NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Geneva, 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 Geneva, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 150 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 15 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 150
- EF3 or stronger
- 15
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
7 deaths in all
What the records show for Geneva
The highest rating among the 150 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on May 22, 2004, came within 20 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on May 9, 1953, killed 5 people. Of the 150, 12 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 64 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 61. The most recent tornado was on May 18, 2025. Geneva has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 83% of the 91 Nebraska cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 150 times since 1956, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Geneva has more hail reports within 10 miles than 56% of the 91 Nebraska cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Geneva
By decade
- 2020s11
- 2010s30(2 EF3+)
- 2000s23(2 EF3+)
- 1990s27(4 EF3+)
- 1980s16(1 EF3+)
- 1970s16(1 EF3+)
- 1960s13(1 EF3+)
- 1950s14(4 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2004 | F4 | 20 mi | 54 mi | 1 / 38 |
| Apr 25, 1957 | F4 | 5 mi | 89.8 mi | 1 / 8 |
| Mar 13, 1990 | F4 | 17 mi | 131 mi | 0 / 8 |
| May 9, 1953 | F3 | 12 mi | 46.9 mi | 5 / 82 |
| May 11, 2014 | EF3 | 14 mi | 19.14 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 11, 2014 | EF3 | 14 mi | 20.21 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 22, 2001 | F3 | 10 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 15, 1992 | F3 | 14 mi | 21 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 13, 1990 | F3 | 25 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 13, 1990 | F3 | 5 mi | 25 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 12, 1984 | F3 | 15 mi | 13 mi | 0 / 5 |
| Apr 20, 1974 | F3 | 2 mi | 41.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 150, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Geneva
The Storm Prediction Center has 150 hail reports within 10 miles of Geneva since 1956, made on 100 separate days. Of these, 100 were 1 inch across or larger, and 7 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on September 18, 1986. The most recent report is from July 31, 2024. June has the most reports, 49.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Geneva
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Geneva, NE, 1 mile north of Geneva at 1,630 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 37°F and 17°F. May is the wettest at 4.9 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 28.4 inches over 50 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 32 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 131 nights a year. Snowfall averages 21.2 inches a year, most of it in February. That 28.4 inches is more than at 36 of the 68 Nebraska stations used on this site (53%). York, 24 miles north, has its own station (York, NE): 28.7 inches a year, 0.3 more than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 17 | 0.6 | 2 | 5.0 |
| Feb | 41 | 21 | 0.6 | 2 | 6.7 |
| Mar | 54 | 30 | 1.4 | 4 | 2.4 |
| Apr | 65 | 40 | 2.3 | 5 | 0.7 |
| May | 74 | 52 | 4.9 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 84 | 62 | 4.1 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 87 | 66 | 3.6 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 85 | 64 | 3.7 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 79 | 55 | 2.9 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 67 | 43 | 2.2 | 4 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 51 | 30 | 1.2 | 3 | 1.1 |
| Dec | 39 | 21 | 0.9 | 2 | 4.9 |
| Year | 63 | 42 | 28.4 | 50 | 21.2 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Geneva, NE (1,630 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 Geneva
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 93 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Geneva: 79 thunderstorm wind reports, 11 heavy rain events, 2 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $7.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on May 9, 2004.
March 12, 2006: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Geneva — 3 injured, $30,000 damage.
May 11, 2005: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Geneva — $3.0 million damage.
August 22, 2007: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Geneva — $1.3 million damage.
NWS: “Widespread damage to trees and some structures throughout town.”
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
Fillmore County, which includes Geneva, has been named in 25 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 23 of them major disasters (by incident: 14 severe storms, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, on August 3, 2026. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Fillmore County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes; Very Low for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $10.7 million a year, the 37th highest of 93 Nebraska counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.6 million (34%), is from hail.
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 Geneva
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