Cold/Wind Chill in Nevada
Every cold/wind chill event the National Weather Service has filed in Nevada, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
The most significant on the map
The most significant cold/wind chill episodes in Nevada.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 34
- Deaths
- 33
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $50,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Cold in Nevada, December 6 to 7, 2011Temperatures were near or below freezing in Las Vegas for five consecutive mornings. Two men died of hypothermia during the period.
- Cold in Nevada, December 26 to 29, 2016Two people died in Las Vegas of cold-related causes.
- Cold in Nevada, January 3 to 6, 2017Two people died in Las Vegas of Cold related causes.
- Cold in Nevada, March 2 to 3, 2019Two people died in Las Vegas of cold related causes.
- Cold in Nevada, March 13 to 14, 2019Two people died in Las Vegas of cold related causes.
- Cold in Nevada, December 9 to 10, 2022Two people died in Las Vegas of cold-related causes.
- Cold in Nevada, February 23 to 26, 2023Two people died of cold-related causes in the Las Vegas Valley.
- Dust Storm and High Wind in Nevada, February 21 to 24, 2022A cold low pressure system dove south out of Canada, bringing strong winds ahead of it and cold temperatures behind it.
- Winter Weather and Cold in Nevada, December 30 to 31, 2014A very cold storm system brought rare low elevation snow to the Mojave Desert.
- Flash Flooding and Dense Fog in Nevada, January 9 to 10, 2018A slow moving low pressure system pulled a plume of moisture over the Mojave Desert, resulting in unseasonably heavy rain and some flash flooding. The unusually humid conditions also led to patchy dense fog.
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Nevada, February 18 to 21, 2019A very cold low pressure system brought unusually heavy snow to low elevations in the Mojave Desert.
- Cold in Nevada, January 12 to 17, 2007Abnormally cold temperatures in Las Vegas contributed to one death.
- Cold in Nevada, December 18, 2008The day after heavy snow fell in portions of the Las Vegas Valley, one man died of exposure to the cold temperatures.
- Cold in Nevada, January 8, 2011Below normal temperatures for several days at the end of December and beginning of January led to the death of one person.
- Cold in Nevada, January 7, 2012A man died of hypothermia in Las Vegas.
- Cold in Nevada, January 14, 2016One person died of hypothermia in Las Vegas. It was the sixth consecutive day of below normal temperatures.
- Cold in Nevada, March 6, 2017Cool temperatures contributed to the death of one man in Las Vegas.
- Cold in Nevada, April 14, 2018One man died on Mt. Charleston due to cold related causes.
- Cold in Nevada, December 24, 2018One man died in Las Vegas of cold related causes.
- Cold in Nevada, November 17, 2018One man died in Las Vegas of cold-related causes.
- Cold in Nevada, February 7, 2019One man died of cold related causes in Las Vegas.
- Cold in Nevada, November 25, 2021One man died in Las Vegas of cold-related causes.
- Cold in Nevada, December 20, 2021One person died in Las Vegas of cold-related causes.
- Cold in Nevada, January 1, 2022One man died in Las Vegas of cold related causes.
- Cold in Nevada, March 9, 2022One person died at Valley of Fire State Park of cold-related causes.
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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.