Nevada

Storms in Nevada in 2008

308 events in 97 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nevada in 2008, 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 2008 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

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The year

Events
308
Deaths
21
Injuries
6
Damage
$8.7 million
Episodes
97

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 Wind13700$591,000
Heavy Snow3300$1.1 million
Winter Storm3000
Thunderstorm Wind2000$3,000
Flash Flood1402$7.0 million
Winter Weather1400
Strong Wind1402$200
Hail1312$5,000
Heat11190
Funnel Cloud500
Frost/Freeze500
Lightning400
Cold/Wind Chill310
Heavy Rain200
Freezing Fog200
Flood100

Every episode, month by month

January 2008

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June 2008

July 2008

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September 2008

October 2008

November 2008

December 2008

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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.