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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.

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

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
133

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
5

2 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Holdrege

By decade

  • 2020s17
  • 2010s17(1 EF3+)
  • 2000s15
  • 1990s29(3 EF3+)
  • 1980s23
  • 1970s13
  • 1960s11
  • 1950s8(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Holdrege, Nebraska
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 20, 2011EF324 mi10 mi0 / 0
Jun 6, 1993F314 mi60 mi0 / 2
Jun 6, 1993F321 mi10 mi0 / 0
Mar 13, 1990F321 mi32 mi0 / 0
Oct 29, 1956F36 mi65.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 22, 1969F215 mi4.1 mi1 / 0
Jun 20, 2011EF220 mi4 mi0 / 1
May 29, 2008EF224 mi31.63 mi0 / 0
May 29, 2008EF217 mi14.06 mi0 / 0
Oct 16, 1998F210 mi24 mi0 / 0
Oct 17, 1994F21 mi4 mi0 / 0
Jun 6, 1993F220 mi7 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 133, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Holdrege while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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