Page County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Page County: 1.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. May 6, 2007Flood$932,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rainfall over the weekend of May 4th through the 6th, caused the the East Nishnabotna River to flood around the Shenandoah area. Flood waters inundated 45 trailers and some vehicles near town and caused the closure of Highways 59, 48 and old Highway 2. Most if not all main east to west county roads across the county were closed due to flood waters. See Montgomery county for river levels of the East Nishnabotna River at Red Oak.|Flooding along the East Nishnabotna River, the Nodaway River and other smaller streams caused almost 1 million dollars worth of damage to county roads and bridges.

2. May 6, 2007Flood$932,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rainfall over the weekend of May 4th through the 6th, caused the Nodaway River to briefly surpass it's 19 foot flood stage near Clarinda during the mid afternoon hours on May 6th. The river crested around 19.2 feet at 345 pm on the 6th. After falling a little below flood stage an hour later, the Nodaway River remained high for an additional 24 to 36 hours. Flood damage from the Nodaway River, the East Nishnabotna River and other small tributaries amounted to almost 1 million dollars.

3. Jun 5, 2008Flood$800,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches fell over much of southwest Iowa during the late afternoon and overnight hours of June 4th and 5th. The heavy rain caused the East Nishnabotna River to flood northwest Page county. The river at Red Oak, which is just upstream in Montgomery county, crested at 21.9 feet around 845 am CDT on June 5th. Flood stage is 18 feet. The river at Red Oak was above flood stage from around 115 am until 430 pm on June 5th. The flooding in Page county damaged crop land and levees along the river, flooded a park and some basements in Shenandoah and took out a county road and bridge. The flooding also prompted the evacuation of a mobile home park in Shenandoah.

4. Jun 5, 2008Flood$550,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Rainfall of 3 to 5 inches during the late afternoon and overnight hours of June 4th and 5th caused the Nodaway River to flood in Page county. The river at Clarinda crested at 26.6 feet at 1015 pm CDT on June 5th, flood stage is 19.0 feet. The river at Clarinda was above flood stage from around 245 am on the 5th until 930 pm on June 6th. The flooding caused the closure of Highway 71 near the Missouri border and several county roads. One bridge sustained major damage as did several of the county roads that were flooded. At least several hundred acres of agricultural land were also flooded. Clarinda lost part of its waste water treatment plant due to flood waters and Braddyville lost…

5. Apr 14, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$400,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several barns and outbuildings in rural areas near Braddyville were damaged or destroyed.

6. Apr 8, 1999Tornado$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Of the 12 tornadoes reported over eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa on 4/8/99, this one produced the only injury, to a woman who suffered minor cuts due to flying glass. The tornado touched down just southwest of College Springs, tracked west of that town and then lifted just southwest of Clarinda. Several houses sustained strong f1 damage including one workshop that was destroyed. Much of the damage was due to flying corrugated steel and wood debris with roofs sustaining the most damage.

7. Apr 19, 1996High Wind, Page$40,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Strong winds pulled sheeting off a roof, ripped off a store front, and toppled an 80 foot tower.

8. May 22, 1996Lightning$35,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Lightning struck a house in Clarinda setting it on fire.

9. Apr 11, 2001Thunderstorm Wind$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 to 80 mph peeled the roof off the new country club in town.

10. Apr 14, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$20,000

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

114°FAug 8, 1934

All-time low

−31°FJan 13, 1912

Warmest night

85°FJul 25, 1936

Coldest day

−13°F2 times, most recently Feb 3, 1996

Wettest day

7.60 inJul 9, 1987

Snowiest day

20.0 inFeb 26, 1912

Hottest year

1921mean 55.2°F

Coldest year

2008mean 46.9°F

Wettest year

201554.49 in

Driest year

189418.86 in

Snowiest season

56.0 in1959-60

Station Clarinda (USC00131533), 982 ft elevation, 8.9 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1893 to October 27, 2026; 99.4% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00131533.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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