Jiggs, NV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Jiggs's primary NOAA station, JIGGS 2NE.
The climate verdict for Jiggs
Dryness leads the climate profile for Jiggs, Nevada, with 12.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 46°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 46°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.8"
- annual precipitation · 52" snow
- 89 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Jiggs: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00264095 · Jiggs, NV 46°F mean · 12.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Malta
- PRCP-DRY 12.8"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,140 HDD
- STN-1 USC00264095
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Malta, ID (+ 0.1 °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.
- Jiggs (this station) 46°F
- Cold Westport Island, ME 46°F
- Hot Clarence, PA 46°F
- Near Malta, ID 46°F
- Near Polson, MT 46°F
Climate Living Index · Jiggs
Jiggs: 15/100 · grade F
Jiggs publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Jiggs, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 46.1°F · 21.4° from 67.5°F | 24/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 12.8 in · 22.2 from 35 in | 21/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 51.7 inches/year | 20/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 220 calendar days | 5/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 89 days/year | 0/100 · F |
Jiggs · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Jiggs is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 27.0°F and warmest-month mean 68.5°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Dsb). Class Dsb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 68.5°F
- Coldest month
- 27.0°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 Jiggs sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Jiggs's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 77%
- Among 6,861 stations, Jiggs sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 88%
- Jiggs's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 42nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Jiggs compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Jiggs's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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 | 40°F (5°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 1.3" | 11.5" | 29.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 44°F (6°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 1.0" | 8.5" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 1.4" | 11.3" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (15°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.9" | 7.2" | 21.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 1.9" | 1.1" | 10.4 | 0.0 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 0.8" | 0.1" | 2.5 | 1.4 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 8.5 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 5.6 |
| September | 78°F (25°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 0.7" | 0.1" | 4.8 | 0.7 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.0" | 0.4" | 19.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 51°F (11°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.9" | 1.9" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (5°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 1.1" | 9.6" | 30.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Jiggs works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 90°F by July 25 and hold at or above 90°F on 7 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 213 dates, bottoming at 13°F around December 22.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 25 through July 31, covering 7 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 22 to October 3.
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 May 5, then returns to freezing around October 6, covering 213 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 April 19, when 20% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 6 at 7%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 48 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 17 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 40°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Jiggs.
Where Jiggs Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 213 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 40°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Jiggs 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: 11.5"
5.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.5"
4.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.3"
4.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.2"
6.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
6.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
3.2 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
2.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
2.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
3.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.9"
2.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.6"
4.4 days with precipitation
Jiggs spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 13% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Jiggs has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 41.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.9" and July 0.3". The three wettest months together take 40% 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.
How Jiggs's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 47 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 12.8" between them, or roughly 0.27 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.
Winter brings real snow to Jiggs
Jiggs averages 51.7 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 15 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 51.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 15 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 40% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 13
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 16
50% probability date
Growing Season
89 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,140
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
282
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Jiggs 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 (46°F here).
- Burlington, WI 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Colstrip, MT 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Cottonwood, SD 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Deaver, WY 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Pendleton, OR 12.8" · 0.0" off
- Cuba, NM 12.8" · 0.0" off
- Green Valley, AZ 12.8" · 0.0" off
- Loma, MT 12.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Jiggs
heating led · dry · mid swing
Jiggs's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,140 annual heating degree days against 282 for cooling. Its 41.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 89 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Jiggs coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 27°F (-3°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Jiggs typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Jiggs snow peak
January
Jiggs averages 51.7 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Jiggs's primary station: JIGGS 2NE (USC00264095). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Jiggs; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Jiggs 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.