Nevada

Storm History: Esmeralda County, Nevada

182 episodes, 214 events since 1982

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Esmeralda 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
214
Deaths
1
Injuries
7
Damage
$1.3 million
Episodes
182

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 Wind11100$361,000
Heavy Snow4300$150,000
Flash Flood2801$629,000
Dust Storm900$50,000
Excessive Heat900
Thunderstorm Wind600$80,000
Tornado200$2,000
Winter Storm216
Lightning100$1,000
Dust Devil100$5,000
Wildfire100
Dense Fog100

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

More

Tornadoes in Esmeralda CountyEvery warning in Esmeralda 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.