NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Holdrege, 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 Holdrege, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 133 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 133
- EF3 or stronger
- 5
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
2 deaths in all
What the records show for Holdrege
The highest rating among the 133 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 5 times; the most recent, on June 20, 2011, came within 24 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on June 22, 1969, killed 1 person. Of the 133, 13 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 49 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 51. The most recent tornado was on July 6, 2024. Holdrege has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 63% of the 91 Nebraska cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 205 times since 1959, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Holdrege has more hail reports within 10 miles than 74% of the 91 Nebraska cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Holdrege
By decade
- 2020s17
- 2010s17(1 EF3+)
- 2000s15
- 1990s29(3 EF3+)
- 1980s23
- 1970s13
- 1960s11
- 1950s8(1 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2011 | EF3 | 24 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 6, 1993 | F3 | 21 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 6, 1993 | F3 | 14 mi | 60 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Mar 13, 1990 | F3 | 21 mi | 32 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 29, 1956 | F3 | 6 mi | 65.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 22, 1969 | F2 | 15 mi | 4.1 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Jun 20, 2011 | EF2 | 20 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 29, 2008 | EF2 | 24 mi | 21.75 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 29, 2008 | EF2 | 17 mi | 14.06 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 16, 1998 | F2 | 10 mi | 24 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 17, 1994 | F2 | 1 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 6, 1993 | F2 | 20 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 133, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Holdrege
The Storm Prediction Center has 205 hail reports within 10 miles of Holdrege since 1959, made on 127 separate days. Of these, 133 were 1 inch across or larger, and 18 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on May 17, 2022. The most recent report is from July 6, 2024. May has the most reports, 63.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Holdrege
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Holdrege, NE, 1 mile north of Holdrege at 2,320 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 62°F; January is the coolest, at 37°F and 13°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 27.5 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 154 nights a year. Snowfall averages 25.4 inches a year, most of it in February. That 27.5 inches is more than at 29 of the 68 Nebraska stations used on this site (43%). Minden, 24 miles east, has its own station (Minden, NE): 25.7 inches a year, 1.8 less than here, and the same July average high, 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37 | 13 | 0.6 | 2 | 5.6 |
| Feb | 41 | 16 | 0.7 | 2 | 7.0 |
| Mar | 52 | 25 | 1.6 | 4 | 3.9 |
| Apr | 62 | 35 | 2.8 | 5 | 1.8 |
| May | 72 | 46 | 4.4 | 8 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 83 | 57 | 3.9 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 87 | 62 | 4.2 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 85 | 60 | 3.6 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 79 | 51 | 2.1 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 65 | 38 | 2.0 | 4 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 51 | 25 | 0.9 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Dec | 39 | 16 | 0.7 | 2 | 4.1 |
| Year | 63 | 37 | 27.5 | 50 | 25.4 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Holdrege, NE (2,320 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 Holdrege
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 122 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Holdrege: 103 thunderstorm wind reports, 15 heavy rain events and 4 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $12.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 85 mph, on May 10, 2016.
June 7, 2024: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Holdrege — $4.0 million damage.
NWS: “Wind gusts estimated to be near 85 MPH resulted in a swath of damage running from approximately 5-6 miles north of Funk to approximately 3-4 miles south-southeast of Funk. Emergency management reported numerous flipped irrigation pivots and several damaged or snapped power poles along this path.”
July 1, 2024: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Holdrege — $2.0 million damage.
NWS: “Peak wind gusts were estimated to be around 70 MPH, with measured gusts of 66 MPH from a mesonet station located three miles south-southwest of Holdrege and 60 MPH from the Holdrege Airport AWOS.”
May 11, 2005: flash flood 6 miles from the centre of Holdrege — $1.5 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
Phelps County, which includes Holdrege, has been named in 14 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 7 severe storms, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Phelps County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for hail; Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes and lightning; Very Low for inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $17.4 million a year, the 16th highest of 93 Nebraska counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $7.8 million (45%), 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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