Severe Weather History


Nebraska Heavy Rain History: 675 Recorded Events

675

Recorded events

77

Counties affected

0

Direct deaths

$3.6M

Property damage

Nebraska heavy rain history: 675 recorded events across 77 counties between 1997 and 2025.

Decade by decade

Nebraska heavy rain history by decade

Nebraska heavy rain history: recorded events per decade
Nebraska heavy rain history: recorded events per decade

The 2010s are the busiest decade on record with 568 reported heavy rain events across Nebraska. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.

County ranking

Counties with the most heavy rain events in Nebraska

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Nuckolls County420$35K2002–2022
#2Thayer County410$525K2002–2020
#3Adams County380$400K2008–2018
#4Clay County310$35K2002–2018
#5Polk County300$02007–2019
#6Buffalo County290$587K1997–2019
#7Hamilton County290$100K2002–2017
#8Webster County240$02005–2022
#9York County240$205K1997–2019
#10Hall County190$02007–2018
#11Franklin County190$40K2005–2021
#12Furnas County170$10K2001–2022
#13Fillmore County160$102K2003–2019
#14Cheyenne County150$02010–2024
#15Harlan County140$02000–2022
#16Gage County140$02008–2025
#17Phelps County130$20K2000–2018
#18Valley County130$50K2002–2018
#19Richardson County120$02008–2019
#20Morrill County110$02010–2016
#21Nance County110$02013–2018
#22Sherman County90$02011–2018
#23Howard County90$265K2005–2017
#24Scotts Bluff County90$01998–2018
#25Box Butte County90$01998–2022
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

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