock Island County, IL40 Louisa County, IA17

Questions

How many tornadoes has Cedar County, Iowa had?

44 tornadoes touched Cedar County, Iowa between 1950 and 2025 in the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database — about 0.6 per year.

What was the strongest tornado in Cedar County?

The strongest rating recorded was F4 on Apr 11, 1965, with a 91.5-mile path and 1 deaths.

When is tornado season in Cedar County?

Most of its tornadoes happened in May (15 of 44). Tornadoes can occur in any month, so keep alerts on year-round.

Right now: live tornado warnings map · alerts for your location. Dates link to that day’s full storm reports where available (2004 onward).