Beowawe, Nevada climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Beowawe's normal year runs from 16°F December nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 8.8 inches of precipitation and 26 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.5°C, December lows of −9°C, July highs of 34°C, 223 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBeowawe
- Station IDUSC00260795
- Location40.59°N 116.47°W
- Elevation4,700 ft (1,433 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Beowawe is 65°F and the normal low 26°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 Beowawe.
- Jan 40° 16°
- Feb 47° 21°
- Mar 57° 26°
- Apr 63° 31°
- May 73° 38°
- Jun 84° 45°
- Jul 94° 52°
- Aug 93° 49°
- Sep 83° 40°
- Oct 69° 29°
- Nov 52° 22°
- Dec 40° 16°
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 Beowawe each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in May (1.28 in), the least in August (0.13 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 16°F | 28.2°F | 0.95 | 7.6 | 7 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 47°F | 21°F | 33.8°F | 0.79 | 4.2 | 5 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 57°F | 26°F | 41.5°F | 0.88 | 3.2 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 63°F | 31°F | 46.7°F | 1.06 | 1.6 | 6 | <1 | 18 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 73°F | 38°F | 55.7°F | 1.28 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 84°F | 45°F | 64.4°F | 0.64 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 15 h |
| July | 94°F | 52°F | 72.9°F | 0.25 | 0.0 | 1 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 93°F | 49°F | 70.9°F | 0.13 | 0.0 | 1 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 83°F | 40°F | 61.5°F | 0.47 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 69°F | 29°F | 48.7°F | 0.57 | 0.1 | 3 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 52°F | 22°F | 36.8°F | 0.76 | 2.6 | 5 | <1 | 26 | 10 h |
| December | 40°F | 16°F | 28.1°F | 1.00 | 6.5 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 32°F | 49.1°F | 8.78 | 25.8 | 50 | 65 | 188 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −9°C | −2.1°C | 24 mm | 19 cm |
| February | 8°C | −6°C | 1.0°C | 20 mm | 11 cm |
| March | 14°C | −3°C | 5.3°C | 22 mm | 8 cm |
| April | 17°C | −1°C | 8.2°C | 27 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 23°C | 3°C | 13.2°C | 33 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 7°C | 18.0°C | 16 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 11°C | 22.7°C | 6 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 9°C | 21.6°C | 3 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 5°C | 16.4°C | 12 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | −2°C | 9.3°C | 14 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 11°C | −6°C | 2.7°C | 19 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 5°C | −9°C | −2.2°C | 25 mm | 17 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00260795; 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 Beowawe?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. Of those, June 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 USC00260795.
When is the last frost at Beowawe?
In Beowawe, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 2 in half of years and after June 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 17 in half of years and before September 2 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
- June 21 year in 10 after June 18; 9 in 10 after May 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 171 year in 10 before September 2; 9 in 10 before October 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 105 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 130 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 16 in half of springs and before September 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Beowawe in zone 6a in ZIP code 89821, 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 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −11°F (25 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 USC00260795; 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 Beowawe?
In a normal year in Beowawe, 65 days a year reach 90°F (7 of them 100°F or more), 188 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 50 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 65a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 188a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 17high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 50a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 11a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1900) is 108°F, on July 27, 1975; the lowest is −43°F, on December 22, 1990.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1987, with 14.66 in; the snowiest season is 1992–93, with 51.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00260795; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00260795. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Beowawe?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Beowawe, 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Beowawe record?
A normal year at Beowawe brings 6,351 heating degree days, 18% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 576 cooling degree days, 37% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,498 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,139 | 0 |
| February | 874 | 0 |
| March | 729 | 0 |
| April | 549 | 1 |
| May | 300 | 12 |
| June | 97 | 78 |
| July | 6 | 250 |
| August | 14 | 195 |
| September | 145 | 40 |
| October | 505 | 1 |
| November | 848 | 0 |
| December | 1,145 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,351 | 576 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00260795. 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.
Have recent years at Beowawe been warmer than normal?
Over 48 complete years from 1891 to 2020, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.1°F per century (+0.17°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Beowawe's climate compare?
Beowawe is warmer than 16 of the 55 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 28. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.1°F is warmer than 36%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Beowawe 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 Beowawe share this climate record?
Crescent 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.
- Crescent Valley, NV630 people · 13 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 Beowawe's climate
What is the coldest month at Beowawe?
December, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 52°F at night).
Does it snow at Beowawe?
Yes: 26 inches in a normal year, falling on 13 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (7.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Beowawe?
May, with 1.28 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.13 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Beowawe in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Beowawe in zone 6a in ZIP code 89821, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −11°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come at Beowawe?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after June 2; in one year in ten it comes after June 18. Waiting until June 18 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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- Pine Valley - Carlin (20 mi S), NV22 miles from this station, 44.4°F a year
- Battle Mountain, NV22 miles from this station, 54.3°F a year
- South Fork State Rec Area, NV39 miles from this station, 45.2°F a year
- Elko, NV40 miles from this station, 47.8°F a year
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