Eight people died of heat related causes in Las Vegas.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
Eight people died of heat related causes in Las Vegas.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Eight people died of heat related causes in Las Vegas.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2017-07-22 | 41 | Male | Unknown | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2017-07-20 | 53 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2017-07-21 | 60 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2017-07-24 | 59 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2017-07-20 | 54 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2017-07-21 | 57 | Female | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2017-07-22 | 74 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Las Vegas Valley | 2017-07-22 | 78 | Female | Permanent Home | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, July 2017
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 713489.