NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Stateline, 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 Stateline, Nevada since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 5 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 5
- 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 Stateline
The highest rating among the 5 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0 or EF0, reached 5 times; the most recent, on September 21, 2017, came within 5 miles. Of the 5, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 5 have come since 2000. Of the 32 Nevada cities on this site, 50% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Stateline. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 14 times since 1983, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Stateline has more hail reports within 10 miles than 75% of the 32 Nevada cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Stateline
By decade
- 2010s3
- 2000s2
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2017 | EF0 | 5 mi | 0.44 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 13, 2017 | EF0 | 15 mi | 2.01 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 8, 2015 | EF0 | 6 mi | 2.68 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 27, 2005 | F0 | 20 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 2, 2003 | F0 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 5 of 5, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Stateline
The Storm Prediction Center has 14 hail reports within 10 miles of Stateline since 1983, made on 11 separate days. Of these, 6 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on July 8, 2015. The most recent report is from July 2, 2025. July has the most reports, 6.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Stateline
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Dagget Pass, NV, 1 mile northeast of Stateline at 7,334 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 75°F and low of 49°F; December is the coolest, at 35°F and 23°F. December is the wettest at 4.0 inches of precipitation on average and July the driest at 0.2 inches; the year adds up to 21.9 inches over 42 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs of 90°F are rare: fewer than one day a year on average. Lows fall below freezing on about 186 nights a year. That 21.9 inches is more than at 24 of the 27 Nevada stations used on this site (89%). South Lake Tahoe, CA, 7 miles southwest, has its own station (South Lake Tahoe Airport, CA): 20.6 inches a year, 1.3 less than here, and a July average high of 80°F against 75°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36 | 23 | 3.8 | 7 |
| Feb | 37 | 23 | 3.5 | 6 |
| Mar | 42 | 26 | 3.6 | 5 |
| Apr | 48 | 29 | 1.3 | 4 |
| May | 56 | 35 | 1.4 | 3 |
| Jun | 67 | 42 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Jul | 75 | 49 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Aug | 74 | 49 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Sep | 67 | 44 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Oct | 55 | 36 | 1.0 | 2 |
| Nov | 43 | 28 | 1.8 | 4 |
| Dec | 35 | 23 | 4.0 | 6 |
| Year | 53 | 34 | 21.9 | 42 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Dagget Pass, NV (7,334 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 Stateline
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 85 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Stateline: 69 heavy rain events, 8 floods, 5 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 8 people and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $2.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 78 mph, on June 27, 2015.
June 21, 2025: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Stateline — 8 killed.
December 31, 2005: flood 7 miles from the centre of Stateline — $1.0 million damage.
January 8, 2017: flood 3 miles from the centre of Stateline — $750,000 damage.
NWS: “Kingsbury Grade (Highway 207) was closed due to a previously-repaired (in December 2016) sinkhole re-opening with the heavy rain. The damage estimate is based on the contracts awarded for repairing both the December and January incidents.”
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
Douglas County, which includes Stateline, has been named in 25 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 8 of them major disasters (by incident: 13 fires, 4 severe storms, 3 floods, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 27, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Douglas County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and lightning; Relatively Low for strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $44.6 million a year, the 4th highest of 17 Nevada counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $13.0 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).
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