Storms in Nevada in 2020
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nevada in 2020, 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 2020 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
The year
- Events
- 310
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $439,000
- Episodes
- 78
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 167 | 0 | 0 | $61,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 19 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Winter Weather | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $230,000 |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 3 | $100,000 |
| Flash Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Debris Flow | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, January 1, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, January 1, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, January 3 to 4, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 12 to 14, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, January 13 to 14, 2020
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Nevada, January 16 to 17, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, January 16, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 16 to 17, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, January 16, 2020
- Winter Weather in Nevada, January 25 to 26, 2020
February 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, February 2, 2020
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Nevada, February 2 to 3, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, February 3, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 3 to 4, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, February 7 to 8, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, February 8 to 9, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 16, 2020
- Dense Fog in Nevada, February 23, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Nevada, February 29, 2020
March 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Nevada, March 1, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 7, 2020
- Flash Flood in Nevada, March 12 to 13, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 14, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 17 to 18, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, March 24 to 26, 2020
April 2020
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Nevada, April 5 to 6, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, April 5 to 6, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 6 to 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, April 7 to 9, 2020
- Hail in Nevada, April 12, 2020
May 2020
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, May 10, 2020
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Nevada, May 17 to 20, 2020
- Dust Devil in Nevada, May 19, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, May 21 to 22, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, May 27 to 29, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Nevada, May 30 to 31, 2020
June 2020
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, June 3 to 4, 2020
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Nevada, June 5 to 7, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, June 12 to 13, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, June 15 to 16, 2020
- Debris Flow and Damaging Winds in Nevada, June 24, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Nevada, June 25, 2020
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Nevada, June 27 to 28, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, June 28, 2020
July 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, July 2 to 3, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, July 11 to 13, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Nevada, July 21 to 23, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, July 30 to 31, 2020
August 2020
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, August 1, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Nevada, August 11, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, August 14 to 21, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, August 17, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 23, 2020
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, August 24 to 27, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 24, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 25, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 29, 2020
September 2020
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, September 4 to 7, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, September 7 to 8, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, September 8, 2020
October 2020
- Wildfire in Nevada, October 3 to 8, 2020
- Heat in Nevada, October 5, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, October 25, 2020
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Nevada, October 25 to 26, 2020
November 2020
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Nevada, November 6 to 8, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Nevada, November 8 to 9, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 12 to 14, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, November 13, 2020
- Wildfire and Heavy Snow in Nevada, November 17 to 18, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, November 17 to 18, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, November 18, 2020
December 2020
- Winter Weather in Nevada, December 11 to 12, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Nevada, December 13 to 14, 2020
- Winter Weather in Nevada, December 16 to 17, 2020
- High Wind in Nevada, December 22, 2020
- High Wind and Winter Weather in Nevada, December 25 to 26, 2020
- Winter Weather in Nevada, December 27 to 28, 2020
- Winter Weather in Nevada, December 30 to 31, 2020
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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.