Nevada, 2025

Excessive Heat in Nevada, June 15, 2025

June 15, 2025 · NWS VEF · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

High pressure nosing in from the eastern Pacific pushed temperatures to dangerously hot levels. One person died of heat-related causes a couple of days after the peak of the heat.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
8
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.

High pressure nosing in from the eastern Pacific pushed temperatures to dangerously hot levels. One person died of heat-related causes a couple of days after the peak of the heat.

The radar

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Event by event

3 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Western Clark/Southern Nye

When
June 15, 9:00 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
Where
Western Clark/Southern Nye forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
37.129, -115.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on one day.

Excessive Heat, Las Vegas Valley

When
June 15, 9:00 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
Where
Las Vegas Valley forecast zone
Deaths
3 direct, 5 indirect
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on one day. Eight people died during and immediately following the extreme heat of heat-related causes.

Excessive Heat, Lake Mead/Lake Mohave National Recreation Area

When
June 15, 9:00 AM PST to 9:00 PM PST
Where
Lake Mead/Lake Mohave National Recreation Area forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations

Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on one day.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Excessive Heat, Las Vegas Valley2025-06-1581MaleUnknownIndirect
Excessive Heat, Las Vegas Valley2025-06-1772MaleUnknownDirect
Excessive Heat, Las Vegas Valley2025-06-1584FemaleOutside/Open AreasDirect
Excessive Heat, Las Vegas Valley2025-06-1642MaleOutside/Open AreasIndirect
Excessive Heat, Las Vegas Valley2025-06-1746MaleOutside/Open AreasIndirect
Excessive Heat, Las Vegas Valley2025-06-1575MalePermanent HomeIndirect
Excessive Heat, Las Vegas Valley2025-06-1680FemalePermanent HomeIndirect
Excessive Heat, Las Vegas Valley2025-06-1686FemalePermanent HomeDirect

What these are

Excessive Heat
Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1274075, 1274076, 1274077.