Nebraska, 2025

Winter Weather in Nebraska, January 4 to 5, 2025

January 4 to 5, 2025 · NWS GLD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A winter weather event consisting of a mixture of freezing drizzle, freezing fog resulting in thick rime ice and light snow occurred across SW Nebraska. 8 inches.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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What happened

The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.

A winter weather event consisting of a mixture of freezing drizzle, freezing fog resulting in thick rime ice and light snow occurred across SW Nebraska. Reports of up to one quarter inch in radial ice accumulation was across Red Willow county along with snowfall ranging from 1.5 to 3.8 inches.

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1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Red Willow

When
January 4, 6:00 AM CST to January 5, 11:45 PM CST
Where
Red Willow forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
40.176, -100.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Reports from 4 S McCook and 3 ESE Indianola of around 0.25 inches of storm total radial icing from freezing rain, freezing fog and freezing drizzle. An additional report from 4 S McCook of 0.2 inches of radial icing on a fence post. The McCook Airport ASOS (KMCK) also reported 0.17 inches of icing as well. Snow amounts across the county also ranged from 1.5 inches 3 W McCook and 3.8 inches 3 ESE Indianola.

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1226931.