NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 19153MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

POLK · IA

Heavy Rain history

NOAA records coded as Heavy Rain in Polk during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports200NOAA county-coded rows
Population context39.7per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 503,175
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

200 reports in ten years does not mean a 20.0-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

201639
201713
201854
201951
202015
20216
202212
20233
20247
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$20Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,024within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2024-07-31NOAA 1,203,688Trained Spotter$0
2024-07-31NOAA 1,203,676ASOS$0
2024-06-04NOAA 1,192,199Public$0
2024-06-04NOAA 1,192,197Public$0
2024-05-20NOAA 1,180,876Mesonet$0
2024-05-21NOAA 1,180,858Trained Spotter$0
2024-05-20NOAA 1,180,852Trained Spotter$0
2023-07-12NOAA 1,109,653Trained Spotter$0
READING THE RECORD

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