Heavy Rain in Thayer County, Nebraska

Heavy Rain in Thayer County, Nebraska: 41 recorded events between 2002 and 2020. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #124 nationally and #2 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for heavy rain in Thayer County is the 2010s, when 34 of the county's 41 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 Thayer County archive, heavy rain makes up 6.8% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #124 for this hazard and #2 within Nebraska, putting it in the 94.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.

May is the peak month for heavy rain in Thayer County with 15 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 281
• Thunderstorm Wind 190
• Tornado 63

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many heavy rain events are on record in Thayer County, Nebraska?

41 heavy rain events are recorded in Thayer County between 2002 and 2020, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest heavy rain recorded in Thayer County?

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

Where does the heavy rain data for Thayer 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.