October was dry and warm, with much of the area reporting no measurable precipitation during the month.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 REV wrote it up.
October was dry and warm, with much of the area reporting no measurable precipitation during the month.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
KOLO News 8 Reno reported that a mobile home was lost to a small quarter-acre wildfire south of the Truckee River in Storey County near exit 38 of Interstate 80, the Orchard exit. No one was home at the time.
The Baccarat Fire started near Red Rock Road north of Reno on the 4th before being contained on the 8th. The fire burned 10500 acres with no structures destroyed. However, the fire threatened 75 to 100 homes. Mandatory evacuations were ordered for some residents in the path of the fire. Firefighting costs were approximately $2.4M, according to the Carson City District Office, Nevada, Bureau of Land Management.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, October 2020
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: 925792, 925674.