Heavy Rain in Webster County, Iowa

Heavy Rain in Webster County, Iowa: 110 recorded events between 2007 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #23 nationally and #5 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for heavy rain in Webster County is the 2010s, when 95 of the county's 110 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 Webster County archive, heavy rain makes up 14.5% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #23 for this hazard and #5 within Iowa, putting it in the 99.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Aug is the peak month for heavy rain in Webster County with 48 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 226
• Thunderstorm Wind 216
• Flood 68
• Tornado 65
• Flash Flood 56

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

110 heavy rain events are recorded in Webster County between 2007 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest heavy rain recorded in Webster County?

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

Where does the heavy rain data for Webster 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.