Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S), Nevada climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S)'s normal year runs from 23°F December nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 9.0 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.7°C, December lows of −5°C, July highs of 32°C, 230 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLeonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S)
- Station IDUSC00264527
- Location41.52°N 118.72°W
- Elevation4,239 ft (1,292 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S) is 61°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 11%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S).
- Jan 40° 23°
- Feb 46° 26°
- Mar 55° 31°
- Apr 62° 35°
- May 71° 44°
- Jun 81° 50°
- Jul 90° 58°
- Aug 88° 56°
- Sep 79° 49°
- Oct 64° 38°
- Nov 49° 29°
- Dec 39° 23°
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 Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 23°F. The most precipitation falls in December (1.34 in), the least in August (0.15 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 23°F | 31.5°F | 1.33 | 7 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 46°F | 26°F | 36.1°F | 0.91 | 6 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 55°F | 31°F | 43.1°F | 1.00 | 6 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 35°F | 48.6°F | 0.82 | 6 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 71°F | 44°F | 57.5°F | 0.96 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 81°F | 50°F | 65.4°F | 0.60 | 3 | 7 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 90°F | 58°F | 74.2°F | 0.29 | 2 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 88°F | 56°F | 72.1°F | 0.15 | 2 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 79°F | 49°F | 64.0°F | 0.30 | 2 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 38°F | 51.2°F | 0.67 | 3 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 49°F | 29°F | 39.3°F | 0.67 | 5 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 39°F | 23°F | 30.8°F | 1.34 | 7 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 39°F | 51.2°F | 9.04 | 55 | 50 | 134 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −5°C | −0.3°C | 34 mm |
| February | 8°C | −3°C | 2.3°C | 23 mm |
| March | 13°C | 0°C | 6.2°C | 25 mm |
| April | 17°C | 2°C | 9.2°C | 21 mm |
| May | 22°C | 6°C | 14.2°C | 24 mm |
| June | 27°C | 10°C | 18.6°C | 15 mm |
| July | 32°C | 15°C | 23.4°C | 7 mm |
| August | 31°C | 13°C | 22.3°C | 4 mm |
| September | 26°C | 9°C | 17.8°C | 8 mm |
| October | 18°C | 4°C | 10.7°C | 17 mm |
| November | 10°C | −1°C | 4.1°C | 17 mm |
| December | 4°C | −5°C | −0.7°C | 34 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station, and no record within 25 miles keeps one, so snow is left out here rather than estimated.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00264527; 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 Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, September 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 USC00264527.
When is the last frost at Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S)?
In Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 8 in half of years and after May 30 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 11 in half of years and before September 28 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
- May 81 year in 10 after May 30; 9 in 10 after April 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 111 year in 10 before September 28; 9 in 10 before October 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 154 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 182 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 24 in half of springs and before October 24 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 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 3°F (21 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 USC00264527; 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 Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S)?
In a normal year in Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S), 50 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 134 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 55 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 50a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 134a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 9high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 55a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1954) is 110°F, on July 31, 1988; the lowest is −19°F, on December 9, 1972.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 17.79 in; the snowiest season is 1968–69, with 52.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00264527; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00264527. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S)?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S), 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (92%) and December the cloudiest (64%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 69% | 2.0 |
| February | 71% | 3.0 |
| March | 73% | 4.2 |
| April | 77% | 5.7 |
| May | 80% | 6.8 |
| June | 87% | 7.8 |
| July | 92% | 7.8 |
| August | 92% | 6.9 |
| September | 89% | 5.5 |
| October | 84% | 3.8 |
| November | 75% | 2.4 |
| December | 64% | 1.6 |
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 Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S) record?
A normal year at Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S) brings 5,738 heating degree days, 7% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 715 cooling degree days, 21% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,795 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,037 | 0 |
| February | 811 | 0 |
| March | 679 | 0 |
| April | 493 | 1 |
| May | 256 | 22 |
| June | 87 | 99 |
| July | 5 | 289 |
| August | 10 | 230 |
| September | 100 | 70 |
| October | 430 | 4 |
| November | 770 | 0 |
| December | 1,060 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,738 | 715 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00264527. 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 Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S) been warmer than normal?
2023 averaged 50.4°F, 0.8°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 51.2°F. 2 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.1°F | +1.9°F | 10.59 |
| 2022 | 51.9°F | +0.7°F | 6.08 |
| 2023 | 50.4°F | −0.8°F | 11.91 |
Over 49 complete years from 1955 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.5°F per century (+0.14°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00264527; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S)'s climate compare?
Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S) is warmer than 24 of the 55 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 30. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.2°F is warmer than 46%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S) 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 Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S)?
December, with a normal high of 39°F and a normal low of 23°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 58°F at night).
What is the rainiest month at Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S)?
December, with 1.34 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.15 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S) in?
By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 3°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come at Leonard Creek Ranch - Denio (33 mi S)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 8; in one year in ten it comes after May 30. Waiting until May 30 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Kings River Valley - Orovada (26 mi NW), NV30 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Denio, NV33 miles from this station, 51.0°F a year
- Orovada, NV45 miles from this station, 49.3°F a year
- Fields, OR52 miles from this station, 50.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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