Nevada

Storms in Nevada in 2012

241 events in 104 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nevada in 2012, 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 2012 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
241
Deaths
12
Injuries
11
Damage
$82 million
Episodes
104

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 Wind7600$402,000
Flash Flood5228$76 million
Heavy Snow3600$541,000
Thunderstorm Wind3000$52,000
Strong Wind910$100
Hail700
Winter Weather600
Dust Devil500$112,000
Lightning400$511,000
Excessive Heat310
Heat360
Wildfire213$4.6 million
Winter Storm200$40,000
Tornado200
Debris Flow200$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill110
Lake-Effect Snow100

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

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March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

August 2012

September 2012

October 2012

November 2012

December 2012

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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.