Storm History: Dakota County, Nebraska
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Dakota County, Nebraska: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 511
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $80 million
- Episodes
- 451
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 101 | 0 | 0 | $25 million |
| Winter Weather | 70 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 59 | 0 | 0 | $16 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 56 | 0 | 0 | $6.9 million |
| Blizzard | 31 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Winter Storm | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 30 | 0 | 4 | $28 million |
| High Wind | 29 | 0 | 0 | $138,000 |
| Flash Flood | 19 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Flood | 19 | 0 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Excessive Heat | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 2 | 0 | $110,000 |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, July 28, 1986
- Hail, July 16, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 1996
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Tornado, August 17, 2001
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Hail, July 2, 1999
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Flood, June 24, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 16, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2002
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 1996
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Hail, July 2, 1999
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Drought, August 18, 2020
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 30, 2026
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 31, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- High Wind, January 21, 2026
- Strong Wind, January 16, 2026
- High Wind, December 18, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2025
- High Wind, December 10, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2025
- Winter Weather, November 28, 2025
- High Wind, November 25, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 15, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 8, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2025
- High Wind, May 19, 2025
- Hail, April 17, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Drought, March 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- Strong Wind, December 4, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 22, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Heat, August 2, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 13, 2024
- Flood, June 24, 2024
- Hail, June 12, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2024
- Blizzard, January 11, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, October 28, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Heat, September 2, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 21, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Strong Wind, April 30, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 22, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 29, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- High Wind, May 30, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Wildfire, April 23, 2022
- High Wind, April 12, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Strong Wind, March 25, 2022
- Drought, March 15, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Drought, July 27, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2021
- Blizzard, January 15, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Ice Storm, November 9, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, October 24, 2020
- Hail, October 11, 2020
- Drought, October 6, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Drought, August 18, 2020
- Hail, June 21, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, March 19, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2020
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 28, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Flood, October 1, 2019
- Flood, September 14, 2019
- Heat, June 30, 2019
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2019
- Heat, June 28, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, June 1, 2019
- Flood, May 29, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Flood, March 13, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Heat, July 11, 2018
- Heat, July 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 18, 2018
- Blizzard, April 14, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 16, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2017
- Hail, June 29, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2017
- Blizzard, February 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 16, 2017
- High Wind, December 25, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2016
- Excessive Heat, June 10, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2016
- Blizzard, February 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 30, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 20, 2015
- Hail, August 9, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2015
- Hail, June 24, 2015
- Hail, June 6, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2015
- Blizzard, January 3, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2014
- Hail, August 31, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2014
- Tornado, June 16, 2014
- Flood, June 15, 2014
- High Wind, January 26, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Tornado, October 4, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 10, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 2, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 27, 2012
- Hail, May 4, 2012
- High Wind, April 14, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 3, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2011
- Flood, August 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Flood, July 1, 2011
- Flood, June 1, 2011
- Hail, June 1, 2011
- Flood, May 25, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2011
- Hail, April 9, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2011
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- High Wind, October 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 20, 2010
- Blizzard, January 6, 2010
- Blizzard, December 23, 2009
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 24, 2009
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Dakota CountyEvery warning in Dakota County since 1986Every county in Nebraska
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.