Climate Comfort Score
44/100
Moderate
NOAA 1991–2020 normals Census-designated place · exact match 50°F annual avg Public-domain federal data
Austin, NV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature, rainfall, and a comfort score, sourced from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →
- 50°F
- Avg annual temp
- 44/100
- Comfort score
- 12.3"
- Annual precip
- 142d
- Growing season
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Austin's primary NOAA station, AUSTIN #2.
The climate verdict for Austin
Dryness leads the climate profile for Austin, Nevada, with 12.3 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the composite comfort score falls in the least temperate third of station-mapped US locations, milder than only 10% of them.
- 50°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, milder than 10% of station-mapped locations
- 12.3"
- annual precipitation · 64" snow
- 142 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Based on NOAA U.S. Climate Normals (1991–2020) - 30-year averages describing the typical year, not a forecast.
Avg Temperature
50°F (10°C)
Avg High
61°F
Avg Low
40°F
Annual Precip
12.3"
Annual Snow
63.6"
Comfort Score
44/100
Moderate
Avg Annual Temperature
50°F
30-year mean (NOAA NCEI)
Annual Precipitation
12.3"
Plus 63.6" of snow
Comfort score vs national 100-point ceiling (Austin) 44.0%
National median (64)
PlainClimate composite, temperature mildness, humidity, precipitation, extreme-weather frequency. Moderate for the Austin area.
How Austin compares with its closest stations
Against the 6 closest stations in the record, Austin averages 50°F a year, warmer than Reese River Ione, NV (43°F) and Beowawe 49s - U of N Rch, NV (48°F). On comfort score it places 2 of 7 in that local group.
Corpus-relative placement
Where Austin sits across the climate record
These comparisons place this primary-station normal among station-mapped locations with the same NOAA 1991–2020 fields.
- Annual temperature
- Warmer than 40%
- of 6,861 measured location normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Wetter than 11%
- of 6,352 measured location normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Larger than 36%
- of 6,861 complete location-year normals.
How Austin compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Austin's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile milder than 10% of 6,189 station-mapped locations
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Austin's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 51 complete annual observations from 1888 to 2025, AUSTIN #2 warmed at a fitted rate of 0.04°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Austin primary station fitted change +0.04 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (6°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.2" | 10.4" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 44°F (7°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.1" | 12.9" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 50°F (10°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.5" | 11.8" | 19.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.6" | 8.4" | 15.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 65°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.9" | 2.6" | 5.3 | 0.1 |
| June | 76°F (25°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.6" | 0.9" | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.2 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 6.9 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.6" | 0.3" | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 0.5" | 0.8" | 9.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 49°F (10°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 1.1" | 6.8" | 19.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 1.1" | 8.7" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 23, short of 90°F on every date, while 133 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 24°F near December 12.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 23, then returns to freezing around November 12, covering 133 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 6, when 22% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 10 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 51 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Austin.
Where Austin Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 12 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Standing computed against the distribution of 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations in the PlainClimate database; only nationally notable standings are shown.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
January 1.2"
Snow: 10.4"
6.1 days with precipitation
February 1.1"
Snow: 12.9"
4.6 days with precipitation
March 1.5"
Snow: 11.8"
5.7 days with precipitation
April 1.6"
Snow: 8.4"
6.2 days with precipitation
May 1.9"
Snow: 2.6"
6.4 days with precipitation
June 0.6"
Snow: 0.9"
2.8 days with precipitation
July 0.6"
1.9 days with precipitation
August 0.4"
2.2 days with precipitation
September 0.6"
Snow: 0.3"
2.4 days with precipitation
October 0.5"
Snow: 0.8"
2.0 days with precipitation
November 1.1"
Snow: 6.8"
4.1 days with precipitation
December 1.1"
Snow: 8.7"
4.8 days with precipitation
Austin spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 13% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Austin has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.9" and August 0.4". The three wettest months together take 40% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
How Austin's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 49 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 12.3" between them, or roughly 0.25 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
Wet days a year
49
Wettest month by days
May
Driest month by days
July
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Austin
Austin averages 63.6 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 27 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 63.6 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 27 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 52% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 7
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 18
50% probability date
Growing Season
142 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,980
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
590
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Places with a similar climate profile
NOAA 1991–2020 annual normals connect this location to non-geographic peers. Temperature peers use annual mean temperature; energy peers use both heating and cooling degree days.
Closest annual-temperature peers
Nearby station-mapped locations
Reese River Ione, NV
43°F avg · 29/100 comfort
Beowawe 49s - U of N Rch, NV
48°F avg · 40/100 comfort
Smoky Valley - Carvers, NV
50°F avg · 44/100 comfort
Middlegate-clifford, NV
49°F avg · 49/100 comfort
Snowball Rch, NV
45°F avg · 40/100 comfort
Diamond Valley - Eureka, NV
46°F avg · 40/100 comfort
What Austin's climate means for you
Austin runs 50°F a year - peaking in July, coldest in December.
- The frost-free window is short at about 142 days, opening only once the last spring freeze passes near May 18, which rules out long-season crops outdoors.
- Keeping warm is the dominant household load: 5,980 heating degree days against only 590 for cooling.
- See how Austin lines up against the rest of Nevada and the national rankings. See rankings
Climate Guides
Data-derived climate profile
How Austin's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Austin's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,980 annual heating degree days against 590 for cooling. Its 40.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 142 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Austin's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.0°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Austin's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 12.3 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Annual snowfall totals 63.6 inches. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Austin's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. They are descriptive ranges, not an official NOAA classification or a forecast for any specific year.
The year in four calendar signals
- Warmest normal
- July
- The month averages 73°F (23°C), a middling summer peak by national standards rather than an extreme one.
- Coldest normal
- December
- The monthly mean of 33°F (0°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
- Rainfall rhythm
- May to August
- May is typically wettest; August is driest.
- Mild-temperature window
- June through September
- Monthly means sit between 55°F and 75°F in this window. Freezing days are still reported from January through December.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average temperature in Austin, NV? ▼
The average annual temperature in Austin, Nevada is 50°F. The warmest month averages 86°F (30°C) and the coldest averages 25°F (-4°C).
How much snow does Austin get? ▼
Austin averages 63.6 inches of snow a year, most of it in February, within 12.3 inches of total precipitation. Snowfall is depth on the ground; the precipitation total counts its liquid equivalent, so the two are not additive.
How cold does Austin get in winter? ▼
Austin records about 148 days a year with a low at or below freezing, with December the coldest month on the normals, and an annual average daily low of 40°F.
What is the comfort score for Austin? ▼
Austin has a climate comfort score of 44/100 (Moderate), milder than 10% of station-mapped locations in the PlainClimate database.
When is the growing season in Austin? ▼
Austin has approximately 142 frost-free days per year, with the last spring freeze around May 18 and the first fall freeze around October 7.
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Austin? ▼
Austin has 5,980 heating degree days and 590 cooling degree days annually, a heating-dominated climate. See our <a href="/guides/reading-weather-data" class="underline hover:text-brand-600">guide to reading weather data</a> for what these figures mean.
Where does this Austin climate data come from? ▼
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). Figures on this page come from Austin's primary NOAA station (AUSTIN #2, USC00260507).
Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Austin's primary station: AUSTIN #2 (USC00260507). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 3203700), not an incorporated municipality. The reproducible method is an exact normalized name-and-state match; unresolved is an upper bound on facilities because spelling variants can be missed.
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