Storms in Nebraska in 1959
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nebraska in 1959, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Nebraska in 1959 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 113
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $1.5 million
- Episodes
- 37
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 45 | 1 | 5 | $1.5 million |
| Hail | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1959
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 1, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 2, 1959
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, May 4, 1959
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 12, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 18, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 20, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 25, 1959
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, May 26, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 28, 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 30, 1959
June 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 4, 1959
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 10, 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 11, 1959
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, June 17, 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 20, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 21, 1959
- Hail in Nebraska, June 26, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 27, 1959
July 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 3, 1959
- Hail in Nebraska, July 5, 1959
- Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 1959
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 7, 1959
- Hail in Nebraska, July 12, 1959
- Hail in Nebraska, July 13, 1959
- Hail in Nebraska, July 14, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 15, 1959
- Hail in Nebraska, July 20, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 31, 1959
August 1959
- Hail in Nebraska, August 2, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 9, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 10, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 13, 1959
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, August 21, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 28, 1959
- Tornado in Nebraska, August 30, 1959
September 1959
More
Every year in NebraskaEvery state in 1959Tornadoes in Nebraska in 195919581960
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.