Storm History: Esmeralda County, Nevada
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 111 | 0 | 0 | $361,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 43 | 0 | 0 | $150,000 |
| Flash Flood | 28 | 0 | 1 | $629,000 |
| Dust Storm | 9 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 6 | 0 | 0 | $80,000 |
| Tornado | 2 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Winter Storm | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2023
- High Wind, March 30, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, April 14, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 21, 2010
- High Wind, January 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2010
- High Wind, November 30, 2011
- High Wind, May 25, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 23, 1998
- Dust Storm, April 14, 2015
- High Wind, October 20, 2017
- High Wind, February 13, 2008
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2013
- High Wind, April 7, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2011
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
- High Wind, May 26, 2026
- High Wind, May 17, 2026
- High Wind, April 21, 2026
- High Wind, April 16, 2026
- High Wind, April 12, 2026
- High Wind, March 31, 2026
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2026
- High Wind, June 21, 2025
- High Wind, May 11, 2025
- High Wind, March 17, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 13, 2025
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2025
- High Wind, March 2, 2025
- High Wind, February 4, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2025
- High Wind, December 24, 2024
- High Wind, December 14, 2024
- High Wind, October 17, 2024
- High Wind, August 22, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2024
- High Wind, May 4, 2024
- High Wind, April 26, 2024
- High Wind, March 1, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 14, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2023
- High Wind, February 14, 2023
- High Wind, November 7, 2022
- High Wind, October 22, 2022
- Excessive Heat, September 5, 2022
- Excessive Heat, September 1, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 30, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2022
- High Wind, June 17, 2022
- Dust Storm, May 8, 2022
- Dust Storm, April 11, 2022
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2021
- Excessive Heat, July 7, 2021
- Excessive Heat, June 27, 2021
- High Wind, April 5, 2021
- High Wind, March 15, 2021
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2021
- Dust Storm, October 25, 2020
- Excessive Heat, August 14, 2020
- High Wind, June 28, 2020
- Dust Storm, February 2, 2020
- High Wind, January 16, 2020
- High Wind, December 15, 2019
- Dense Fog, December 4, 2019
- High Wind, November 25, 2019
- High Wind, October 9, 2019
- Dust Storm, September 1, 2019
- Dust Storm, April 9, 2019
- High Wind, March 12, 2019
- Flash Flood, February 14, 2019
- High Wind, January 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2018
- High Wind, April 16, 2018
- High Wind, April 11, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 2, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 26, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2018
- High Wind, December 20, 2017
- High Wind, November 27, 2017
- High Wind, October 20, 2017
- High Wind, June 11, 2017
- High Wind, April 25, 2017
- High Wind, March 30, 2017
- High Wind, March 5, 2017
- High Wind, November 16, 2016
- High Wind, October 30, 2016
- High Wind, June 15, 2016
- High Wind, May 19, 2016
- High Wind, April 22, 2016
- High Wind, March 11, 2016
- High Wind, February 17, 2016
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 30, 2016
- High Wind, November 24, 2015
- High Wind, November 15, 2015
- High Wind, November 2, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2015
- Dust Storm, April 14, 2015
- High Wind, April 7, 2015
- High Wind, December 25, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 12, 2014
- High Wind, November 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2014
- Tornado, August 3, 2014
- High Wind, May 10, 2014
- High Wind, April 25, 2014
- Wildfire, April 22, 2014
- High Wind, March 29, 2014
- High Wind, October 27, 2013
- High Wind, October 3, 2013
- High Wind, September 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2013
- High Wind, April 15, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2013
- Dust Devil, March 6, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2013
- High Wind, January 29, 2013
- High Wind, November 30, 2012
- High Wind, November 8, 2012
- High Wind, October 22, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2012
- High Wind, June 10, 2012
- High Wind, June 4, 2012
- High Wind, May 25, 2012
- High Wind, April 23, 2012
- High Wind, March 31, 2012
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2012
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2012
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2012
- Flash Flood, January 21, 2012
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2011
- High Wind, November 30, 2011
- Heavy Snow, November 4, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2011
- Lightning, June 15, 2011
- High Wind, May 25, 2011
- High Wind, May 15, 2011
- High Wind, April 7, 2011
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 2011
- Heavy Snow, December 29, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 19, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 20, 2010
- High Wind, April 4, 2010
- High Wind, March 30, 2010
- High Wind, March 25, 2010
- High Wind, March 18, 2010
- Heavy Snow, March 8, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 21, 2010
- Heavy Snow, January 18, 2010
- High Wind, December 22, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2009
- High Wind, October 3, 2009
- High Wind, June 3, 2009
- Heavy Snow, April 14, 2009
- High Wind, March 29, 2009
- High Wind, March 4, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2008
- High Wind, August 31, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2008
- High Wind, June 10, 2008
- High Wind, June 4, 2008
- High Wind, May 21, 2008
- High Wind, May 12, 2008
- High Wind, April 29, 2008
- High Wind, April 27, 2008
- Heavy Snow, March 14, 2008
- High Wind, March 1, 2008
- High Wind, February 13, 2008
- High Wind, March 27, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2007
- High Wind, December 27, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 17, 2006
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 7, 2005
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2001
- High Wind, January 10, 2001
- High Wind, February 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow, January 23, 1999
- Flash Flood, July 23, 1998
- Flash Flood, September 2, 1997
- Heavy Snow, December 22, 1996
- Tornado, August 27, 1982
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.