Storms in Nebraska in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nebraska in 1978, 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 1978 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
- 265
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 9
- Damage
- $72 million
- Episodes
- 62
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 112 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 102 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 51 | 0 | 9 | $72 million |
Every episode, month by month
April 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 5, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 7, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 8, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 11, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 17, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, April 27, 1978
May 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 10, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 11, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 12, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 19, 1978
- Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 24, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 26, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 27, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 28, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 30, 1978
June 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 3, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 10, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 16, 1978
- Hail in Nebraska, June 17, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 19, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 21, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 22, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 23, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 24, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 25, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 26, 1978
- Hail in Nebraska, June 28, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 30, 1978
July 1978
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 3, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 5, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 8, 1978
- Hail in Nebraska, July 9, 1978
- Hail in Nebraska, July 14, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 17, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 18, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 19, 1978
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, July 20, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 21, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 30, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 31, 1978
August 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 1, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 2, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 8, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 9, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 10, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 13, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 14, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 16, 1978
- Hail in Nebraska, August 17, 1978
- Hail in Nebraska, August 20, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 26, 1978
- Hail in Nebraska, August 27, 1978
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, August 31, 1978
September 1978
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Every year in NebraskaEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in Nebraska in 197819771979
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.