Excessive Heat in Saunders, Nebraska

Excessive Heat July 29, 2025 · Saunders, Nebraska

What the National Weather Service wrote

KAHQ AWOS measured heat index up to 114 degrees. Personal weather stations and mesonets measured heat index of 113, 116 and 117 degrees.

The wider storm

A prolonged stretch of dangerous heat gripped southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 as a mid-level ridge remained in place over the central Plains. Afternoon high temperatures climbed into the mid to upper 90s, while oppressive humidity pushed heat index values to 112 to 124 degrees.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1284092. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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