Nevada, 2025

High Wind in Nevada, October 26, 2025

October 26, 2025 · NWS REV · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

During the weekend of the 25th-26th, a strong Pacific storm system brought periods of rain and strong winds across the region. Most of the rain fell over northwest NV and the far western NV foothills.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 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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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
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 REV wrote it up.

During the weekend of the 25th-26th, a strong Pacific storm system brought periods of rain and strong winds across the region. Most of the rain fell over northwest NV and the far western NV foothills. This was day two in a multi-day event.

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 Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 25, 11:59 AM PST, 22 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 11:59 AM PST, 22 hours 1 minute 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

3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Mineral/Southern Lyon

When
October 26, 10:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST
Where
Mineral/Southern Lyon forecast zone
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
38.780, -118.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Nevada Department of Transportation mesonet station at Sweetwater Summit (SWWNV) recorded a wind gust of 60 mph. Also, a Desert Research Institute mesonet station 2 S of Smith Valley recorded a wind gust of 56 mph.

High Wind, Greater Lake Tahoe Area

When
October 26, 10:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST
Where
Greater Lake Tahoe Area forecast zone
Measured
89 kt (102 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
39.789, -119.640 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Desert Research Institute mesonet station 0.9 E of Mount Rose Summit recorded a wind gust of 102 mph.

High Wind, Greater Reno/Carson City/Minden Area

When
October 26, 10:00 AM PST to 10:00 PM PST
Where
Greater Reno/Carson City/Minden Area forecast zone
Measured
79 kt (91 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
39.511, -119.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Nevada Department of Transportation mesonet station 2.3 NE Washoe City (GLCNV) recorded a wind gust of 91 mph. The Galena RAWS (GALN2) recorded a wind gust of 74 mph. Additionally, there were reports of several of overturned semi-trucks in the area, including a rollover on SR-439 near Norway Dr. Finally, there was a rollover semi-truck on I-580 near Galena Creek.

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1295863, 1295864, 1295865.