Bunkerville, Nevada climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Bunkerville's normal year runs from 29°F December nights to 106°F July afternoons, with 5.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.6°C, December lows of −2°C, July highs of 41°C, 151 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBunkerville
- Station IDUSC00261327
- Location36.78°N 114.11°W
- Elevation1,600 ft (488 m)
- Population (census place)1,119
On October 23, the normal high in Bunkerville is 80°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 7%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Bunkerville.
- Jan 60° 30°
- Feb 65° 35°
- Mar 73° 40°
- Apr 81° 46°
- May 90° 55°
- Jun 101° 63°
- Jul 106° 71°
- Aug 105° 70°
- Sep 97° 60°
- Oct 84° 48°
- Nov 69° 36°
- Dec 59° 29°
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 Bunkerville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 106°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 29°F. The most precipitation falls in February (0.86 in), the least in May (0.13 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F | 30°F | 45.0°F | 0.80 | 3 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 65°F | 35°F | 49.7°F | 0.86 | 4 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 73°F | 40°F | 56.2°F | 0.62 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 81°F | 46°F | 63.2°F | 0.30 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 90°F | 55°F | 72.9°F | 0.13 | 1 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 101°F | 63°F | 81.9°F | 0.13 | <1 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 106°F | 71°F | 88.6°F | 0.29 | 1 | 31 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 105°F | 70°F | 87.4°F | 0.69 | 2 | 30 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 97°F | 60°F | 78.4°F | 0.35 | 1 | 27 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 84°F | 48°F | 65.7°F | 0.61 | 2 | 9 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 69°F | 36°F | 52.6°F | 0.51 | 2 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 59°F | 29°F | 43.9°F | 0.64 | 2 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 82°F | 49°F | 65.5°F | 5.93 | 23 | 150 | 67 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | −1°C | 7.2°C | 20 mm |
| February | 18°C | 2°C | 9.8°C | 22 mm |
| March | 23°C | 4°C | 13.4°C | 16 mm |
| April | 27°C | 8°C | 17.3°C | 8 mm |
| May | 32°C | 13°C | 22.7°C | 3 mm |
| June | 38°C | 17°C | 27.7°C | 3 mm |
| July | 41°C | 22°C | 31.4°C | 7 mm |
| August | 40°C | 21°C | 30.8°C | 18 mm |
| September | 36°C | 15°C | 25.8°C | 9 mm |
| October | 29°C | 9°C | 18.7°C | 15 mm |
| November | 21°C | 2°C | 11.4°C | 13 mm |
| December | 15°C | −2°C | 6.6°C | 16 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Overton (25 miles away), gets 0 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00261327; 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 Bunkerville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, April 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 USC00261327.
When is the last frost in Bunkerville?
In Bunkerville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 16 in half of years and after April 5 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 161 year in 10 after April 5; 9 in 10 after February 25
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 131 year in 10 before October 29; 9 in 10 before November 25
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 238 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 269 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 26 in half of springs and before November 23 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bunkerville in zone 9a in ZIP code 89034, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nevada · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00261327; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Bunkerville?
In a normal year in Bunkerville, 150 days a year reach 90°F (95 of them 100°F or more), 67 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 23 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 150a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 95a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 67a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 23a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00261327.
How sunny is Bunkerville?
Over a year 91% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Bunkerville, 5.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (96%) and December the cloudiest (82%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 85% | 3.0 |
| February | 84% | 4.0 |
| March | 88% | 5.5 |
| April | 90% | 6.9 |
| May | 93% | 7.9 |
| June | 96% | 8.6 |
| July | 92% | 7.7 |
| August | 94% | 7.1 |
| September | 95% | 6.2 |
| October | 91% | 4.7 |
| November | 89% | 3.4 |
| December | 82% | 2.6 |
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 Bunkerville need?
A normal year in Bunkerville brings 2,561 heating degree days, 52% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,761 cooling degree days, 3.0 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,175 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 620 | 0 |
| February | 427 | 0 |
| March | 277 | 6 |
| April | 112 | 60 |
| May | 16 | 261 |
| June | 1 | 508 |
| July | 0 | 730 |
| August | 0 | 693 |
| September | 4 | 406 |
| October | 74 | 95 |
| November | 375 | 3 |
| December | 655 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,561 | 2,761 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00261327. 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 Bunkerville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 69.1°F, 3.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.5°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69.1°F | +3.6°F | 4.12 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00261327. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Bunkerville's climate compare?
Bunkerville is warmer than 50 of the other 54 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 13. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.5°F is warmer than 89%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Bunkerville 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 Bunkerville share this climate record?
3 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their 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.
- Mesquite, NV23,599 people · 3 mi N
- Scenic, AZ1,931 people · 6 mi E
- Littlefield, AZ126 people · 11 mi NE
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 Bunkerville's climate
What is the coldest month in Bunkerville?
December, with a normal high of 59°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (106°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Bunkerville?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Bunkerville's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Overton (25 miles away), records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Bunkerville?
February, with 0.86 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is May with 0.13 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Bunkerville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Bunkerville in zone 9a in ZIP code 89034, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Bunkerville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 16; in one year in ten it comes after April 5. Waiting until April 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Beaver Dam, AZ13 miles from this station, 68.1°F a year
- Overton, NV25 miles from this station, 68.7°F a year
- Lytle Ranch, UT26 miles from this station, 62.8°F a year
- Valley Of Fire State Park, NV33 miles from this station, 70.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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