Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Louisville, NE

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Weeping Water, NE, 9 miles south of Louisville at 1,100 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 34°F and 14°F. May and June are the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 34.0 inches over 56 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 23 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 140 nights a year. Snowfall averages 32.8 inches a year, most of it in January. That 34.0 inches is more than at 64 of the 68 Nebraska stations used on this site (94%). Springfield, 6 miles north, has its own station (Gretna 4NE, NE): 33.3 inches a year, 0.7 less than here, and the same July average high, 86°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 105 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Louisville: 78 thunderstorm wind reports, 17 floods, 7 flash floods and 3 heavy rain events. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $224,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 93 mph, on April 20, 2023. June has had the most flash floods, 5 of 7. Of the 89 Nebraska cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 37 have had fewer than Louisville.

Flood insurance policyholders in Louisville's ZIP code 68037 have filed 37 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1984, and were paid $646,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Midwest Flooding in 1993: 14 claims (38% of all) and $162,000. 59% 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, 18 have fewer than Louisville.