Nevada

Storms in Nevada in 2017

272 events in 108 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nevada in 2017, 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 2017 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
272
Deaths
121
Injuries
4
Damage
$20 million
Episodes
108

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 Wind8600$1.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind4912$36,000
Heavy Snow3800$82,000
Flash Flood2720$6.9 million
Heat16630
Flood1200$10 million
Hail1000$4,000
Heavy Rain600
Wildfire600$800,000
Winter Weather400
Strong Wind300$10,000
Excessive Heat3520
Funnel Cloud300
Cold/Wind Chill230
Tornado200
Blizzard100
Debris Flow100
Dust Storm100
Lightning100
Avalanche102

Every episode, month by month

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November 2017

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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.