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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Nevada Hurricane and Tornado History

Every city, with the storms and tornadoes that came near it.

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Nevada has 96 tornadoes on record since 1950, 0 of them EF3 or stronger, with 0 deaths. No hurricane has passed within 75 miles of any city in the state; the most tornado-prone is Reno (14).

Cities
32
Tornadoes in state
96

since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0
Tornado deaths
0

Nevada weather by month: rain, temperature and hurricane season by station →

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Nevada cities

Nevada cities by storm history
CityHurricanesTropical stormsTornadoesEF3+Last storm
Las Vegas0060—
Henderson0080—
Reno00140—
North Las Vegas0050—
Sparks00130—
Carson City0060—
Pahrump0030—
Elko00110—
Fallon0040—
Gardnerville0050—
Fernley0050—
Sun Valley00110—
Dayton00100—
Winnemucca0050—
Spring Creek00110—
Boulder City0080—
Minden0060—
Incline Village0080—
Laughlin0050—
Yerington0020—
Silver Springs0040—
Ely0070—
Battle Mountain0020—
Washoe Valley00120—
West Wendover0030—
Overton0020—
Hawthorne0010—
Wellington0020—
Logandale0020—
Stateline0050—
Carlin0090—
Verdi00130—

Hail in Nevada

Tornado season brings hail too. Radar-estimated hail days for Nevada since 2019, with sizes and a map of each storm's swath.

Hail history in Nevada →