Nebraska

Storm History: Dixon County, Nebraska

530 episodes, 657 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Dixon 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
657
Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Damage
$58 million
Episodes
530

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail17900$2.4 million
Thunderstorm Wind8501$806,000
Winter Weather6800
Drought5900$18 million
Flash Flood4700$1.9 million
Tornado3901$31 million
Blizzard3400$45,000
Winter Storm3200
High Wind2700$118,000
Excessive Heat2100
Flood1800$3.7 million
Heavy Snow1200
Cold/Wind Chill900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill900
Heat700
Ice Storm500
Strong Wind300
Lightning200$5,000
Wildfire100

The deadliest

None recorded.

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

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 tornado in Dixon County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Dixon CountyEvery warning in Dixon 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.