NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Blair, 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 Blair, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 121 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 12 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 121
- EF3 or stronger
- 12
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
11 deaths in all
What the records show for Blair
The highest rating among the 121 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on April 26, 2024, came within 4 miles. The deadliest, an EF3 on June 11, 2008, killed 4 people. Of the 121, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 58 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 40. 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 Blair. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 131 times since 1960, with stones up to 4.75 inches. Of the 91 Nebraska cities, 59% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Blair.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Blair
By decade
- 2020s21(3 EF3+)
- 2010s16
- 2000s21(1 EF3+)
- 1990s17(3 EF3+)
- 1980s11(1 EF3+)
- 1970s14(1 EF3+)
- 1960s10(1 EF3+)
- 1950s11(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1975 | F4 | 19 mi | 8 mi | 3 / 133 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF4 | 4 mi | 31.89 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Jul 15, 1950 | F4 | 19 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 33 |
| Jun 11, 2008 | EF3 | 19 mi | 12.96 mi | 4 / 48 |
| May 16, 1999 | F3 | 15 mi | 7.5 mi | 2 / 16 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | EF3 | 11 mi | 8.12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF3 | 19 mi | 19.06 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 16, 1999 | F3 | 14 mi | 6.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 16, 1992 | F3 | 20 mi | 26 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jul 15, 1988 | F3 | 24 mi | 2.8 mi | 0 / 34 |
| Aug 18, 1968 | F3 | 22 mi | 21.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 13, 1952 | F3 | 23 mi | 44.4 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 121, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Blair
The Storm Prediction Center has 131 hail reports within 10 miles of Blair since 1960, made on 92 separate days. Of these, 80 were 1 inch across or larger, and 20 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.75 inches, fell on June 3, 2014. The most recent report is from April 17, 2025. June has the most reports, 37.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Blair
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Tekamah Municipal Airport, NE, 16 miles north of Blair at 1,028 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 12°F. June is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.5 inches; the year adds up to 28.3 inches over 51 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 33 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 148 nights a year. That 28.3 inches is more than at 35 of the 68 Nebraska stations used on this site (51%). Fort Calhoun, 8 miles southeast, has its own station (Omaha Eppley Airfield, NE): 32.1 inches a year, 3.8 more than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32 | 12 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Feb | 36 | 16 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Mar | 50 | 28 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Apr | 63 | 38 | 3.1 | 5 |
| May | 74 | 51 | 4.0 | 7 |
| Jun | 84 | 61 | 4.6 | 8 |
| Jul | 87 | 65 | 3.1 | 5 |
| Aug | 84 | 62 | 3.5 | 6 |
| Sep | 78 | 52 | 3.2 | 5 |
| Oct | 65 | 39 | 2.0 | 5 |
| Nov | 49 | 27 | 1.3 | 3 |
| Dec | 35 | 17 | 0.9 | 2 |
| Year | 61 | 39 | 28.3 | 51 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Tekamah Municipal Airport, NE (1,028 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 Blair
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 99 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Blair: 80 thunderstorm wind reports, 14 floods, 4 flash floods and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 0 people and injured 5, and the NWS estimated $15.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 110 mph, on August 9, 2025.
October 1, 2002: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Blair — 3 injured, $3.0 million damage.
August 9, 2025: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Blair — 2 injured, $2.7 million damage.
August 1, 2011: flood 7 miles from the centre of Blair — $5.0 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 Blair's ZIP code 68008 have filed 49 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $1.4 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Late spring storms in 2011: 14 claims (29% of all) and $910,000. 49% 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, 21 have fewer than Blair.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Late spring storms2011 | 14 | $910,000 |
Washington County, which includes Blair, 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).
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Cities near Blair
- Fort Calhoun, NE8 mi
- Arlington, NE11 mi
- Bennington, NE12 mi
- Missouri Valley, IA13 mi
- Tekamah, NE17 mi
- Valley, NE18 mi
- Elkhorn, NE19 mi
- Fremont, NE19 mi
- Omaha, NE20 mi
- Logan, IA20 mi
- Carter Lake, IA21 mi
- Waterloo, NE21 mi
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