Amargosa Farms-Garey, Nevada climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Amargosa Farms-Garey's normal year runs from 31°F December nights to 104°F July afternoons, with 3.8 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.2 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.1°C, December lows of −1°C, July highs of 40°C, 96 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAmargosa Farms-Garey
- Station IDUSC00260150
- Location36.57°N 116.46°W
- Elevation2,450 ft (747 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Amargosa Farms-Garey is 79°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 6%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Amargosa Farms-Garey.
- Jan 59° 32°
- Feb 63° 35°
- Mar 70° 40°
- Apr 78° 46°
- May 87° 55°
- Jun 97° 63°
- Jul 104° 71°
- Aug 101° 68°
- Sep 95° 60°
- Oct 82° 49°
- Nov 68° 37°
- Dec 58° 31°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Amargosa Farms-Garey each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 104°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 31°F. The most precipitation falls in February (0.89 in), the least in June (0.08 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F | 32°F | 45.6°F | 0.61 | 3 | <1 | 16 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 63°F | 35°F | 49.1°F | 0.89 | 4 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 70°F | 40°F | 55.2°F | 0.51 | 3 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 78°F | 46°F | 61.8°F | 0.19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 87°F | 55°F | 71.0°F | 0.10 | 1 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 97°F | 63°F | 80.4°F | 0.08 | 1 | 26 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 104°F | 71°F | 87.1°F | 0.18 | 1 | 31 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 101°F | 68°F | 84.8°F | 0.16 | 1 | 31 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 95°F | 60°F | 77.4°F | 0.17 | 1 | 26 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 82°F | 49°F | 65.2°F | 0.24 | 2 | 8 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 68°F | 37°F | 52.4°F | 0.22 | 2 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 58°F | 31°F | 44.2°F | 0.42 | 2 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 49°F | 64.5°F | 3.77 | 21 | 141 | 54 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 0°C | 7.6°C | 15 mm |
| February | 17°C | 2°C | 9.5°C | 23 mm |
| March | 21°C | 5°C | 12.9°C | 13 mm |
| April | 26°C | 8°C | 16.6°C | 5 mm |
| May | 31°C | 13°C | 21.7°C | 3 mm |
| June | 36°C | 17°C | 26.9°C | 2 mm |
| July | 40°C | 22°C | 30.6°C | 5 mm |
| August | 39°C | 20°C | 29.3°C | 4 mm |
| September | 35°C | 16°C | 25.2°C | 4 mm |
| October | 28°C | 9°C | 18.4°C | 6 mm |
| November | 20°C | 3°C | 11.3°C | 6 mm |
| December | 14°C | −1°C | 6.8°C | 11 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00260150; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Amargosa Farms-Garey?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (2).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00260150.
When is the last frost at Amargosa Farms-Garey?
In Amargosa Farms-Garey, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 15 in half of years and after April 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 13 in half of years and before October 29 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 151 year in 10 after April 9; 9 in 10 after February 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 131 year in 10 before October 29; 9 in 10 before November 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 237 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 272 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 23 in half of springs and before November 24 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Amargosa Farms-Garey in zone 8b in ZIP code 89020, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (20 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nevada · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00260150; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Amargosa Farms-Garey?
In a normal year in Amargosa Farms-Garey, 141 days a year reach 90°F (79 of them 100°F or more), 54 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 21 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 141a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 79a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 54a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 21a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00260150.
How sunny is it at Amargosa Farms-Garey?
Over a year 92% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Amargosa Farms-Garey, 5.7 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (96%) and December the cloudiest (83%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 85% | 3.0 |
| February | 85% | 4.0 |
| March | 88% | 5.5 |
| April | 91% | 6.9 |
| May | 93% | 7.9 |
| June | 96% | 8.6 |
| July | 94% | 7.9 |
| August | 96% | 7.4 |
| September | 96% | 6.3 |
| October | 92% | 4.7 |
| November | 89% | 3.4 |
| December | 83% | 2.7 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Amargosa Farms-Garey record?
A normal year at Amargosa Farms-Garey brings 2,646 heating degree days, 51% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,503 cooling degree days, 2.8 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,850 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 600 | 0 |
| February | 444 | 0 |
| March | 310 | 4 |
| April | 139 | 43 |
| May | 31 | 217 |
| June | 3 | 464 |
| July | 0 | 687 |
| August | 0 | 614 |
| September | 3 | 373 |
| October | 91 | 99 |
| November | 381 | 4 |
| December | 646 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,646 | 2,503 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00260150. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Amargosa Farms-Garey's climate compare?
Amargosa Farms-Garey is warmer than 50 of the 55 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 0. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.5°F is warmer than 87%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Amargosa Farms-Garey is BWh: hot desert. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Amargosa Farms-Garey share this climate record?
Amargosa Valley has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Amargosa Valley, NV1,408 people · 2 mi SW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Amargosa Farms-Garey's climate
What is the coldest month at Amargosa Farms-Garey?
December, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 31°F. The warmest is July (104°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow at Amargosa Farms-Garey?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.2 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month at Amargosa Farms-Garey?
February, with 0.89 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.08 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Amargosa Farms-Garey in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Amargosa Farms-Garey in zone 8b in ZIP code 89020, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come at Amargosa Farms-Garey?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 15; in one year in ten it comes after April 9. Waiting until April 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Death Valley National Park, CA24 miles from this station, 78.8°F a year
- Mercury Desert Rock Airport, NV24 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Mercury (3 mi SSW), NV25 miles from this station, 63.0°F a year
- Pahrump, NV31 miles from this station, 62.3°F a year
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