Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Papillion, NE

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Gretna 4NE, NE, 8 miles west of Papillion at 1,240 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 32°F and 14°F. June is the wettest at 5.4 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 33.3 inches over 59 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 26 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 136 nights a year. Snowfall averages 36.4 inches a year, most of it in February. That 33.3 inches is more than at 63 of the 68 Nebraska stations used on this site (93%). Bellevue, 5 miles east, has its own station (Omaha Eppley Airfield, NE): 32.1 inches a year, 1.2 less than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 86°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 358 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Papillion: 257 thunderstorm wind reports, 48 floods, 43 flash floods, 5 heavy rain events and 5 lightning strikes. They killed 1 person and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $445.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 104 mph, on June 16, 2017. August has had the most flash floods, 22 of 43. Of the 89 Nebraska cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 85 have had fewer than Papillion.

Flood insurance policyholders in Papillion's 2 ZIP codes have filed 123 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $3.0 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from March 2019 Midwest Flooding in 2019: 58 claims (47% of all) and $2.7 million, then Midwest Flooding in 1993 with 19. 63% 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, 31 have fewer than Papillion.