Heavy Rain in Clarke County, Iowa

Heavy Rain in Clarke County, Iowa: 81 recorded events between 2008 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #38 nationally and #10 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for heavy rain in Clarke County is the 2010s, when 60 of the county's 81 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Clarke County archive, heavy rain makes up 22.8% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #38 for this hazard and #10 within Iowa, putting it in the 98.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Sep is the peak month for heavy rain in Clarke County with 21 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

• Hail 125
• Thunderstorm Wind 93

How many heavy rain events are on record in Clarke County, Iowa?

81 heavy rain events are recorded in Clarke County between 2008 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest heavy rain recorded in Clarke County?

The strongest heavy rain on record in Clarke County measured 0.

Where does the heavy rain data for Clarke County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.