Tornado History Map

Adair County, Iowa tornado history

37 tornadoes recorded in or across Adair County from 1953 to 2024, 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 Adair County

The Storm Prediction Center records 37 tornadoes whose paths touched Adair County, Iowa between 1953 and 2024. They killed 7 people and injured 47. The busiest month is May, with 16 tornadoes. The strongest was an F5 on 27 June 1953. The most recent was on 21 May 2024.

  • 37tornadoes
  • 7deaths
  • 47injuries
  • 650per 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 Adair County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01335%
F1 / EF11130%
F2 / EF2514%
F3 / EF325%
F4 / EF4514%
F5 / EF513%
Unknown rating00%

Adair County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 2010s.1950s41960s31980s71990s52000s52010s92020s4

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s3
1980s7
1990s5
2000s5
2010s9
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar3Apr5May16Jun6Jul1Aug2Sep0Oct4Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar3
Apr5
May16
Jun6
Jul1
Aug2
Sep0
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Adair County

Notable tornadoes in Adair 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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