Nebraska, 2025Excessive Heat in Nebraska, July 27 to 28, 2025
July 27 to 28, 2025 · NWS OAX · 30 events in 29 counties and zones
A prolonged stretch of dangerous heat affected eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa from Sunday, July 27, through Monday, July 28, 2025. Driven by a strong mid-level ridge centered over the central Plains, the region experienced intense conditions.
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A prolonged stretch of dangerous heat affected eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa from Sunday, July 27, through Monday, July 28, 2025. Driven by a strong mid-level ridge centered over the central Plains, the region experienced intense conditions. Heat index values soared to between 111 and 122 degrees, according to observations from ASOS/AWOS sites and personal weather stations. Overnight lows offered little relief, with minimum heat indices in the upper 60s to mid-70s. This persistent lack of cooling overnight compounded heat stress, especially for vulnerable populations.
Excessive Heat, Knox
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 42.637, -97.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Personal weather station measured heat index of 116 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Cedar
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 42.599, -97.252 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Personal weather station measured heat index of 110 and 112 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Thurston
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Thurston forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 42.158, -96.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
While no observations were available within the county, personal weather stations and mesonets surrounding the county measured heat index values of 112 to 119 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Antelope
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Antelope forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 42.177, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
K4V9 AWOS measured heat index up to 117 degrees with a minimum heat index of 70 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 115, 118 and 119 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Pierce
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 42.264, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Personal weather station measured heat index of 112 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Wayne
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 42.209, -97.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KLCG AWOS measured heat index up to 112 degrees with a minimum heat index of 68 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 119 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Boone
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 41.707, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KBTA AWOS measured heat index up to 110 degrees with a minimum heat index of 69 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 111, 116 and 117 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Madison
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 41.917, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KOFK ASOS measured heat index up to 109 degrees with a minimum heat index of 69 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 110, 111 and 115 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Stanton
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.917, -97.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Personal weather station measured heat index of 111 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Cuming
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cuming forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.916, -96.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Personal weather station measured heat index of 111 and 113 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Burt
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Burt forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 41.852, -96.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KTQE ASOS measured heat index up to 112 degrees with a minimum heat index of 69 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 112 and 116 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Platte
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 41.571, -97.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KOLU AWOS measured heat index up to 111 degrees with a minimum heat index of 70 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 113, 116 and 118 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Colfax
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Colfax forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.574, -97.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Personal weather station measured heat index of 110 and 116 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Dodge
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 41.578, -96.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KFET AWOS measured heat index up to 111 degrees with a minimum heat index of 71 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 114, 116 and 120 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Washington
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 41.531, -96.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KBTA AWOS measured heat index up to 111 degrees with a minimum heat index of 69 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 111, 117 and 122 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Butler
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Butler forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.226, -97.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Personal weather station measured heat index of 112 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Saunders
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saunders forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 41.226, -96.637 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KAHQ AWOS measured heat index up to 114 degrees with a minimum heat index of 71 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 113, 117 and 118 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Douglas
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 41.295, -96.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KOMA ASOS measured heat index up to 112 degrees with a minimum heat index of 71 degrees through the period. KMLE AWOS measured heat index up to 112 degrees with a minimum heat index of 73 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 116, 117 and 118 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Sarpy
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sarpy forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 41.113, -96.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KOFF AWOS measured heat index up to 115 degrees with a minimum heat index of 73 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 112, 115 and 117 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Seward
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Seward forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 40.872, -97.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Personal weather station measured heat index of 115, 116 and 117 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Lancaster
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 40.784, -96.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KLNK ASOS measured heat index up to 113 degrees with a minimum heat index of 74 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 113, 117 and 119 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Cass
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cass forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 40.910, -96.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KPMV AWOS measured heat index up to 112 degrees with a minimum heat index of 72 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 117, 120 and 124 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Otoe
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Otoe forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 40.649, -96.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KAFK AWOS measured heat index up to 112 degrees with a minimum heat index of 72 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 119 and 120 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Johnson
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 40.393, -96.265 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Personal weather station measured heat index of 112 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Nemaha
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 40.388, -95.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
While no observations were available within the county, personal weather stations and mesonets surrounding the county measured heat index values of 111 to 119 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Nemaha
- When
- July 27, 11:00 AM CST to July 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 40.388, -95.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KFNB ASOS measured heat index up to 112 degrees with a minimum heat index of 74 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 111 and 117 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Saline
- When
- July 28, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saline forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 40.524, -97.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Personal weather station measured heat index of 116 and 118 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Jefferson
- When
- July 28, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -97.143 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Personal weather station measured heat index of 115, 117 and 119 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Gage
- When
- July 28, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gage forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 40.262, -96.689 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
KBIE AWOS measured heat index up to 110 degrees with a minimum heat index of 76 degrees through the period. Personal weather station measured heat index of 110, 114 and 119 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Pawnee
- When
- July 28, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 40.132, -96.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
While no observations were available within the county, personal weather stations and mesonets surrounding the county measured heat index values of 110 to 119 degrees.
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Nevada, July 27, 2025$1.5 million · 1 in hail · 4 events
- Tornado and Flooding in South Dakota, July 27 to 31, 2025EF2 · 13 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in New Mexico, July 27 to 31, 2025$395,000 · 63 kt wind · 11 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, July 27, 2025$311,000 · 50 kt wind · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 27, 2025$40,000 · 1 in hail · 30 events
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 27 to 28, 2025$54,000 · 62 kt wind · 16 events
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 27, 2025$37,000 · 61 kt wind · 16 events
- Flash Flood in Illinois, July 27, 2025$50,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 27, 20251 injured · $20,000 · 1 in hail · 10 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, July 27, 20251.75 in hail · 32 events
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 27, 2025$34,000 · 56 kt wind · 6 events
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Tennessee, July 27 to 28, 202528 events
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: 1284057, 1284058, 1284059, 1284060, 1284061, 1284062, 1284063, 1284064, 1284065, 1284066, 1284067, 1284068, 1284069, 1284070, 1284071, 1284072, 1284073, 1284074, 1284075, 1284076, 1284077, 1284078, 1284079, 1284080, 1284081, 1284082, 1284053, 1284054, 1284055, 1284056.