A prolonged stretch of dangerous heat gripped southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 as a mid-level ridge remained in place over the central Plains. Afternoon high temperatures climbed into the mid to upper 90s, while oppressive humidity pushed heat index values to 112 to 124 degrees.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
A prolonged stretch of dangerous heat gripped southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 as a mid-level ridge remained in place over the central Plains. Afternoon high temperatures climbed into the mid to upper 90s, while oppressive humidity pushed heat index values to 112 to 124 degrees.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 29, 4:30 AM CST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
KAHQ AWOS measured heat index up to 114 degrees. Personal weather stations and mesonets measured heat index of 113, 116 and 117 degrees.
KOMA ASOS measured heat index up to 111 degrees. KMLE AWOS measured heat index up to 112 degrees. Personal weather stations and mesonets measured heat index of 115, 117 and 118 degrees.
KOFF AWOS measured heat index up to 115 degrees. Personal weather stations and mesonets measured heat index of 112 and 114 degrees.
KLNK ASOS measured heat index up to 110 degrees. Personal weather stations and mesonets measured heat index of 114, 116 and 118 degrees.
KPMV AWOS measured heat index up to 112 degrees. Personal weather stations and mesonets measured heat index of 116, 118 and 119 degrees.
KAFK AWOS measured heat index up to 112 degrees. Personal weather stations and mesonets measured heat index of 111 and 112 degrees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, July 2025
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1284092, 1284093, 1284094, 1284095, 1284096, 1284097.