Baker, NV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Baker's primary NOAA station, BAKER 5 W.
The climate verdict for Baker
Dryness leads the climate profile for Baker, Nevada, with 12.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 49°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 49°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.8"
- annual precipitation
- 155 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Baker: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00053138 · Baker, NV 49°F mean · 12.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Barkhamsted
- PRCP-DRY 12.8"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,557 HDD
- STN-1 USW00053138
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Barkhamsted, CT ( -0.1 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NV station list.
- Baker (this station) 49°F
- Cold Barkhamsted, CT 49°F
- Hot Algonac Wwtp, MI 49°F
- Near Mt Clemens Ang…, MI 49°F
- Near Lakeville, IN 49°F
Climate Living Index · Baker
Baker: 34/100 · grade F
Baker publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Baker, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 153 calendar days | 44/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 48.6°F · 18.9° from 67.5°F | 34/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 155 days/year | 29/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 12.8 in · 22.2 from 35 in | 21/100 · F |
Baker · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Baker is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 29.3°F and warmest-month mean 72.8°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 72.8°F
- Coldest month
- 29.3°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Baker sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Baker's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 34th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 88%
- Baker's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 51st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Baker compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Baker's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F (4°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 1.5" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (4°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 1.5" | 24.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 49°F (9°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 1.4" | 21.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 55°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.4" | 14.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 65°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 0.9" | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.5" | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| July | 85°F (30°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 1.1" | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| August | 83°F (29°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.7" | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.8" | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| October | 60°F (15°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 1.0" | 8.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.9" | 20.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 39°F (4°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 1.1" | 28.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 20, short of 90°F on every date, while 153 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 19°F near December 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 5, then returns to freezing around November 5, covering 153 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 February 19, when 34% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 21 at 14%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 86 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Baker.
Where Baker Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Baker earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
8.7 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
Baker spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 18% of the annual total and December through February 32%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Baker has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: February averages 1.5" and June 0.5". The three wettest months together take 34% 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.
Baker is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 86 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 24% of the calendar, and they carry 12.8" between them. At roughly 0.15 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is February at about 10 wet days; the driest is June at about 4.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 14
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 12
50% probability date
Growing Season
155 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,557
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
607
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Baker on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (49°F here).
- Antioch, IL 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Blissfield, MI 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Bloomingdale, MI 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Brockport, NY 49°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Cuba, NM 12.8" · 0.0" off
- Pendleton, OR 12.8" · 0.0" off
- Loma, MT 12.8" · 0.0" off
- Santa FE, NM 12.8" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Baker's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Baker's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,557 annual heating degree days against 607 for cooling. Its 43.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Baker's frost-free season lasts about 155 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Baker's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 43.5°F. The annual average is 49°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Baker's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 12.8 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Baker wettest normal
February
February concentrates the scarce annual total (12.8 inches).
Baker driest normal
June
June is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Baker's primary station: BAKER 5 W (USW00053138). 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 3204100), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Baker: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Baker comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.