Nevada

Storm History: Douglas County, Nevada

1,025 episodes, 1,713 events since 1983

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Douglas County, Nevada: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
1,713
Deaths
11
Injuries
65
Damage
$68 million
Episodes
1,025

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind77616$6.8 million
Heavy Snow538010$223,000
Winter Storm86115$14 million
Dust Storm6002$165,000
Winter Weather4710$5,000
Flash Flood3800$2.4 million
Wildfire26325$43 million
Strong Wind2500$16,000
Debris Flow2400$13,000
Avalanche2314
Flood1020$2.2 million
Heavy Rain900
Hail800
Thunderstorm Wind800$2,000
Dense Fog800$10,000
Ice Storm722
Lightning501$27,000
Heat400
Blizzard300
Cold/Wind Chill200
Dense Smoke200
Dust Devil100$20,000
Lake-Effect Snow100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Tornado100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Douglas CountyEvery warning in Douglas County since 1986Every county in Nevada

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.