Hawthorne, NV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Hawthorne's primary NOAA station, HAWTHORNE.
The climate verdict for Hawthorne
Dryness leads the climate profile for Hawthorne, Nevada, with 4.2 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 57°F. Its climate comfort score of 63/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 46% of station-mapped location scores.
- 57°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 63/100
- comfort score, above 46% of station-mapped location scores
- 4.2"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 186 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Hawthorne: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00263512 · Hawthorne, NV 57°F mean · 4.2" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 57°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,460
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Frankfort Capit…
- PRCP-ARID 4.2"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-MID 63/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,385 HDD
- STN-1 USC00263512
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Frankfort Capital City, KY (+ 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.
- Hawthorne (this station) 57°F
- Hot Frankfort Capit…, KY 57°F
- Cold Lexington Blueg…, KY 56°F
- Near Boise City, OK 56°F
- Near Williamstown, KY 56°F
Climate Living Index · Hawthorne
Hawthorne: 45/100 · grade D
Hawthorne publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Hawthorne, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 63/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 1.2 inches/year | 81/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 56.5°F · 11.0° from 67.5°F | 65/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 186 days/year | 54/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 169 calendar days | 33/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 4.2 in · 30.9 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Hawthorne · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Hawthorne'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
- 79.4°F
- Coldest month
- 36.5°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 · heating-led station
Where Hawthorne sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Hawthorne's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 65th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 100%
- Hawthorne's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 48th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Hawthorne compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Hawthorne's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
63 46th percentile score exceeds 46% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F (9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.4" | 0.3" | 25.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 53°F (12°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.3" | 0.2" | 19.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 62°F (17°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 0.5" | 0.1" | 12.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 67°F (20°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 2.6 |
| June | 87°F (31°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.3 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.7 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 26.9 |
| September | 85°F (29°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.5 |
| October | 71°F (22°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 3.2 | 0.2 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.4" | 0.5" | 16.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.2" | 0.1" | 24.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Hawthorne works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 96°F by July 21 and hold at or above 90°F on 68 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 101 dates, bottoming at 25°F around December 23.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 24 through August 30, covering 68 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 26 to October 18.
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 February 25, then returns to freezing around November 17, covering 101 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 May 9, when 9% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 14 at 4%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 25 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 32°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Hawthorne.
Where Hawthorne Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 4 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 68 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Hawthorne earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 0.3"
2.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
2.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
2.3 days with precipitation
2.1 days with precipitation
3.0 days with precipitation
1.6 days with precipitation
2.1 days with precipitation
1.6 days with precipitation
1.2 days with precipitation
1.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
2.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
2.5 days with precipitation
Hawthorne spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 20% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Hawthorne has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 0.7" and September 0.1". The three wettest months together take 38% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Hawthorne is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 25 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 7% of the calendar, and they carry 4.2" between them. At roughly 0.16 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is May at about 3 wet days; the driest is September at about 1.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Snow reaches Hawthorne, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 1.2 inches of snow a year here, most likely in November. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 1 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 25
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
186 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,385
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,297
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Hawthorne 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 (57°F here).
- Beaver, OK 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Brookneal, VA 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Channing, TX 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Dumas, TX 57°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (4.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Lake Havasu City, AZ 4.2" · 0.0" off
- Ehrenberg, AZ 4.0" · 0.1" off
- Inyokern, CA 4.3" · 0.1" off
- Yuma, AZ 4.0" · 0.2" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Hawthorne's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Hawthorne's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,385 annual heating degree days against 1,297 for cooling. Its 42.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Hawthorne's frost-free season lasts about 186 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Hawthorne's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 42.9°F. The annual average is 57°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Hawthorne's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 4.2 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Annual snowfall totals 1.2 inches. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Hawthorne wettest normal
May
May concentrates the scarce annual total (4.2 inches).
Hawthorne driest normal
September
September is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Hawthorne's primary station: HAWTHORNE (USC00263512). 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 3231300), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Hawthorne: 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 Hawthorne 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.