Thunderstorm Wind in Nye County, Nevada

Thunderstorm Wind in Nye County, Nevada: 146 recorded events between 1959 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 86. That places the county #1,583 nationally and #3 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Nye County is the 2020s, when 85 of the county's 146 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 Nye County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 59.6% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,583 for this hazard and #3 within Nevada, putting it in the 49.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Nye County with 55 recorded events, while Jan 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.

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

How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Nye County, Nevada?

146 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Nye County between 1959 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Nye County?

The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Nye County measured 86.

Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Nye 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.