Caliente, Nevada climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Caliente's normal year runs from 18°F December nights to 97°F July afternoons, with 8.8 inches of precipitation and 9 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.1°C, December lows of −8°C, July highs of 36°C, 225 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCaliente
- Station IDUSC00261358
- Location37.61°N 114.53°W
- Elevation4,379 ft (1,335 m)
- Population964
On October 22, the normal high in Caliente is 71°F and the normal low 32°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 10%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Caliente.
- Jan 49° 19°
- Feb 53° 23°
- Mar 62° 28°
- Apr 69° 34°
- May 79° 42°
- Jun 90° 50°
- Jul 97° 57°
- Aug 94° 55°
- Sep 87° 46°
- Oct 74° 34°
- Nov 60° 24°
- Dec 48° 18°
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 Caliente each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 18°F. The most precipitation falls in March (1.20 in), the least in June (0.39 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 19°F | 33.5°F | 0.86 | 2.8 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 53°F | 23°F | 38.0°F | 0.99 | 2.2 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 28°F | 45.2°F | 1.20 | 0.5 | 5 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 69°F | 34°F | 51.3°F | 0.58 | 0.2 | 4 | <1 | 9 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 79°F | 42°F | 60.4°F | 0.68 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 90°F | 50°F | 69.8°F | 0.39 | 0.0 | 2 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 97°F | 57°F | 76.8°F | 0.69 | 0.0 | 4 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 94°F | 55°F | 74.8°F | 0.86 | 0.0 | 4 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 87°F | 46°F | 66.5°F | 0.49 | 0.0 | 3 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 34°F | 54.0°F | 0.75 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 24°F | 41.7°F | 0.55 | 0.3 | 3 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 48°F | 18°F | 33.0°F | 0.81 | 2.7 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 36°F | 53.7°F | 8.85 | 8.7 | 46 | 85 | 150 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −7°C | 0.8°C | 22 mm | 7 cm |
| February | 12°C | −5°C | 3.3°C | 25 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 17°C | −2°C | 7.3°C | 30 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 20°C | 1°C | 10.7°C | 15 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 26°C | 6°C | 15.8°C | 17 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 10°C | 21.0°C | 10 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 36°C | 14°C | 24.9°C | 18 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 35°C | 13°C | 23.8°C | 22 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 8°C | 19.2°C | 12 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 1°C | 12.2°C | 19 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | −5°C | 5.4°C | 14 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 9°C | −8°C | 0.6°C | 21 mm | 7 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00261358; 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 Caliente?
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 USC00261358.
When is the last frost in Caliente?
In Caliente, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 3 in half of years and after May 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 9 in half of years and before September 26 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 31 year in 10 after May 23; 9 in 10 after April 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 91 year in 10 before September 26; 9 in 10 before October 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 156 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 179 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 20 in half of springs and before October 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Caliente in zone 7a in ZIP code 89042, 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 USC00261358; 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 Caliente?
In a normal year in Caliente, 85 days a year reach 90°F (15 of them 100°F or more), 150 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 46 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 85a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 15a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 150a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 46a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1903) is 110°F, on July 14, 1915; the lowest is −31°F, on January 9, 1937.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1941, with 18.73 in; the snowiest season is 1931–32, with 55.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00261358; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00261358. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Caliente?
Over a year 88% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Caliente, 5.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (94%) and December the cloudiest (79%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 82% | 2.9 |
| February | 80% | 3.8 |
| March | 84% | 5.2 |
| April | 86% | 6.6 |
| May | 89% | 7.7 |
| June | 94% | 8.5 |
| July | 90% | 7.7 |
| August | 92% | 7.1 |
| September | 93% | 6.1 |
| October | 89% | 4.5 |
| November | 86% | 3.2 |
| December | 79% | 2.5 |
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 Caliente need?
A normal year in Caliente brings 5,061 heating degree days, 6% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 986 cooling degree days, 9% 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 3,334 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 975 | 0 |
| February | 757 | 0 |
| March | 615 | 0 |
| April | 413 | 1 |
| May | 178 | 35 |
| June | 30 | 176 |
| July | 1 | 368 |
| August | 2 | 305 |
| September | 55 | 98 |
| October | 346 | 4 |
| November | 698 | 0 |
| December | 992 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,061 | 986 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00261358. 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 Caliente been warmer than normal lately?
Over 32 complete years from 1932 to 2018, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.5°F per century (+0.03°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 Caliente's climate compare?
Caliente is warmer than 36 of the other 54 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 53.7°F is warmer than 56%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Caliente 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 Caliente share this climate record?
Beaverdam 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.
- Beaverdam, NV0 people · 7 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 Caliente's climate
What is the coldest month in Caliente?
December, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (97°F by day, 57°F at night).
Does it snow in Caliente?
Yes: 9 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (2.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Caliente?
March, with 1.20 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.39 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Caliente in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Caliente in zone 7a in ZIP code 89042, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Caliente?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 3; in one year in ten it comes after May 23. Waiting until May 23 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Cathedral Gorge State Park, NV15 miles from this station, 52.0°F a year
- Elgin, NV19 miles from this station, 60.1°F a year
- Pioche, NV22 miles from this station, 51.5°F a year
- Spring Valley State Park, NV35 miles from this station, 45.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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