NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hartington, 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 Hartington, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 100 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 100
- EF3 or stronger
- 8
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
6 deaths in all
What the records show for Hartington
The highest rating among the 100 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on June 23, 2003, came within 8 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 8, 1965, killed 4 people. Of the 100, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 32 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 45. The most recent tornado was on May 12, 2023. Of the 91 Nebraska cities on this site, 79% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Hartington. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 102 times since 1956, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Of the 91 Nebraska cities, 79% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Hartington.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Hartington
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s9(1 EF3+)
- 2000s19(1 EF3+)
- 1990s12
- 1980s20(1 EF3+)
- 1970s11(1 EF3+)
- 1960s18(3 EF3+)
- 1950s7(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 1965 | F4 | 17 mi | 125.7 mi | 4 / 53 |
| Jun 23, 2003 | F4 | 8 mi | 13 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Jul 28, 1986 | F4 | 15 mi | 52.5 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 17, 2014 | EF3 | 6 mi | 3.96 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 1975 | F3 | 12 mi | 44.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 1963 | F3 | 9 mi | 12.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 1962 | F3 | in town | 71.7 mi | 0 / 7 |
| May 30, 1959 | F3 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 30, 1959 | F2 | 12 mi | 26.8 mi | 1 / 2 |
| Jun 17, 2014 | EF2 | 14 mi | 5.31 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 17, 2014 | EF2 | 14 mi | 0.94 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | 16 mi | 5.5 mi | 0 / 3 |
The strongest 12 of 100, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Hartington
The Storm Prediction Center has 102 hail reports within 10 miles of Hartington since 1956, made on 75 separate days. Of these, 68 were 1 inch across or larger, and 12 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on June 13, 1980. The most recent report is from July 7, 2025. June has the most reports, 32.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Hartington
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hartington, NE, in Hartington at 1,408 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 30°F and 10°F. June is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 29.6 inches over 50 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 22 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 153 nights a year. Snowfall averages 35.3 inches a year, most of it in January. That 29.6 inches is more than at 45 of the 68 Nebraska stations used on this site (66%). Crofton, 17 miles northwest, has its own station (Crofton, NE): 29.4 inches a year, 0.2 less than here, and the same July average high, 85°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30 | 10 | 0.6 | 2 | 8.1 |
| Feb | 35 | 13 | 0.8 | 2 | 6.7 |
| Mar | 47 | 24 | 1.5 | 3 | 6.2 |
| Apr | 59 | 35 | 3.2 | 6 | 4.0 |
| May | 70 | 48 | 4.4 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 80 | 59 | 4.6 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 85 | 63 | 3.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 82 | 60 | 3.3 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 76 | 51 | 3.0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 63 | 38 | 2.6 | 4 | 0.9 |
| Nov | 47 | 25 | 1.3 | 2 | 4.6 |
| Dec | 34 | 14 | 0.8 | 2 | 4.8 |
| Year | 59 | 37 | 29.6 | 50 | 35.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Hartington, NE (1,408 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 Hartington
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 51 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hartington: 47 thunderstorm wind reports and 4 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $485,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 24, 1996.
June 17, 2014: flash flood 6 miles from the centre of Hartington — $250,000 damage.
NWS: “The nearly stationary supercell over Cedar County produced very heavy rain and flash flooding. Flooding was reported over State Highway 57 south of Hartington.”
September 18, 1997: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Hartington — $110,000 damage.
NWS: “Thunderstorm winds destroyed a center pivot and a tree fell and destroyed a shed 3 miles northeast of Coleridge. The strong winds also damaged portion of a hog building 5 miles northeast of Coleridge.”
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
Cedar County, which includes Hartington, has been named in 16 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 13 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 severe storms, 5 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds, on July 27, 2022. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Cedar County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail; Relatively Low for tornadoes and 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 $9.3 million a year, the 41st highest of 93 Nebraska counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.6 million (38%), 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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