Nevada

Storms in Nevada in 2021

450 events in 128 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nevada in 2021, 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 2021 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
450
Deaths
13
Injuries
4
Damage
$3.5 million
Episodes
128

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
High Wind15100$15,000
Heavy Snow10100$10,000
Thunderstorm Wind7003$100,000
Excessive Heat3780
Flash Flood2900$2.7 million
Winter Weather1500
Flood1100
Heavy Rain600
Strong Wind500
Winter Storm500
Hail400$500,000
Heat320
Avalanche211
Funnel Cloud200
Dust Storm200
Lightning200
Cold/Wind Chill220
Lake-Effect Snow100
Wildfire100$200,000
Tornado100

Every episode, month by month

January 2021

February 2021

March 2021

April 2021

May 2021

June 2021

July 2021

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September 2021

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November 2021

December 2021

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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.