Battle Mountain, Nevada climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Battle Mountain's normal year runs from 22°F December nights to 100°F July afternoons, with 9.2 inches of precipitation and 21 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.4°C, December lows of −5°C, July highs of 38°C, 233 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBattle Mountain (4 mi SE)
- Station IDUSW00024119
- Location40.61°N 116.89°W
- Elevation4,505 ft (1,373 m)
- Population (census place)3,957
On October 9, the normal high in Battle Mountain is 77°F and the normal low 37°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 11%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Battle Mountain.
- Jan 46° 22°
- Feb 52° 26°
- Mar 62° 31°
- Apr 68° 36°
- May 78° 44°
- Jun 90° 50°
- Jul 100° 56°
- Aug 98° 54°
- Sep 87° 45°
- Oct 73° 34°
- Nov 57° 27°
- Dec 46° 22°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Battle Mountain each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 100°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in May (1.44 in), the least in July (0.20 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F | 22°F | 34.2°F | 0.98 | 5.5 | 7 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 52°F | 26°F | 39.1°F | 0.78 | 3.9 | 7 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 62°F | 31°F | 46.5°F | 0.91 | 2.2 | 8 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 36°F | 51.7°F | 1.12 | 1.0 | 8 | <1 | 13 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 78°F | 44°F | 60.8°F | 1.44 | 0.1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 90°F | 50°F | 69.7°F | 0.65 | 0.0 | 4 | 14 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 100°F | 56°F | 78.0°F | 0.20 | 0.0 | 2 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 98°F | 54°F | 75.6°F | 0.29 | 0.0 | 2 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 87°F | 45°F | 66.0°F | 0.47 | 0.0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 34°F | 53.7°F | 0.56 | 0.3 | 4 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 57°F | 27°F | 42.0°F | 0.77 | 2.1 | 6 | <1 | 24 | 10 h |
| December | 46°F | 22°F | 34.0°F | 1.02 | 5.7 | 7 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 37°F | 54.3°F | 9.19 | 20.8 | 66 | 82 | 158 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −5°C | 1.2°C | 25 mm | 14 cm |
| February | 11°C | −3°C | 3.9°C | 20 mm | 10 cm |
| March | 17°C | 0°C | 8.1°C | 23 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 20°C | 2°C | 10.9°C | 28 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 26°C | 6°C | 16.0°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 10°C | 20.9°C | 17 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 38°C | 14°C | 25.6°C | 5 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 36°C | 12°C | 24.2°C | 7 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 7°C | 18.9°C | 12 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 1°C | 12.1°C | 14 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 14°C | −3°C | 5.6°C | 20 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 8°C | −5°C | 1.1°C | 26 mm | 14 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00024119; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Battle Mountain?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (4).
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 USW00024119.
When is the last frost in Battle Mountain?
In Battle Mountain, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 9 in half of years and after May 31 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 29 in half of years and before September 15 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
- May 91 year in 10 after May 31; 9 in 10 after April 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 291 year in 10 before September 15; 9 in 10 before October 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 141 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 168 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 23 in half of springs and before October 9 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Battle Mountain in zone 6b in ZIP code 89820, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Battle Mountain's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (24 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nevada · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00024119; 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 in Battle Mountain?
In a normal year in Battle Mountain, 82 days a year reach 90°F (19 of them 100°F or more), 158 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 66 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 82a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 19a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 158a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 9high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 66a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 7a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1944) is 112°F, on July 12, 2002; the lowest is −39°F, on December 22, 1990.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2005, with 12.99 in; the snowiest season is 1992–93, with 53.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00024119; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00024119. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Battle Mountain?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Battle Mountain, 4.9 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (91%) and December the cloudiest (63%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 67% | 2.1 |
| February | 70% | 3.0 |
| March | 74% | 4.4 |
| April | 76% | 5.7 |
| May | 81% | 6.9 |
| June | 89% | 8.0 |
| July | 90% | 7.7 |
| August | 91% | 6.9 |
| September | 90% | 5.7 |
| October | 85% | 4.0 |
| November | 76% | 2.6 |
| December | 63% | 1.7 |
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 much heating and cooling does Battle Mountain need?
A normal year in Battle Mountain brings 4,951 heating degree days, 8% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,071 cooling degree days, 18% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,431 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 956 | 0 |
| February | 725 | 0 |
| March | 574 | 0 |
| April | 400 | 3 |
| May | 175 | 46 |
| June | 39 | 180 |
| July | 1 | 402 |
| August | 4 | 331 |
| September | 72 | 103 |
| October | 354 | 6 |
| November | 690 | 0 |
| December | 961 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,951 | 1,071 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00024119. 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.
Has Battle Mountain been warmer than normal lately?
2021 averaged 56.4°F, 2.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 54.3°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56.4°F | +2.1°F | – | – |
Over 94 complete years from 1871 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.4°F per century (+0.24°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00024119; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Battle Mountain's climate compare?
Battle Mountain is warmer than 40 of the other 54 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 34. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.3°F is warmer than 58%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Battle Mountain is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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 Battle Mountain share this climate record?
Valmy 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.
- Valmy, NV0 people · 17 mi NW
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 Battle Mountain's climate
What is the coldest month in Battle Mountain?
December, with a normal high of 46°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (100°F by day, 56°F at night).
Does it snow in Battle Mountain?
Yes: 21 inches in a normal year, falling on 13 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (5.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Battle Mountain?
May, with 1.44 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.20 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Battle Mountain in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Battle Mountain in zone 6b in ZIP code 89820, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Battle Mountain's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Battle Mountain?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 9; in one year in ten it comes after May 31. Waiting until May 31 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Beowawe, NV22 miles from this station, 49.1°F a year
- Golconda, NV39 miles from this station, 50.6°F a year
- Pine Valley - Carlin (20 mi S), NV42 miles from this station, 44.4°F a year
- Beowawe 49 mi S - University of Nevada Ranch, NV52 miles from this station, 47.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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