Nevada, 2025

Heat in Nevada, June 19, 2025

June 19, 2025 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

One person died in Mesquite of heat-related causes.

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

One person died in Mesquite of heat-related causes.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 8:53 PM PST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • * Extreme Heat Warning remains in effect for through Thursday with triple digit highs and warm overnight low temperatures. * Dangerous fire weather conditions are expected Thursday through Saturday as gusty winds and afternoon humidities in the single digits develop each afternoon. Winds diminish on Sunday and remain lower into early next week. * Cooler temperatures are in store beginning Sunday as temperatures cool to below normal.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 8:53 PM PST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
953 PM PDT Wed Jun 18 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

* Extreme Heat Warning remains in effect for through Thursday
  with triple digit highs and warm overnight low temperatures.

* Dangerous fire weather conditions are expected Thursday through
  Saturday as gusty winds and afternoon humidities in the single
  digits develop each afternoon. Winds diminish on Sunday and
  remain lower into early next week.

* Cooler temperatures are in store beginning Sunday as
  temperatures cool to below normal.

&&

.DISCUSSION...Today through Next Wednesday

Hot temperatures remain across the region as high pressure
continues through today. The Extreme Heat Warning out for much of
the area will continue through tomorrow with temperatures about
5-10 degrees above normal. These high temps coupled with little
relief at night make the heat much more dangerous and has
contributed to major HeatRisk aross the lower elevations of the
Mojave Desert.

As the ridge of high pressure breaks down a bit on Thursday
afternoon, a shortwave will move into the area. This will bring
increased winds, causing dangerous fire weather conditions. A Red
Flag Warning is in effect for Thursday and Friday for much of
southern Nevada and Mohave County. Dangerous fire weather
conditions will continue through Saturday over a smaller area.

As the Pacific trough moves in over the weekend, winds will
decrease on Sunday and much cooler temperatures will bring some
well needed relief from the extreme heat. Below normal
temperatures will make a brief appearance Sunday and Monday before
they return to near normal by Tuesday across the area.

&&

.AVIATION...For Harry Reid...For the 06Z Forecast Package...South
southwest winds tonight will become light early Thursday morning,
then shift to southerly with gusts of 20 to 30 knots from late
morning through the afternoon. Temperature rising back to 100F 18-
19Z Thursday on the way to a high around 108F near 00Z. VFR
conditions prevail.

For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast
California...For the 06Z Forecast Package...Expect wind gusts less
than 20 knots tonight into Thursday morning. During the day
Thursday, south to southwest winds will increase, with gusts of 20
to 30 knots common across the region. VFR conditions will prevail.

&&

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report
any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating
procedures.

&&

DISCUSSION...Berc
AVIATION...Morgan

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The radar

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Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Northeast Clark

When
June 19, 12:00 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST
Where
Northeast Clark forecast zone
Deaths
0 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by
County Official
Coordinates
36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One person died in Mesquite of heat-related causes.

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
Heat, Northeast Clark2025-06-1974FemalePermanent HomeIndirect

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

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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: 1279790.