Heavy Rain in Nevada County, California

Heavy Rain in Nevada County, California: 63 recorded events between 1998 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #63 nationally and #11 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for heavy rain in Nevada County is the 2010s, when 35 of the county's 63 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Nevada County archive, heavy rain makes up 50.0% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #63 for this hazard and #11 within California, putting it in the 97.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Dec is the peak month for heavy rain in Nevada County with 13 recorded events, while Jun is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many heavy rain events are on record in Nevada County, California?

63 heavy rain events are recorded in Nevada County between 1998 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest heavy rain recorded in Nevada County?

The strongest heavy rain on record in Nevada County measured 0.

Where does the heavy rain data for Nevada County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.