Goodsprings, NV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Goodsprings's primary NOAA station, GOODSPRINGS.
The climate verdict for Goodsprings
Dryness leads the climate profile for Goodsprings, Nevada, with 6.6 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 63°F. Its climate comfort score of 73/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 66% of station-mapped location scores.
- 63°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 73/100
- comfort score, above 66% of station-mapped location scores
- 6.6"
- precipitation, annual total
- 248 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Goodsprings: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00263316 · Goodsprings, NV 63°F mean · 6.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,626
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ashdown
- PRCP-ARID 6.6"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-MID 73/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00263316
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ashdown, AR (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NV station list.
- Goodsprings (this station) 63°F
- Hot Hamlet, NC 63°F
- Near Ashdown, AR 63°F
- Near Chisos Basin, TX 63°F
- Near Durant, OK 63°F
Climate Living Index · Goodsprings
Goodsprings: 55/100 · grade C
Goodsprings publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Goodsprings, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 73/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 248 days/year | 88/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 62.9°F · 4.6° from 67.5°F | 86/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 157 calendar days | 41/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 6.6 in · 28.4 from 35 in | 4/100 · F |
Goodsprings · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Goodsprings's normals sit in a dry climate class: BWk
Annual precipitation falls well below the aridity threshold for this temperature regime, so the normals classify as cold desert (BWk). Class BWk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold desert.
- Köppen code
- BWk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 85.4°F
- Coldest month
- 42.8°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Goodsprings sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Goodsprings's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 18% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Goodsprings sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 98%
- Goodsprings's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 47th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Goodsprings compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Goodsprings's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
73 Top 34% score exceeds 66% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 0.9" | 16.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 59°F (15°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.2" | 10.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 67°F (19°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 0.7" | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 75°F (24°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 0.4" | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| May | 87°F (31°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 15.9 |
| June | 98°F (37°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 0.0" | 0.0 | 25.5 |
| July | 102°F (39°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 85°F (30°C) | 0.8" | 0.0 | 30.1 |
| August | 100°F (38°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 0.6" | 0.0 | 30.0 |
| September | 91°F (33°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 21.3 |
| October | 78°F (26°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.6" | 0.1 | 3.0 |
| November | 63°F (17°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 0.3" | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 54°F (12°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.7" | 16.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Goodsprings works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 102°F by July 21 and hold at or above 90°F on 120 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 37 dates, bottoming at 31°F around December 21.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 23 through September 19, covering 120 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 27 to November 1.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into January 14, then returns to freezing around December 9, covering 37 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 19, when 14% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 3 at 1%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 27 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 9 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 37°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Goodsprings.
Where Goodsprings Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 120 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 7 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Goodsprings earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
2.9 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
0.5 days with precipitation
0.3 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
3.2 days with precipitation
2.0 days with precipitation
2.4 days with precipitation
1.1 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
Goodsprings's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 42% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 21%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows a 42.6°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 1.2"
- Driest month
- June, 0.0"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, July (44% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
How Goodsprings's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 27 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 6.6" between them, or roughly 0.25 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 17
50% probability date
Growing Season
248 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,013
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,295
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Goodsprings on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (63°F here).
- Ashdown, AR 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Durant, OK 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Hamlet, NC 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Huntsville, AL 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (6.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Winslow, AZ 6.5" · 0.1" off
- Yucca, AZ 6.7" · 0.1" off
- Grand View, ID 6.7" · 0.1" off
- Lovell, WY 6.5" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Goodsprings's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 6.6 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Goodsprings's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 42.6°F. The annual average is 63°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Goodsprings's normal, at 3,013 and 2,295 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
Goodsprings has a long frost-free window of roughly 248 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
Goodsprings wettest normal
February
February concentrates the scarce annual total (6.6 inches).
Goodsprings driest normal
June
June is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
Questions about Goodsprings's climate
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Goodsprings's primary station: GOODSPRINGS (USC00263316). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 3229500), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Goodsprings: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Goodsprings comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.