NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hawthorne, 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 Hawthorne, Nevada since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 1 tornado has touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 1
- 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 Hawthorne
The only tornado within 25 miles was an EF1 on June 5, 2015; its path came within 4 miles. Of the 32 Nevada cities on this site, 97% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Hawthorne. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 6 times since 1992, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Hawthorne has more hail reports within 10 miles than 46% of the 32 Nevada cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Hawthorne
By decade
- 2010s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2015 | EF1 | 4 mi | 1.54 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 1 of 1, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Hawthorne
The Storm Prediction Center has 6 hail reports within 10 miles of Hawthorne since 1992, made on 4 separate days. Of these, 4 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on June 5, 2015. The most recent report is from September 3, 2023.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Hawthorne
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hawthorne, NV, 5 miles east of Hawthorne at 4,400 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 95°F and low of 63°F; December is the coolest, at 47°F and 26°F. May is the wettest at 0.7 inches of precipitation on average and September the driest at 0.1 inches; the year adds up to 4.3 inches over 12 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 108 nights a year. Snowfall averages 1.2 inches a year, most of it in November. That 4.3 inches is more than at 3 of the 27 Nevada stations used on this site (11%). Yerington, 38 miles northwest, has its own station (Yerington, NV): 4.4 inches a year, the same as here, and a July average high of 93°F against 95°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48 | 26 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 53 | 30 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 62 | 35 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 67 | 39 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| May | 77 | 48 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 87 | 56 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 95 | 63 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 93 | 62 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 85 | 54 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 71 | 42 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 57 | 32 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 47 | 26 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Year | 70 | 43 | 4.3 | 12 | 1.2 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Hawthorne, NV (4,400 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 Hawthorne
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 9 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hawthorne: 5 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $10,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 86 mph, on June 18, 2003.
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
Mineral County, which includes Hawthorne, has been named in 7 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1997, 3 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 snowstorms, 1 flood, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 27, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Mineral County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, strong wind and lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $4.0 million a year, the 15th highest of 17 Nevada counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $1.4 million (34%), 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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