Nevada

Storms in Nevada in 2018

436 events in 111 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nevada in 2018, 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 2018 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
436
Deaths
127
Injuries
15
Damage
$17 million
Episodes
111

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
Heavy Rain9400
Heavy Snow8508$1,000
High Wind8300$105,000
Flash Flood3510$9.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind3000$4.0 million
Heat17730
Hail1000
Debris Flow900$3,000
Strong Wind823
Dust Storm700$170,000
Funnel Cloud700
Excessive Heat7470
Winter Storm601$3.0 million
Wildfire603
Winter Weather500
Dense Fog400
Cold/Wind Chill430
Lake-Effect Snow400
Lightning410$10,000
Tornado400
Flood300
Avalanche200
Dust Devil200$510,000

Every episode, month by month

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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.