Cold in Nevada, December 22, 1998

Name: Cold in Nevada, December 22, 1998
Start: 1998-12-22T01:00
End: 1998-12-22T08:00
Location: Nevada

December 22, 1998 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 cold/wind chill, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

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Event by event

1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, C Clark

When: December 22, 1:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
Where: C Clark forecast zone
Reported by: UTILITY COMPANY
Coordinates: 36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The official low temperature in Las Vegas dropped to the 20 degree mark for the first time in eight years. Many locations throughout the the Las Vegas Valley experienced temperatures in the teens for a few hours before sunrise. This relatively rare event caused widespread damage to plants and sprinkler systems around the valley. Although no official damage estimate has been made, at least a few thousand homes lost sensitive plants or received damage to sprinkler piping. Lawn and garden shops had difficulty keeping replacement parts in stock.

What these are

Cold/Wind Chill: Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nevada in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Nevada, December 1998

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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5678004.