NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Winnemucca, 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 Winnemucca, 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 Winnemucca
The highest rating among the 5 tornadoes within 25 miles is F0 or EF0, reached 5 times; the most recent, on May 11, 2018, came within 24 miles. Of the 5, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 4 have come since 2000. Of the 32 Nevada cities on this site, 50% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Winnemucca.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Winnemucca
By decade
- 2010s2
- 2000s2
- 1970s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2018 | EF0 | 24 mi | 0.01 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 24, 2011 | EF0 | 12 mi | 0.52 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 27, 2004 | F0 | 13 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 25, 2004 | F0 | 23 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 14, 1979 | F0 | 25 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 Winnemucca
The Storm Prediction Center has no hail reports within 10 miles of Winnemucca since 1955.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Winnemucca
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Winnemucca Municipal Airport, NV, 11 miles southeast of Winnemucca at 4,296 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 96°F and low of 54°F; December is the coolest, at 43°F and 19°F. May is the wettest at 1.1 inches of precipitation on average and August the driest at 0.1 inches; the year adds up to 8.4 inches over 28 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 66 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 182 nights a year. Snowfall averages 22.0 inches a year, most of it in December. That 8.4 inches is more than at 14 of the 27 Nevada stations used on this site (52%).
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 21 | 1.0 | 3 | 4.4 |
| Feb | 49 | 24 | 0.7 | 3 | 3.7 |
| Mar | 58 | 28 | 0.9 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Apr | 64 | 32 | 1.0 | 3 | 1.8 |
| May | 74 | 39 | 1.1 | 4 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 85 | 46 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 96 | 54 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 93 | 50 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 83 | 41 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 69 | 30 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 54 | 23 | 0.8 | 3 | 2.6 |
| Dec | 43 | 19 | 1.0 | 4 | 5.9 |
| Year | 68 | 34 | 8.4 | 28 | 22.0 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Winnemucca Municipal Airport, NV (4,296 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.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Winnemucca's ZIP code 89445 have filed 16 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1984, and were paid $79,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 1984, with 12. Of the 14 Nevada cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 3 have fewer than Winnemucca.
Humboldt County, which includes Winnemucca, has been named in 8 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 3 of them major disasters (by incident: 2 biological emergencies, 2 snowstorms, 1 drought, 1 flood). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 4, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Humboldt 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 $15.8 million a year, the 8th highest of 17 Nevada counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.5 million (16%), 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
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