NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Battle Mountain, NV
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Battle Mountain, Nevada since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 2 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 2
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Battle Mountain
The strongest of the 2 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F1 on May 5, 1994; its path came within 14 miles. The most recent tornado was on May 21, 2014. Of the 32 Nevada cities on this site, 81% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Battle Mountain.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Battle Mountain
By decade
- 2010s1
- 1990s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 1994 | F1 | 14 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 21, 2014 | EF0 | 21 mi | 0.24 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 2 of 2, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Battle Mountain
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Battle Mountain since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Battle Mountain
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Battle Mountain 4SE, NV, 13 miles northeast of Battle Mountain at 4,505 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 100°F and low of 56°F; December is the coolest, at 46°F and 22°F. May is the wettest at 1.4 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 9.3 inches over 28 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 82 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 158 nights a year. Snowfall averages 20.8 inches a year, most of it in December. That 9.3 inches is more than at 16 of the 27 Nevada stations used on this site (59%).
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46 | 22 | 1.0 | 3 | 5.5 |
| Feb | 52 | 26 | 0.8 | 3 | 3.9 |
| Mar | 62 | 31 | 0.9 | 3 | 2.2 |
| Apr | 68 | 36 | 1.1 | 3 | 1.0 |
| May | 78 | 44 | 1.4 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 90 | 50 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 100 | 56 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 98 | 54 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 87 | 45 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 73 | 34 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 57 | 27 | 0.8 | 2 | 2.1 |
| Dec | 46 | 22 | 1.0 | 3 | 5.7 |
| Year | 71 | 37 | 9.3 | 28 | 20.8 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Battle Mountain 4SE, NV (4,505 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Lander County, which includes Battle Mountain, has been named in 6 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 1 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 snowstorms, 1 drought, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Lander County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $4.1 million a year, the 14th highest of 17 Nevada counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.2 million (29%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
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