NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Arlington, NE
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Arlington, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 121 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 121
- EF3 or stronger
- 6
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
5 deaths in all
What the records show for Arlington
The highest rating among the 121 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 4 times; the most recent, on April 26, 2024, came within 11 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 6, 1975, killed 3 people. Of the 121, 9 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 55 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 43. The most recent tornado was on April 17, 2025. Of the 91 Nebraska cities on this site, 52% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Arlington. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 168 times since 1964, with stones up to 4.75 inches. Arlington has more hail reports within 10 miles than 65% of the 91 Nebraska cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Arlington
By decade
- 2020s19(2 EF3+)
- 2010s14
- 2000s22
- 1990s12
- 1980s9
- 1970s15(1 EF3+)
- 1960s11
- 1950s19(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1975 | F4 | 22 mi | 8 mi | 3 / 133 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF4 | 11 mi | 31.89 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Aug 13, 1952 | F4 | 21 mi | 26.7 mi | 0 / 20 |
| Jul 15, 1950 | F4 | 18 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 33 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | EF3 | 14 mi | 8.12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 13, 1952 | F3 | 15 mi | 44.4 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 7, 1988 | F2 | 22 mi | 16.2 mi | 2 / 1 |
| May 12, 2023 | EF2 | 23 mi | 11.3 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 12, 2023 | EF2 | 17 mi | 10.37 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 2023 | EF2 | 17 mi | 5.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 23, 2009 | EF2 | 21 mi | 8.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 2008 | EF2 | 21 mi | 10.82 mi | 0 / 3 |
The strongest 12 of 121, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Arlington
The Storm Prediction Center has 168 hail reports within 10 miles of Arlington since 1964, made on 92 separate days. Of these, 117 were 1 inch across or larger, and 27 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.75 inches, fell on June 3, 2014. The most recent report is from September 22, 2025. July has the most reports, 42.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Arlington
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Fremont, NE, 7 miles southwest of Arlington at 1,180 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 65°F; January is the coolest, at 32°F and 13°F. June is the wettest at 5.0 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 30.5 inches over 56 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 34 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 140 nights a year. That 30.5 inches is more than at 46 of the 68 Nebraska stations used on this site (68%). Valley, 10 miles south, has its own station (Valley NWS, NE): 33.2 inches a year, 2.7 more than here, and the same July average high, 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32 | 13 | 0.8 | 2 |
| Feb | 37 | 17 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Mar | 50 | 27 | 1.6 | 4 |
| Apr | 63 | 38 | 3.0 | 6 |
| May | 73 | 50 | 4.6 | 8 |
| Jun | 83 | 61 | 5.0 | 7 |
| Jul | 87 | 65 | 3.2 | 6 |
| Aug | 85 | 63 | 3.7 | 6 |
| Sep | 78 | 53 | 3.1 | 5 |
| Oct | 65 | 40 | 2.2 | 5 |
| Nov | 50 | 28 | 1.2 | 3 |
| Dec | 36 | 18 | 1.2 | 3 |
| Year | 62 | 39 | 30.5 | 56 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Fremont, NE (1,180 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Arlington
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 152 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Arlington: 113 thunderstorm wind reports, 26 floods, 10 flash floods, 2 lightning strikes and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 0 people and injured 6, and the NWS estimated $60.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 115 mph, on June 27, 2008. May has had the most flash floods, 4 of 10. Of the 89 Nebraska cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 58 have had fewer than Arlington.
August 9, 2025: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Arlington — 2 injured, $2.7 million damage.
August 3, 2004: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Arlington — 2 injured.
June 12, 2010: flood 6 miles from the centre of Arlington — 1 injured, $2.0 million damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Arlington's ZIP code 68002 have filed 24 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1984, and were paid $519,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 38% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 41 Nebraska cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 11 have fewer than Arlington.
Washington County, which includes Arlington, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1971, 21 of them major disasters (by incident: 12 severe storms, 6 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding, on October 22, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Washington County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and hail; Relatively Low for strong wind; Very Low for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $14.1 million a year, the 23rd highest of 93 Nebraska counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $5.2 million (37%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Arlington
- Fremont, NE8 mi
- Valley, NE10 mi
- Blair, NE11 mi
- Bennington, NE12 mi
- Elkhorn, NE15 mi
- Waterloo, NE15 mi
- Yutan, NE16 mi
- Fort Calhoun, NE16 mi
- Omaha, NE21 mi
- Tekamah, NE22 mi
- Missouri Valley, IA23 mi
- Wahoo, NE24 mi
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