Lages, Nevada climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Lages's normal year runs from 14°F December nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 8.5 inches of precipitation and 24 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.6°C, December lows of −10°C, July highs of 32°C, 215 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLages
- Station IDUSC00264341
- Location40.06°N 114.61°W
- Elevation5,960 ft (1,817 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Lages is 61°F and the normal low 29°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lages.
- Jan 40° 15°
- Feb 43° 19°
- Mar 53° 25°
- Apr 59° 30°
- May 69° 37°
- Jun 81° 45°
- Jul 90° 53°
- Aug 88° 52°
- Sep 78° 42°
- Oct 64° 31°
- Nov 50° 22°
- Dec 40° 14°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Lages each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 14°F. The most precipitation falls in April (1.08 in), the least in November (0.46 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 15°F | 27.3°F | 0.67 | 6.0 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 43°F | 19°F | 31.0°F | 0.55 | 5.1 | 5 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 53°F | 25°F | 38.7°F | 0.86 | 3.9 | 5 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 59°F | 30°F | 44.4°F | 1.08 | 1.3 | 6 | <1 | 20 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 69°F | 37°F | 53.2°F | 1.00 | 0.4 | 6 | <1 | 8 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 81°F | 45°F | 62.9°F | 0.58 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 h |
| July | 90°F | 53°F | 71.3°F | 0.68 | 0.0 | 4 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 88°F | 52°F | 69.8°F | 0.54 | 0.0 | 3 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 78°F | 42°F | 59.9°F | 0.73 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 31°F | 47.7°F | 0.76 | 0.3 | 4 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 22°F | 35.8°F | 0.46 | 1.8 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 10 h |
| December | 40°F | 14°F | 27.1°F | 0.55 | 5.5 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 32°F | 47.4°F | 8.46 | 24.3 | 52 | 37 | 187 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −10°C | −2.6°C | 17 mm | 15 cm |
| February | 6°C | −7°C | −0.6°C | 14 mm | 13 cm |
| March | 11°C | −4°C | 3.7°C | 22 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 15°C | −1°C | 6.9°C | 27 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 21°C | 3°C | 11.8°C | 25 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 27°C | 7°C | 17.2°C | 15 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 12°C | 21.8°C | 17 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 11°C | 21.0°C | 14 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 5°C | 15.5°C | 19 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | −1°C | 8.7°C | 19 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 10°C | −6°C | 2.1°C | 12 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 4°C | −10°C | −2.7°C | 14 mm | 14 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00264341; 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.
Which months are mildest at Lages?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, June has the fewest days with rain (4).
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 USC00264341.
When is the last frost at Lages?
In Lages, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 1 in half of years and after June 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 21 in half of years and before September 9 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
- June 11 year in 10 after June 18; 9 in 10 after May 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 211 year in 10 before September 9; 9 in 10 before October 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 111 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 134 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 17 in half of springs and before September 29 in half of autumns.
By the USDA's method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in plant hardiness zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −11°F (30 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 USC00264341; 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 at Lages?
In a normal year in Lages, 37 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 187 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 52 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 37a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 187a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 20high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 52a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1984) is 103°F, on July 13, 2002; the lowest is −26°F, on February 7, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2019, with 15.10 in; the snowiest season is 1992–93, with 48.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00264341; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00264341. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Lages?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Lages, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (87%) and December the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.3 |
| February | 72% | 3.1 |
| March | 76% | 4.5 |
| April | 77% | 5.7 |
| May | 78% | 6.6 |
| June | 86% | 7.7 |
| July | 85% | 7.2 |
| August | 87% | 6.5 |
| September | 87% | 5.4 |
| October | 83% | 3.9 |
| November | 78% | 2.6 |
| December | 67% | 1.8 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Lages record?
A normal year at Lages brings 6,840 heating degree days, 27% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 457 cooling degree days, 50% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,239 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,169 | 0 |
| February | 952 | 0 |
| March | 817 | 0 |
| April | 618 | 0 |
| May | 370 | 6 |
| June | 122 | 57 |
| July | 9 | 206 |
| August | 17 | 164 |
| September | 177 | 24 |
| October | 538 | 0 |
| November | 876 | 0 |
| December | 1,176 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,840 | 457 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00264341. 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.
Have recent years at Lages been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 50.3°F, 2.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 47.4°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49.3°F | +1.9°F | 7.31 | 30.1 |
| 2022 | 47.5°F | +0.1°F | 11.17 | 31.8 |
| 2023 | 45.1°F | −2.3°F | 9.60 | 31.2 |
| 2024 | 49.4°F | +2.0°F | 5.55 | 17.3 |
| 2025 | 50.3°F | +2.9°F | 6.88 | 24.5 |
Over 33 complete years from 1986 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.2°F per century (+0.23°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00264341; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lages's climate compare?
Lages is warmer than 11 of the 55 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 27. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 47.4°F is warmer than 29%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lages is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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.
Questions about Lages's climate
What is the coldest month at Lages?
December, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 14°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 53°F at night).
Does it snow at Lages?
Yes: 24 inches in a normal year, falling on 11 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (6.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Lages?
April, with 1.08 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 0.46 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lages in?
By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −11°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come at Lages?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after June 1; in one year in ten it comes after June 18. Waiting until June 18 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Ibapah, UT33 miles from this station, 48.3°F a year
- McGill, NV46 miles from this station, 47.6°F a year
- Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, NV47 miles from this station, 46.6°F a year
- Partoun, UT49 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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