Dyer, Nevada climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Dyer's normal year runs from 16°F December nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 5.4 inches of precipitation and 9 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.2°C, December lows of −9°C, July highs of 34°C, 136 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDyer (5 mi S)
- Station IDUSC00262431
- Location37.61°N 118.00°W
- Elevation4,900 ft (1,494 m)
- Population (census place)303
On October 23, the normal high in Dyer is 68°F and the normal low 31°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 6%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Dyer.
- Jan 47° 18°
- Feb 52° 22°
- Mar 60° 28°
- Apr 67° 33°
- May 76° 42°
- Jun 87° 50°
- Jul 94° 56°
- Aug 91° 53°
- Sep 84° 45°
- Oct 71° 33°
- Nov 57° 23°
- Dec 46° 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 in Dyer 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 February (0.68 in), the least in November (0.30 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47°F | 18°F | 32.3°F | 0.64 | 3.2 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 52°F | 22°F | 37.2°F | 0.68 | 2.5 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 60°F | 28°F | 44.0°F | 0.43 | 0.4 | 3 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 33°F | 50.1°F | 0.48 | 1.4 | 2 | <1 | 13 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 42°F | 58.7°F | 0.59 | 0.3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 87°F | 50°F | 68.4°F | 0.37 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 94°F | 56°F | 74.8°F | 0.36 | 0.0 | 2 | 26 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 91°F | 53°F | 72.3°F | 0.35 | 0.0 | 2 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 84°F | 45°F | 64.1°F | 0.31 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 33°F | 52.2°F | 0.35 | 0.0 | 2 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 23°F | 40.0°F | 0.30 | 0.1 | 1 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 46°F | 16°F | 31.0°F | 0.51 | 1.3 | 2 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 35°F | 52.1°F | 5.37 | 9.2 | 30 | 73 | 163 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −8°C | 0.2°C | 16 mm | 8 cm |
| February | 11°C | −5°C | 2.9°C | 17 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 16°C | −2°C | 6.7°C | 11 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 19°C | 1°C | 10.1°C | 12 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 24°C | 5°C | 14.8°C | 15 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 31°C | 10°C | 20.2°C | 9 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 13°C | 23.8°C | 9 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 12°C | 22.4°C | 9 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 7°C | 17.8°C | 8 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 1°C | 11.2°C | 9 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | −5°C | 4.4°C | 8 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 8°C | −9°C | −0.6°C | 13 mm | 3 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00262431; 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 Dyer?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September 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 USC00262431.
When is the last frost in Dyer?
In Dyer, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 9 in half of years and after June 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 4 in half of years and before September 22 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 June 1; 9 in 10 after April 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 41 year in 10 before September 22; 9 in 10 before October 17
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 147 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 171 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 25 in half of springs and before October 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dyer in zone 7a in ZIP code 89010, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Dyer's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (21 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 USC00262431; 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 Dyer?
In a normal year in Dyer, 73 days a year reach 90°F (7 of them 100°F or more), 163 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 30 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 73a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 163a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 30a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1903) is 111°F, on July 29, 1910; the lowest is −23°F, on February 7, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 9.28 in; the snowiest season is 1966–67, with 38.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00262431; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00262431. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Dyer?
Over a year 90% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Dyer, 5.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (95%) and December the cloudiest (79%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81% | 2.8 |
| February | 81% | 3.8 |
| March | 86% | 5.4 |
| April | 89% | 6.8 |
| May | 89% | 7.7 |
| June | 95% | 8.6 |
| July | 93% | 8.0 |
| August | 95% | 7.4 |
| September | 94% | 6.2 |
| October | 92% | 4.7 |
| November | 87% | 3.3 |
| 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 Dyer need?
A normal year in Dyer brings 5,446 heating degree days, 1% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 768 cooling degree days, 15% fewer 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 2,966 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,015 | 0 |
| February | 780 | 0 |
| March | 651 | 0 |
| April | 449 | 0 |
| May | 219 | 24 |
| June | 44 | 148 |
| July | 1 | 306 |
| August | 3 | 230 |
| September | 84 | 59 |
| October | 399 | 2 |
| November | 749 | 0 |
| December | 1,052 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,446 | 768 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00262431. 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 Dyer been warmer than normal lately?
Over 50 complete years from 1954 to 2017, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.8°F per century (+0.27°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 Dyer's climate compare?
Dyer is warmer than 29 of the other 54 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 10. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.1°F is warmer than 50%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Dyer is BWk: cold 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 Dyer share this climate record?
Benton 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.
- Benton, CA368 people · 31 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 Dyer's climate
What is the coldest month in Dyer?
December, with a normal high of 46°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 56°F at night).
Does it snow in Dyer?
Yes: 9 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (3.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Dyer?
February, with 0.68 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 0.30 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Dyer in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Dyer in zone 7a in ZIP code 89010, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Dyer's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Dyer?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 9; in one year in ten it comes after June 1. Waiting until June 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Bishop, CA25 miles from this station, 57.3°F a year
- Silverpeak, NV26 miles from this station, 55.2°F a year
- Goldfield, NV42 miles from this station, 53.0°F a year
- Mammoth Lakes, CA53 miles from this station, 43.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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