Enterprise, Nevada climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Enterprise's normal year runs from 37°F December nights to 106°F July afternoons, with 4.8 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.2 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 20.6°C, December lows of 3°C, July highs of 41°C, 121 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLas Vegas Weather Office
- Station IDUSC00264439
- Location36.05°N 115.18°W
- Elevation2,275 ft (693 m)
- From the center4 miles
- Population (census place)232,043
On October 14, the normal high in Enterprise is 83°F and the normal low 57°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 Enterprise.
- Jan 59° 38°
- Feb 64° 41°
- Mar 72° 48°
- Apr 80° 54°
- May 90° 63°
- Jun 101° 73°
- Jul 106° 80°
- Aug 104° 78°
- Sep 96° 69°
- Oct 82° 57°
- Nov 67° 44°
- Dec 57° 37°
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 Enterprise each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 106°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in February (0.86 in), the least in May (0.07 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F | 38°F | 48.3°F | 0.64 | 3 | <1 | 6 | 10 h |
| February | 64°F | 41°F | 52.5°F | 0.86 | 4 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 72°F | 48°F | 59.9°F | 0.47 | 3 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 80°F | 54°F | 66.7°F | 0.25 | 2 | 4 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 90°F | 63°F | 76.4°F | 0.07 | 1 | 16 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 101°F | 73°F | 87.1°F | 0.09 | 1 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 106°F | 80°F | 92.7°F | 0.42 | 3 | 31 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 104°F | 78°F | 91.2°F | 0.41 | 3 | 30 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 96°F | 69°F | 82.6°F | 0.40 | 2 | 24 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 82°F | 57°F | 69.3°F | 0.39 | 2 | 6 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 67°F | 44°F | 55.9°F | 0.30 | 2 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 57°F | 37°F | 47.2°F | 0.48 | 3 | <1 | 8 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 81°F | 57°F | 69.1°F | 4.78 | 29 | 138 | 19 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 3°C | 9.1°C | 16 mm |
| February | 18°C | 5°C | 11.4°C | 22 mm |
| March | 22°C | 9°C | 15.5°C | 12 mm |
| April | 26°C | 12°C | 19.3°C | 6 mm |
| May | 32°C | 17°C | 24.7°C | 2 mm |
| June | 38°C | 23°C | 30.6°C | 2 mm |
| July | 41°C | 26°C | 33.7°C | 11 mm |
| August | 40°C | 26°C | 32.9°C | 10 mm |
| September | 36°C | 21°C | 28.1°C | 10 mm |
| October | 28°C | 14°C | 20.7°C | 10 mm |
| November | 20°C | 7°C | 13.3°C | 8 mm |
| December | 14°C | 3°C | 8.4°C | 12 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00264439; 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 Enterprise?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, November 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 USC00264439.
When is the last frost in Enterprise?
In Enterprise, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 4 in half of years and after February 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 5 in half of years and before November 19 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
- February 41 year in 10 after February 27; 9 in 10 after January 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 51 year in 10 before November 19; 9 in 10 before December 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 302 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 339 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 13 in half of springs and before December 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Enterprise in zones 9a to 9b across its 9 ZIP code areas (9a in 89178, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Enterprise's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 24°F (24 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nevada · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00264439; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Enterprise ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Enterprise's 9 ZIP code areas run from zone 9a to 9b: 7 in 9a and 2 in 9b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Enterprise?
In a normal year in Enterprise, 138 days a year reach 90°F (83 of them 100°F or more), 19 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 29 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 138a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 83a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 19a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 29a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1996) is 119°F, on June 30, 2013; the lowest is 17°F, on December 22, 1998.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1998, with 9.22 in; the snowiest season is 2008–09, with 3.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00264439; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00264439. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Enterprise?
Over a year 90% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Enterprise, 5.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (95%) and December the cloudiest (82%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 21st (with 17 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.0 |
| February | 83% | 4.0 |
| March | 87% | 5.5 |
| April | 89% | 6.9 |
| May | 91% | 7.8 |
| June | 95% | 8.5 |
| July | 90% | 7.6 |
| August | 92% | 7.1 |
| September | 94% | 6.2 |
| October | 91% | 4.7 |
| November | 88% | 3.4 |
| December | 82% | 2.7 |
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 Enterprise need?
A normal year in Enterprise brings 2,017 heating degree days, 62% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,563 cooling degree days, 3.9 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,313 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 519 | 0 |
| February | 353 | 1 |
| March | 187 | 29 |
| April | 68 | 119 |
| May | 10 | 365 |
| June | 0 | 663 |
| July | 0 | 859 |
| August | 0 | 812 |
| September | 1 | 529 |
| October | 42 | 175 |
| November | 285 | 11 |
| December | 552 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,017 | 3,563 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00264439. 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 Enterprise been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 70.3°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 69.1°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71.5°F | +2.4°F | 2.68 |
| 2022 | 70.3°F | +1.2°F | 2.14 |
| 2023 | 68.3°F | −0.8°F | 4.94 |
| 2024 | 70.3°F | +1.2°F | 2.76 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00264439. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Enterprise's climate compare?
Enterprise is warmer than 51 of the other 54 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 5. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 69.1°F is warmer than 94%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Enterprise 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 Enterprise share this climate record?
Spring 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.
- Spring Valley, NValso near: Las Vegas (6 mi, 70.1°F a year); Las Vegas Air Terminal (9 mi, 68.8°F a year)219,913 people · 6 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 Enterprise's climate
What is the coldest month in Enterprise?
December, with a normal high of 57°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is July (106°F by day, 80°F at night).
Does it snow in Enterprise?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.2 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Enterprise?
February, with 0.86 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is May with 0.07 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Enterprise in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Enterprise in zones 9a to 9b across its 9 ZIP code areas (9a in 89178, the largest). By the same method at Enterprise's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 24°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Enterprise?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 4; in one year in ten it comes after February 27. Waiting until February 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Enterprise in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Las Vegas, NV2 miles from this station, 70.1°F a year
- Las Vegas Air Terminal, NV11 miles from this station, 68.8°F a year
- North Las Vegas, NV14 miles from this station, 69.7°F a year
- Red Rock Canyon - Spring Mount Ranch S, NV16 miles from this station, 61.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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