NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Carson 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 Carson City, Nevada since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 6 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 6
- 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 Carson City
The highest rating among the 6 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0 or EF0, reached 6 times; the most recent, on September 21, 2017, came within 14 miles. Of the 6, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 5 have come since 2000. Carson City has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 50% of the 32 Nevada cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 8 times since 1993, with stones up to 1 inch (quarter size). Carson City has more hail reports within 10 miles than 56% of the 32 Nevada cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Carson City
By decade
- 2010s3
- 2000s2
- 1990s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2017 | EF0 | 14 mi | 0.44 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 13, 2017 | EF0 | 11 mi | 2.01 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 8, 2015 | EF0 | 21 mi | 2.68 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 27, 2005 | F0 | 4 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 2, 2003 | F0 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 1997 | F0 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 6 of 6, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Carson City
The Storm Prediction Center has 8 hail reports within 10 miles of Carson City since 1993, made on 7 separate days. Of these, 3 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1 inch (quarter size), was reported on 3 days, most recently August 11, 2014. The most recent report is from July 8, 2015.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Carson City
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Carson City, NV, 3 miles south of Carson City at 4,761 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 55°F; December is the coolest, at 45°F and 24°F. January is the wettest at 1.7 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 0.1 inches; the year adds up to 9.3 inches over 23 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 40 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 146 nights a year. Snowfall averages 14.0 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%). Washoe Valley, 8 miles north, has its own station (Virginia City, NV): 11.8 inches a year, 2.5 more than here, and a July average high of 84°F against 90°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46 | 24 | 1.7 | 4 | 3.6 |
| Feb | 50 | 27 | 1.5 | 3 | 1.7 |
| Mar | 56 | 32 | 1.2 | 3 | 1.6 |
| Apr | 62 | 36 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.0 |
| May | 70 | 43 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 81 | 49 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 90 | 55 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 88 | 53 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 81 | 46 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 68 | 36 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 55 | 28 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.7 |
| Dec | 45 | 24 | 1.5 | 3 | 6.4 |
| Year | 66 | 38 | 9.3 | 23 | 14.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Carson City, NV (4,761 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 Carson City
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 62 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Carson City: 42 heavy rain events, 11 thunderstorm wind reports, 7 flash floods and 2 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $6.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 78 mph, on July 1, 2014. July has had the most flash floods, 6 of 7. Of the 29 Nevada cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 13 have had fewer than Carson City.
July 20, 2003: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Carson City — 2 injured.
NWS: “A women and child were slightly injured by falling tree branches when thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 50 mph blew through Mills Park in Carson City.”
December 31, 2005: flood 3 miles from the centre of Carson City — $3.4 million damage.
NWS: “In Carson City, King Street was completely closed due to the flooding. Portions of Stewart, Mountain, and Curry Streets were also closed.”
July 8, 2015: flash flood 10 miles from the centre of Carson City — $2.0 million 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
Flood insurance policyholders in Carson City's 3 ZIP codes have filed 92 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $561,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1997: 19 claims (21% of all) and $161,000. 21% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 14 Nevada cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 8 have fewer than Carson City.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Flooding1997 | 19 | $161,000 |
Carson City, which includes Carson City, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1986, 7 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 fires, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 snowstorms). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Carson City City a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for inland flooding, strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $41.0 million a year, the 5th highest of 17 Nevada counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $6.8 million (17%), 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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