Nevada

Storms in Nevada in 1996

127 events in 119 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nevada in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Nevada in 1996 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over Nevada

The year

Events
127
Deaths
1
Injuries
6
Damage
$1.0 million
Episodes
119

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind5402$214,000
Heavy Snow2902$10,000
Thunderstorm Wind1700$115,000
Flash Flood801$270,000
Hail700
Flood300$100,000
Dust Devil210$5,000
Lightning201$50,000
Heavy Rain200$200,000
Tornado100
Funnel Cloud100
Winter Storm100$50,000

Every episode, month by month

January 1996

February 1996

May 1996

June 1996

July 1996

August 1996

September 1996

November 1996

December 1996

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.