Storms in Nebraska in 1961
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nebraska in 1961, 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 1961 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
- 91
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $553,000
- Episodes
- 39
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 12 | 0 | 0 | $553,000 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1961
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 5, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 7, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 13, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 30, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 31, 1961
June 1961
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 1, 1961
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 2, 1961
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, June 5, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 6, 1961
- Hail in Nebraska, June 7, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 11, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 12, 1961
- Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1961
- Hail in Nebraska, June 19, 1961
- Hail in Nebraska, June 21, 1961
- Hail in Nebraska, June 25, 1961
- Hail in Nebraska, June 28, 1961
July 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 1, 1961
- Hail in Nebraska, July 5, 1961
- Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 9, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 10, 1961
- Hail in Nebraska, July 11, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 15, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 18, 1961
- Hail in Nebraska, July 19, 1961
- Hail in Nebraska, July 22, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 25, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 27, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 28, 1961
August 1961
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 4, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 8, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 9, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 10, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 12, 1961
- Hail in Nebraska, August 21, 1961
September 1961
October 1961
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Every year in NebraskaEvery state in 1961Tornadoes in Nebraska in 196119601962
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.