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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hastings, 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 Hastings, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 209 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 17 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
209

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
17

13 deaths in all

What the records show for Hastings

The strongest of the 209 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F5 on May 5, 1964; its path came within 2 miles, and it killed 4 people. The deadliest, an F4 on May 8, 1965, killed 4 people. Of the 209, 18 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 62 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 68. The most recent tornado was on July 6, 2024. Hastings has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 95% of the 91 Nebraska cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 271 times since 1956, with stones up to 4.25 inches. Hastings has more hail reports within 10 miles than 86% of the 91 Nebraska cities.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Hastings

By decade

  • 2020s18
  • 2010s18(1 EF3+)
  • 2000s26(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s37(4 EF3+)
  • 1980s44(4 EF3+)
  • 1970s27(3 EF3+)
  • 1960s24(2 EF3+)
  • 1950s15(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Hastings, Nebraska
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 5, 1964F52 mi79.7 mi4 / 50
May 8, 1965F423 mi125.7 mi4 / 53
Jun 3, 1980F422 mi1.1 mi3 / 110
Mar 13, 1990F418 mi131 mi0 / 8
May 10, 1985F417 mi56 mi0 / 2
Apr 7, 1978F420 mi31.2 mi0 / 1
Jun 3, 1980F323 mi2.3 mi1 / 40
Jun 3, 1980F323 mi6.4 mi1 / 25
May 11, 2014EF315 mi20.21 mi0 / 0
Sep 22, 2001F324 mi10 mi0 / 0
May 7, 1993F38 mi75 mi0 / 0
Mar 13, 1990F321 mi27 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 209, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Hastings

The Storm Prediction Center has 271 hail reports within 10 miles of Hastings since 1956, made on 148 separate days. Of these, 192 were 1 inch across or larger, and 19 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 4.25 inches, was reported on 2 days, most recently June 14, 2014. The most recent report is from June 18, 2024. May has the most reports, 84.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

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Weather by month in Hastings

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hastings Municipal Airport, NE, 3 miles northwest of Hastings at 1,940 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 36°F and 16°F. May is the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.6 inches; the year adds up to 26.6 inches over 48 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 36 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 139 nights a year. That 26.6 inches is more than at 26 of the 68 Nebraska stations used on this site (38%). Doniphan, 12 miles north, has its own station (Hastings 4N, NE): 27.9 inches a year, 1.3 more than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 88°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Hastings Municipal Airport, NE
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"
Jan36160.62
Feb41190.82
Mar53291.33
Apr63392.75
May73514.48
Jun84623.76
Jul88663.65
Aug85643.46
Sep79542.14
Oct65412.04
Nov51281.12
Dec39190.92
Year634126.648

Averages for 1991–2020 at Hastings Municipal Airport, NE (1,940 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.

Nebraska weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Hastings

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 205 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hastings: 163 thunderstorm wind reports, 24 heavy rain events, 9 floods, 8 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $73.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 96 mph, on July 9, 2021. July has had the most flash floods, 4 of 8. Of the 89 Nebraska cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 42 have had fewer than Hastings.

  • May 23, 2019: lightning strike 2 miles from the centre of Hastings — 2 injured, $19.0 million damage.

    NWS: “Investigators with the Nebraska State Fire Marshal���s Office determined that lightning was the cause of a very large fire that completely destroyed the Cooperative Producers Inc. Dry Fertilizer Facility.”

  • July 9, 2021: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Hastings — $20.0 million damage.

  • May 11, 2005: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Hastings — $7.0 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 Hastings's ZIP code 68901 have filed 22 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $267,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 9% 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, 10 have fewer than Hastings.

Adams County, which includes Hastings, has been named in 18 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 16 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 severe storms, 4 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes, on February 23, 2022. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Adams County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for hail, strong wind and lightning; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes; Relatively Low for heat waves; Very Low for inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $29.7 million a year, the 8th highest of 93 Nebraska counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $11.5 million (39%), 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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