NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Verdi, 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 Verdi, Nevada since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 13 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 13
- 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 Verdi
The highest rating among the 13 tornadoes within 25 miles is F1 or EF1, reached 3 times; the most recent, on August 15, 2020, came within 15 miles. Of the 13, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 9 have come since 2000. August has had the most tornadoes, 6. Verdi has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 90% of the 32 Nevada cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 7 times since 1969, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Verdi has more hail reports within 10 miles than 53% of the 32 Nevada cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Verdi
By decade
- 2020s3
- 2010s1
- 2000s5
- 1990s2
- 1970s1
- 1960s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2020 | EF1 | 15 mi | 0.09 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 15, 2020 | EF1 | 15 mi | 0.43 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 16, 1973 | F1 | 15 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 13, 2017 | EF0 | 23 mi | 2.01 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 24, 2004 | F0 | 13 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 2, 2003 | F0 | 2 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 2, 2003 | F0 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 1, 2002 | F0 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 10, 2000 | F0 | 14 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 13, 1999 | F0 | 14 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 30, 1998 | F0 | 11 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 23, 1964 | F0 | 12 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 13, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Verdi
The Storm Prediction Center has 7 hail reports within 10 miles of Verdi since 1969. Of these, one was 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on June 21, 1970. The most recent report is from May 5, 2016.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Verdi
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Boca, CA, 10 miles south of Verdi at 5,575 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 39°F; January is the coolest, at 44°F and 13°F. December is the wettest at 4.1 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 0.4 inches; the year adds up to 22.7 inches over 43 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 19 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 267 nights a year. Snowfall averages 98.4 inches a year, most of it in December. That 22.7 inches is more than at 25 of the 27 Nevada stations used on this site (93%). Reno, 12 miles east, has its own station (Reno Tahoe International Airport, NV): 7.3 inches a year, 15.4 less than here, and a July average high of 94°F against 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 13 | 3.9 | 6 | 21.3 |
| Feb | 46 | 15 | 3.6 | 5 | 20.1 |
| Mar | 52 | 21 | 2.9 | 6 | 18.1 |
| Apr | 58 | 25 | 1.5 | 4 | 6.3 |
| May | 67 | 31 | 1.4 | 4 | 1.2 |
| Jun | 77 | 35 | 0.6 | 2 | 0.1 |
| Jul | 86 | 39 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 85 | 37 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 79 | 31 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 67 | 25 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 54 | 20 | 2.0 | 4 | 8.0 |
| Dec | 43 | 15 | 4.1 | 7 | 22.5 |
| Year | 63 | 26 | 22.7 | 43 | 98.4 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Boca, CA (5,575 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 Verdi
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 46 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Verdi: 33 heavy rain events, 5 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 flash floods, 3 floods and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 1 person and injured 5, and the NWS estimated $7.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on July 13, 2002.
July 25, 2020: lightning strike 7 miles from the centre of Verdi — 1 killed, 1 injured.
NWS: “A 47-year-old Nevada man died after being struck by lightning while on a jet ski at Stampede Reservoir in Sierra County on Saturday 25 July. His body went underwater near the boat ramp and divers later found his body 20 yards from the shoreline.”
September 24, 2011: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Verdi — 4 injured.
December 31, 2005: flood 2 miles from the centre of Verdi — $5.6 million damage.
NWS: “A levee along Steamboat Creek failed and flooded the University of Nevada - Reno agricultural farm in east Reno. Around 1,800 animals were evacuated to higher ground, but 344 sheep drowned in the floodwaters.”
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
Sierra County, which includes Verdi, has been named in 16 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1964, 12 of them major disasters (by incident: 6 floods, 5 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 1 drought). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides, on April 3, 2023. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Sierra County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for lightning; Relatively Low for inland flooding; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $8.4 million a year, the 57th highest of 58 Nevada counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.7 million (43%), 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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