This directory holds four roofing listings for Ames, Iowa. Two of them carry a Google rating taken from the business's own profile, both at 5.0, covering 196 reviews in total. The other 2 are address and phone records with no rating attached.
All of them are recorded in Story County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Ames goes through Story County or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.
Hiring a roofer in Ames: what this page knows
The most-reviewed listing on this page carries a 5.0 Google rating over 98 reviews — the business's own profile figure, shown as it stands and not a rating by this directory.
Iowa does not license roofers; it requires them to register with the state, and that registration covers work in Ames. The Iowa roofing license rules explain what a registration number does and does not tell you.
Iowa's peak severe-weather season: April–August. The Iowa storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 214 severe-weather events for Story County between 2016 and 2026 — the county the listings on this page put Ames in. The most recent event meeting the dataset's severity definition was a hail report measuring 2.50 in (Baseball) on July 20, 2026, a preliminary report that has not yet been through NOAA's quality-control review.
We have not modeled a cost index for Ames. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both.
All Listings in Ames
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Licensing for roofers working in Ames
Iowa does not license roofing contractors. It requires them to register with the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing, and that requirement covers work in Ames.
Registration and licensure are not the same thing — a registration number records that a business completed a filing, and it sits alongside, not instead of, a permit and an inspection through Story County or the city.
Source: Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing. Checked August 2026. Licensing rules change — verify before you sign anything.
What roofing work costs
We have not modeled a cost index for Ames, so there is no Ames figure here. These are the national baseline bands, unadjusted.
National reference bands, not quotes and not local numbers. Local labor rates, permit fees and access all move them.
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Storm history in Story County
Ames has no weather record of its own — NOAA records severe weather against counties, and the listings on this page put Ames in Story County. These are weather records for the whole county, not an assessment of any building in Ames.
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 214 severe-weather events recorded against Story County between 2016 and 2026: 126 hail reports, 78 thunderstorm wind events and 10 tornadoes.
Of the 126 hail reports, 98 measured 1.00 in across or larger and 28 measured under an inch. The largest on record is 2.50 in (Baseball) on July 11, 2020.
The strongest wind gust in the record is 87 kt (about 100 mph), an estimated gust, on August 10, 2020. The county record holds 10 tornadoes over the same period.
The busiest complete year in the record is 2018, with 50 events. The most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition is a hail report measuring 2.50 in (Baseball) on July 20, 2026. That one is a preliminary report and has not yet been through the quality-control review that produces the permanent archive.
Events on record
214
2016–2026
Hail 1.00 in or larger
98
of 126 hail reports
Largest hail
2.50 in
Baseball · July 11, 2020
Peak gust
87 kt
about 100 mph · August 10, 2020
Tornadoes
10
in the county record
Significant events
130
by this dataset's definition
Events recorded per year
- 2016
- 9
- 2017
- 17
- 2018
- 50
- 2019
- 19
- 2020
- 22
- 2021
- 8
- 2022
- 12
- 2023
- 38
- 2024
- 15
- 2025
- 24
- 2026*
- 0
* The most recent data year is partial. NOAA publishes storm reports on a rolling basis and the final months are still being processed, so a low count in the last year is not evidence of a quiet year. The curated archive behind these counts runs through May 31, 2026; anything later sits in the preliminary block below.
Notable events in the archive
- May 21, 2024 -- Tornado (EF2) -- $3.20M property damage reported
- Aug 10, 2020 -- Thunderstorm Wind (87 kt gust)
- Jul 11, 2020 -- Hail (Baseball hail, 2.50 in)
- Apr 13, 2018 -- Thunderstorm Wind (65 kt gust) -- $200K property damage reported
Selected by the dataset’s own rule rather than by editorial choice: the largest hail, the peak wind gust, the strongest tornado and the two costliest events by recorded property damage, deduplicated and newest first. Any dollar figure above is NOAA’s recorded estimate for that one event.
Preliminary — not yet in the permanent archive
11 preliminary storm reports have been filed for Story County since June 1, 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind events and 2 hail reports. The largest hail in the window is 2.75 in (Softball+), reported July 20, 2026. The strongest gust reported is 72 kt (about 83 mph), on June 11, 2026.
Preliminary reports covering 2026-05-31 onward come from National Weather Service storm reports filed as events occur. They have not yet been through the quality-control review that produces the permanent archive, and individual reports may later be revised, combined or withdrawn. NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.
What these counts cover. County figures count events NOAA recorded against a county (hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes). High wind, winter storms, ice storms, blizzards, heavy snow, hurricanes and tropical storms are recorded against National Weather Service forecast zones rather than counties, so they are reported at state level instead. Counts reflect events that were observed and reported.
“Significant” on this page means an event meeting any one of three tests: hail 1.00 in across or larger, a wind gust of 58 kt or more (the National Weather Service severe thunderstorm criterion), or any tornado. It is a severity definition used by this dataset and is not an official NOAA classification.
The damage figure. $4,209,000 is the sum of NOAA’s recorded property-damage estimates across every event in Story County over the period — a county total, not a figure for any one property, any one building or any one claim. NOAA records these figures as estimates made at the time of reporting. They are not adjusted for inflation, and they are frequently absent or zero — a zero means nothing was recorded, not that nothing was damaged.
Source. Archived figures come from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database, covering 2016 through May 31, 2026. Anything after that date comes from NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports and is labelled preliminary wherever it appears. Both are US Government works in the public domain.
Roofing in Ames, IA: questions answered from the data
How many roofing contractors are listed in Ames, IA?
4 roofing listings are recorded at Ames, Iowa addresses in this directory, 2 of which carry a Google rating. The count is read from the directory's own database each time this page is rebuilt; a listing is a location record, and the list above shows one card per company.
Does Iowa require a roofing license?
No — it requires registration instead. Iowa does not license roofers; it requires them to register with the state, and that registration covers work in Ames. The Iowa roofing license rules explain what a registration number does and does not tell you. You can check a credential on the Iowa authority's own site.
How much does a roof replacement cost in Ames?
We have not modeled a cost index for Ames. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both. Nobody has priced your roof from this page; the only number worth planning around is a written quote from a contractor who has been on it.
When is storm season in Ames?
Iowa's peak severe-weather season: April–August. The Iowa storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. Season boundaries are National Weather Service climatology for the state, not a forecast for any one property.
What was the most recent severe storm recorded near Ames?
In NOAA's record for Story County, the most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition — hail 1.00 in or larger, a 58 kt gust, or any tornado — was a hail report measuring 2.50 in (Baseball) on July 20, 2026, a preliminary report not yet through quality-control review. The Story County storm history on this page shows the full 2016–2026 record; it describes weather that happened, not the condition of any building.
Which county handles roofing permits in Ames?
Every listing on this page is recorded in Story County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Ames goes through the county or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.