Frost/Freeze in Nevada
Every frost/freeze event the National Weather Service has filed in Nevada, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Frost or temperatures at or below freezing during the growing season, usually filed for crop damage.
The most significant on the map
The most significant frost/freeze 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
- 15
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $8.7 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Frost and Freeze in Nevada, January 12 to 16, 2013A very cold and dry air mass brought the coldest temperatures in six years across the Mojave Desert. Hard freezes occurred on four to five consecutive mornings in most places.
- Frost and Freeze in Nevada, February 2 to 3, 2011A strong cold front brought subfreezing temperatures to much of the Mojave Desert.
- Heavy Snow and Frost and Freeze in Nevada, January 1 to 3, 2011A strong cold front brought very cold temperatures to the Mojave Desert over New Year's weekend, then a trailing Pacific storm brought locally heavy low elevation snow.
- Frost and Freeze in Nevada, December 5 to 10, 2013Following several nights of subfreezing temperatures, a very cold air mass settled over the Mojave Desert and brought a hard freeze, which damaged some pipes.
- Frost and Freeze in Nevada, September 2, 2008Temperatures dropped below freezing for the first time this growing season across much of northeast and central Nevada. The duration of the freezing temperatures lasted from 2 to 6 hours.
- Frost and Freeze in Nevada, June 16 to 17, 2010A hard freeze occurred across much of northern and central Nevada. Temperatures in the 20s were common.
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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.