Nevada

Storms in Nevada in 2016

187 events in 76 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nevada in 2016, 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 2016 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
187
Deaths
86
Injuries
3
Damage
$81 million
Episodes
76

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 Wind4701$112,000
Thunderstorm Wind2800$13,000
Heavy Snow2600$203,000
Flash Flood2621$51 million
Hail1300$2,000
Heat9261
Winter Storm800
Strong Wind600$3,000
Winter Weather400
Lightning400
Excessive Heat4550
Wildfire300$30 million
Flood300$1,000
Dense Fog200
Cold/Wind Chill230
Dust Devil200$25,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2016

February 2016

March 2016

April 2016

May 2016

June 2016

July 2016

August 2016

September 2016

October 2016

November 2016

December 2016

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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.