Nevada, 2020Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 12 to 14, 2020
January 12 to 14, 2020 · NWS LKN · 5 events in 2 counties and zones
A wet winter storm brought heavy snow to the high elevation areas of northern Nevada.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
A wet winter storm brought heavy snow to the high elevation areas of northern Nevada.
Heavy Snow, Humboldt
- When
- January 12, 3:00 AM PST to January 14, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 41.407, -118.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Fifteen inches fell at station Buckskin Lower (BKLN2), elevation 6700 feet.
Heavy Snow, N Elko Cnty
- When
- January 12, 3:00 AM PST to January 14, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- N Elko Cnty forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 41.146, -115.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Twelve inches fell at station Bear Creek (BERN2), elevation 7800 feet.
Heavy Snow, N Elko Cnty
- When
- January 12, 3:00 AM PST to January 14, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- N Elko Cnty forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 41.146, -115.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Fifteen inches fell at station Columbia Basin (CMBN2), elevation 6650 feet.
Heavy Snow, N Elko Cnty
- When
- January 12, 3:00 AM PST to January 14, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- N Elko Cnty forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 41.146, -115.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thirteen inches fell at station Jack Creek Upper (JCUN2), elevation 7250 feet.
Heavy Snow, N Elko Cnty
- When
- January 12, 3:00 AM PST to January 14, 12:00 PM PST
- Where
- N Elko Cnty forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
- Coordinates
- 41.146, -115.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sixteen inches fell at station Jacks Peak (JAPN2), elevation 8420 feet.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 12, 20202 deaths · 2 injured · $11,000 · 7 events
- Lakeshore Flood and High Wind in New York, January 12, 2020$420,000 · 60 kt wind · 12 events
- Strong Wind in New York, January 12, 2020$150,000 · 3 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 12, 2020$24,000 · 62 kt wind · 39 events
- Strong Wind in New York, January 12, 2020$41,000 · 27 events
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in New York, January 12, 2020$95,000 · 5 events
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, January 12, 2020$50,000 · 1 event
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, January 12, 2020$50,000 · 1 event
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, January 12, 2020$45,000 · 3 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, January 12, 202023 events
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 12 to 13, 202023 events
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, January 12, 20202 injured · 6 events
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 870307, 870308, 870309, 870310, 870311.