Nevada, 2025

Heat in Nevada, June 23 to 26, 2025

June 23 to 26, 2025 · NWS VEF · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Six people died in southern Nevada of heat-related causes.

Where it happened

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.

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The toll

Deaths
6
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

Six people died in southern Nevada 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 22, 9:12 PM PST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 9:12 PM PST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Las Vegas Valley

When
June 23, 12:00 AM PST to June 25, 11:59 PM PST
Where
Las Vegas Valley forecast zone
Deaths
1 direct, 4 indirect
Reported by
County Official
Coordinates
36.215, -115.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Five people died in Las Vegas of heat-related causes.

Heat, Spring Mountains

When
June 26, 12:00 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST
Where
Spring Mountains forecast zone
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
County Official
Coordinates
37.129, -115.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One person died of heat-related causes in a rest area along Highway 160.

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, Las Vegas Valley2025-06-2373MaleUnknownIndirect
Heat, Las Vegas Valley2025-06-2569MaleMobile/Trailer HomeIndirect
Heat, Las Vegas Valley2025-06-2337MaleOutside/Open AreasIndirect
Heat, Las Vegas Valley2025-06-2328MalePermanent StructureDirect
Heat, Las Vegas Valley2025-06-2572MaleVehicle/Towed TrailerIndirect
Heat, Spring Mountains2025-06-2668MaleVehicle/Towed TrailerDirect

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1279794, 1279796.