NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Boulder City, 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 Boulder City, Nevada since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 8 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 8
- 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 Boulder City
The highest rating among the 8 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1, reached 2 times; the most recent, on March 30, 1992, came within 23 miles. Of the 8, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and one has come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on August 4, 2014. Boulder City has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 62% of the 32 Nevada cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 22 times since 1980, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Boulder City has more hail reports within 10 miles than 78% of the 32 Nevada cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Boulder City
By decade
- 2010s1
- 1990s4
- 1980s1
- 1970s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 1992 | F1 | 23 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 14, 1989 | F1 | 9 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 4, 2014 | EF0 | 10 mi | 0.08 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 11, 1998 | F0 | 9 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 30, 1992 | F0 | 22 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 30, 1990 | F0 | 16 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 20, 1975 | F0 | 7 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 12, 1971 | F0 | 20 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 8 of 8, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Boulder City
The Storm Prediction Center has 22 hail reports within 10 miles of Boulder City since 1980, made on 17 separate days. Of these, 8 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 3 days, most recently July 20, 2013. The most recent report is from July 18, 2024. August has the most reports, 11.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Boulder City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Willow Beach, AZ, 12 miles southeast of Boulder City at 740 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 112°F and low of 82°F; December is the coolest, at 64°F and 42°F. February is the wettest at 1.0 inches of precipitation on average and May and June the driest at 0.1 inches; the year adds up to 5.0 inches over 14 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 174 days a year, almost all from March to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 1 nights a year. That 5.0 inches is more than at 6 of the 27 Nevada stations used on this site (22%). Henderson, 12 miles west, has its own station (Las Vegas Mccarran Airport, NV): 4.2 inches a year, 0.8 less than here, and a July average high of 105°F against 112°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 66 | 41 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Feb | 70 | 46 | 1.0 | 3 |
| Mar | 78 | 51 | 0.7 | 2 |
| Apr | 87 | 58 | 0.3 | 1 |
| May | 97 | 67 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Jun | 108 | 75 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Jul | 112 | 82 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Aug | 111 | 81 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Sep | 103 | 72 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Oct | 90 | 61 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Nov | 75 | 50 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Dec | 64 | 42 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Year | 88 | 60 | 5.0 | 14 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Willow Beach, AZ (740 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.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Boulder City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 77 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Boulder City: 49 thunderstorm wind reports, 24 flash floods, 2 heavy rain events and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 2 people and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $1.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 91 mph, on August 10, 1997. Of the 29 Nevada cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 24 have had fewer than Boulder City.
May 6, 2025: flash flood 8 miles from the centre of Boulder City — 1 killed, $10,000 damage.
August 10, 2024: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Boulder City — 1 killed.
NWS: “One person died after being knocked off his paddleboard and into Lake Mead by outflow winds from thunderstorms in Arizona. Five other people were rescued.”
August 13, 2015: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Boulder City — $400,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Clark County, which includes Boulder City, has been named in 14 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1981, 5 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 fires, 2 biological emergencies, 2 floods, 2 severe storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Clark County a Very High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively High for hail and lightning; Relatively Moderate for strong wind; Very Low for tornadoes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $812.6 million a year, the highest of 17 Nevada counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $362.2 million (45%), 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).
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