Nevada

Storm History: Mineral County, Nevada

237 episodes, 273 events since 1992

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mineral 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
273
Deaths
1
Injuries
57
Damage
$651 million
Episodes
237

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 Wind11403$919,000
Heavy Snow6002$60,000
Winter Storm2100$10 million
Flash Flood2000$6,000
Dust Storm900$30,000
Strong Wind712$161,000
Debris Flow700
Flood5050$640 million
Dense Fog400
Thunderstorm Wind400$12,000
Winter Weather400$5,000
Hail300
Wildfire300$25,000
Tornado300
Avalanche300
Heavy Rain200
Cold/Wind Chill100$50,000
Heat100
Freezing Fog100
Blizzard100

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 Mineral CountyEvery warning in Mineral 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.