Nevada

Storms in Nevada in 2015

254 events in 96 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nevada in 2015, 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 2015 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
254
Deaths
36
Injuries
91
Damage
$4.6 million
Episodes
96

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
Flash Flood7507$3.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind4500$60,000
Heavy Snow3101$115,000
Hail2500
High Wind2401$67,000
Heat12292
Winter Weather717
Lightning700
Heavy Rain5052$650,000
Strong Wind500$2,000
Dust Storm500$110,000
Dust Devil404$7,000
Excessive Heat3617
Flood200$8,000
Dense Fog100
Funnel Cloud100
Tornado100
Wildfire100

Every episode, month by month

January 2015

February 2015

March 2015

April 2015

May 2015

June 2015

July 2015

August 2015

September 2015

October 2015

November 2015

December 2015

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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.