Nebraska

Storms in Nebraska in 2020

1,728 events in 238 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nebraska in 2020, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Nebraska in 2020 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

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The year

Events
1,728
Deaths
2
Injuries
3
Damage
$31 million
Episodes
238

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind54302$338,000
Hail43300$6.1 million
High Wind17200$163,000
Drought14200$473,000
Winter Weather13900
Winter Storm7300
Blizzard4300
Flash Flood4200$3.6 million
Heavy Snow3400
Ice Storm2420$100,000
Tornado2300$19 million
Frost/Freeze1900
Heavy Rain1300
Flood1001$1.2 million
Funnel Cloud800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Cold/Wind Chill400
Wildfire100

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

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May 2020

June 2020

July 2020

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September 2020

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November 2020

December 2020

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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.