Nebraska

Storm History: Thayer County, Nebraska

463 episodes, 802 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Thayer 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
802
Deaths
6
Injuries
94
Damage
$201 million
Episodes
463

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
Hail26500$49 million
Tornado252693$67 million
Winter Storm6301$200,000
Flash Flood4700$9.8 million
Drought3800$35 million
Thunderstorm Wind3100$40 million
Winter Weather2800$45,000
Flood1800$675,000
High Wind1800$7,000
Blizzard1500$10,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Cold/Wind Chill400
Ice Storm400$145,000
Heavy Snow400
Wildfire300
Frost/Freeze200$100,000
Lightning100$1,000
Excessive Heat100
Dust Storm100
Heat100

The deadliest

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 Thayer County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Thayer CountyEvery warning in Thayer 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.