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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Eldridge, IA

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

1 tropical system has passed within 75 miles of Eldridge, Iowa since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was an unnamed storm in 1900. Since 1950, 182 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
1

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
182

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
10

3 deaths in all

What the records show for Eldridge

None of the 1 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Eldridge; the strongest was an unnamed storm in 1900, a tropical storm with 51 mph winds when its centre passed 24 miles away. Eldridge is tied for the most tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles among the 241 Iowa cities on this site. The strongest of the 182 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on April 11, 1965; its path came within 22 miles, and it killed 1 person. The deadliest, an EF1 on June 24, 2013, killed 1 person. Of the 182, 9 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 85 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 45. The most recent tornado was on July 11, 2025. Eldridge has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 89% of the 241 Iowa cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 191 times since 1958, with stones up to 7 inches. Eldridge has more hail reports within 10 miles than 86% of the 241 Iowa cities.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Eldridge

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Eldridge, Iowa, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 1124 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 4

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Eldridge: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Eldridge

By decade

  • 2020s35
  • 2010s36
  • 2000s14
  • 1990s39(2 EF3+)
  • 1980s18(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s18(4 EF3+)
  • 1960s17(3 EF3+)
  • 1950s5
Strongest tornadoes near Eldridge, Iowa
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 11, 1965F422 mi91.5 mi1 / 3
Jun 20, 1974F322 mi10.6 mi1 / 20
May 9, 1995F316 mi10 mi0 / 0
Mar 13, 1990F315 mi15.5 mi0 / 1
May 8, 1988F39 mi32 mi0 / 0
Aug 15, 1978F322 mi6.4 mi0 / 0
Jun 14, 1974F320 mi48.6 mi0 / 2
May 13, 1974F3in town3.6 mi0 / 0
Apr 19, 1966F312 mi2 mi0 / 0
May 7, 1962F38 mi10 mi0 / 0
Jul 11, 2025EF28 mi7.6 mi0 / 0
Apr 4, 2023EF216 mi0.52 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 182, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Eldridge

The Storm Prediction Center has 191 hail reports within 10 miles of Eldridge since 1958, made on 86 separate days. Of these, 114 were 1 inch across or larger, and 22 reached 2 inches. The largest, 7 inches, fell on September 27, 1959. The most recent report is from July 11, 2025. April has the most reports, 66.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Eldridge

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Davenport, IA, 3 miles south of Eldridge at 754 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 64°F; January is the coolest, at 30°F and 14°F. May is the wettest at 4.8 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 1.1 inches; the year adds up to 36.1 inches over 65 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 13 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 136 nights a year. That 36.1 inches is more than at 43 of the 124 Iowa stations used on this site (35%). Davenport, 7 miles south, has its own station (Rock Island L&D 15, IL): 38.7 inches a year, 2.6 more than here, and the same July average high, 84°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Davenport, IA
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"
Jan30141.13
Feb34181.43
Mar48292.35
Apr61393.67
May73514.88
Jun81614.78
Jul84644.16
Aug82624.06
Sep76533.55
Oct63422.75
Nov48302.34
Dec35201.64
Year604036.165

Averages for 1991–2020 at Davenport, IA (754 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Eldridge

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 405 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Eldridge: 338 thunderstorm wind reports, 40 flash floods, 19 floods, 4 heavy rain events and 4 lightning strikes. They killed 1 person and injured 8, and the NWS estimated $5.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 98 mph, on May 10, 1996. July has had the most flash floods, 16 of 40. Of the 240 Iowa cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 210 have had fewer than Eldridge.

  • June 21, 1997: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Eldridge — 1 killed, 2 injured.

  • June 21, 1997: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Eldridge — 3 injured, $90,000 damage.

  • August 3, 1997: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Eldridge — 2 injured, $10,000 damage.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.

Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings

Scott County, which includes Eldridge, has been named in 20 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 18 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 floods, 6 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes, on June 24, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Scott County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for hail, strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes, inland flooding and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $66.5 million a year, the 4th highest of 99 Iowa counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $39.9 million (60%), is from inland flooding.

Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.

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