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Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Tecumseh, 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 Tecumseh, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 103 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
103

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
5

5 deaths in all

What the records show for Tecumseh

The strongest of the 103 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on May 22, 2004; its path came within 25 miles, and it killed 1 person. The deadliest, an F3 on September 25, 1973, killed 3 people. Of the 103, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 43 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 30. The most recent tornado was on August 10, 2025. Of the 91 Nebraska cities on this site, 69% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Tecumseh. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 83 times since 1957, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Of the 91 Nebraska cities, 91% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Tecumseh.

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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Tecumseh

By decade

  • 2020s11
  • 2010s9
  • 2000s23(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s21(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s6
  • 1970s10(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s7(2 EF3+)
  • 1950s16
Strongest tornadoes near Tecumseh, Nebraska
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 22, 2004F425 mi54 mi1 / 38
Sep 25, 1973F319 mi169.7 mi3 / 42
Apr 28, 1963F317 mi4.9 mi1 / 8
Apr 26, 1991F319 mi14 mi0 / 2
Jul 1, 1965F319 mi12.8 mi0 / 1
Dec 15, 2021EF218 mi3.3 mi0 / 0
Apr 14, 2012EF29 mi5.75 mi0 / 0
May 29, 2008EF215 mi10.81 mi0 / 0
Apr 15, 2006F213 mi34 mi0 / 0
Apr 11, 2001F216 mi2 mi0 / 2
May 8, 1995F217 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Apr 26, 1991F216 mi4 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 103, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Tecumseh

The Storm Prediction Center has 83 hail reports within 10 miles of Tecumseh since 1957, made on 55 separate days. Of these, 50 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on June 11, 2018. The most recent report is from April 23, 2025. June has the most reports, 23.

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

Weather by month in Tecumseh

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Tecumseh 1S, NE, 2 miles southeast of Tecumseh at 1,110 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 65°F; January is the coolest, at 35°F and 13°F. May is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 32.4 inches over 56 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 35 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 144 nights a year. Snowfall averages 22.4 inches a year, most of it in January. That 32.4 inches is more than at 58 of the 68 Nebraska stations used on this site (85%). Auburn, 19 miles east, has its own station (Auburn 5 ESE, NE): 32.3 inches a year, the same as here, and a July average high of 87°F against 88°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Tecumseh 1S, NE
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow in
Jan35130.836.7
Feb40171.136.4
Mar53282.142.0
Apr64382.961.1
May74505.370.0
Jun83614.370.0
Jul88654.060.0
Aug86633.760.0
Sep79532.750.0
Oct67392.640.4
Nov52271.631.9
Dec40171.333.9
Year633932.45622.4

Averages for 1991–2020 at Tecumseh 1S, NE (1,110 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.

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Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Tecumseh

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 58 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Tecumseh: 47 thunderstorm wind reports, 4 floods, 3 flash floods, 3 heavy rain events and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on May 18, 2026.

  • April 25, 2008: flood 9 miles from the centre of Tecumseh — $1.0 million damage.

    NWS: “Rainfall of 2 to 6 inches in a few hours time caused flooding along Sampson Creek and Turkey Creek which washed out 3 bridges and caused county road damage southwest of Tecumseh. Damage in Johnson county to roads and bridges was estimated at 1 million dollars.”

  • May 6, 2007: flash flood 5 miles from the centre of Tecumseh — $100,000 damage.

    NWS: “Flash flooding washed out a county road bridge northwest of Sterling according to Emergency Management. A few county roads were also flooded in the area.”

  • April 25, 2008: flood 9 miles from the centre of Tecumseh — $100,000 damage.

    NWS: “Rainfall of 2 to 6 inches in a few hours time caused flooding along Turkey Creek from Johnson county into Pawnee county to near Steinauer. The flooding caused some road damage and structual damage to 1 bridge in Pawnee county.”

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

Johnson County, which includes Tecumseh, has been named in 22 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 20 of them major disasters (by incident: 11 severe storms, 6 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds, on May 21, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Johnson County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for tornadoes and hail; Very Low for inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $4.3 million a year, the 67th highest of 93 Nebraska counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.8 million (42%), is from inland flooding.

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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