Lovelock, Nevada climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lovelock's normal year runs from 18°F December nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 4.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.9°C, December lows of −8°C, July highs of 35°C, 121 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLovelock Derby Field
- Station IDUSW00024172
- Location40.07°N 118.57°W
- Elevation3,902 ft (1,189 m)
- Population1,823
On October 23, the normal high in Lovelock is 65°F and the normal low 30°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 10%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lovelock.
- Jan 44° 19°
- Feb 50° 23°
- Mar 59° 28°
- Apr 65° 34°
- May 75° 43°
- Jun 86° 50°
- Jul 96° 56°
- Aug 93° 53°
- Sep 84° 44°
- Oct 69° 33°
- Nov 54° 23°
- Dec 43° 18°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Lovelock each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 18°F. The most precipitation falls in May (0.68 in), the least in July (0.09 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F | 19°F | 31.2°F | 0.60 | 6 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 50°F | 23°F | 36.6°F | 0.49 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 59°F | 28°F | 43.3°F | 0.42 | 5 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 34°F | 49.3°F | 0.46 | 5 | <1 | 14 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 43°F | 58.9°F | 0.68 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 86°F | 50°F | 67.8°F | 0.40 | 3 | 14 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 96°F | 56°F | 75.9°F | 0.09 | 1 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 93°F | 53°F | 72.9°F | 0.16 | 2 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 84°F | 44°F | 63.6°F | 0.19 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 69°F | 33°F | 50.8°F | 0.42 | 3 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 54°F | 23°F | 38.2°F | 0.39 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 10 h |
| December | 43°F | 18°F | 30.2°F | 0.46 | 6 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 35°F | 51.6°F | 4.76 | 46 | 81 | 167 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −7°C | −0.4°C | 15 mm |
| February | 10°C | −5°C | 2.6°C | 12 mm |
| March | 15°C | −2°C | 6.3°C | 11 mm |
| April | 18°C | 1°C | 9.6°C | 12 mm |
| May | 24°C | 6°C | 14.9°C | 17 mm |
| June | 30°C | 10°C | 19.9°C | 10 mm |
| July | 35°C | 13°C | 24.4°C | 2 mm |
| August | 34°C | 12°C | 22.7°C | 4 mm |
| September | 29°C | 6°C | 17.6°C | 5 mm |
| October | 21°C | 0°C | 10.4°C | 11 mm |
| November | 12°C | −5°C | 3.4°C | 10 mm |
| December | 6°C | −8°C | −1.0°C | 12 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Lovelock's own co-op station Lovelock station does: 11 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00024172; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Lovelock?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. 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 USW00024172.
When is the last frost in Lovelock?
In Lovelock, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 12 in half of years and after June 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 27 in half of years and before September 11 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 121 year in 10 after June 2; 9 in 10 after April 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 271 year in 10 before September 11; 9 in 10 before October 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 136 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 158 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 30 in half of springs and before October 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lovelock in zone 6b in ZIP code 89419, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lovelock's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (29 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 USW00024172; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; 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 in Lovelock?
In a normal year in Lovelock, 81 days a year reach 90°F (18 of them 100°F or more), 167 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 46 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 81a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 18a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 167a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 5high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 46a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1948) is 112°F, on July 5, 2007; the lowest is −38°F, on January 25, 1949.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1998, with 12.00 in; the snowiest season is 1988–89, with 22.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00024172; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00024172. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Lovelock, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 34°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 35°F; the driest air comes in December (20°F). April is the windiest month (8.5 mph on average), and June has the most clear or nearly clear hours (89%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°F | 67% | 44% | 4.9 mph | 58% | 26% |
| February | 23°F | 54% | 32% | 6.8 mph | 61% | 20% |
| March | 23°F | 40% | 22% | 8.1 mph | 65% | 16% |
| April | 27°F | 34% | 18% | 8.5 mph | 66% | 15% |
| May | 33°F | 31% | 17% | 8.3 mph | 73% | 11% |
| June | 34°F | 23% | 12% | 7.9 mph | 89% | 3% |
| July | 35°F | 23% | 11% | 7.0 mph | 87% | 2% |
| August | 33°F | 26% | 13% | 6.4 mph | 88% | 3% |
| September | 29°F | 34% | 17% | 5.7 mph | 85% | 5% |
| October | 25°F | 48% | 27% | 5.3 mph | 72% | 13% |
| November | 21°F | 61% | 41% | 5.0 mph | 64% | 18% |
| December | 20°F | 70% | 52% | 4.5 mph | 61% | 24% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00024172. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Lovelock?
Over a year 85% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lovelock, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (94%) and December the cloudiest (68%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.2 |
| February | 76% | 3.3 |
| March | 77% | 4.5 |
| April | 81% | 6.0 |
| May | 83% | 7.1 |
| June | 90% | 8.1 |
| July | 94% | 8.0 |
| August | 93% | 7.1 |
| September | 92% | 5.8 |
| October | 87% | 4.1 |
| November | 79% | 2.6 |
| December | 68% | 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 much heating and cooling does Lovelock need?
A normal year in Lovelock brings 5,707 heating degree days, 6% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 828 cooling degree days, 9% 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 2,959 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,046 | 0 |
| February | 795 | 0 |
| March | 674 | 0 |
| April | 470 | 1 |
| May | 221 | 32 |
| June | 57 | 141 |
| July | 2 | 340 |
| August | 7 | 252 |
| September | 105 | 61 |
| October | 443 | 2 |
| November | 806 | 0 |
| December | 1,080 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,707 | 828 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00024172. 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.
Has Lovelock been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 52.0°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.6°F. 1 of the 2 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 50.2°F | −1.4°F | 4.39 |
| 2024 | 52.0°F | +0.4°F | 4.35 |
Over 62 complete years from 1950 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.6°F per century (+0.20°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00024172; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lovelock's climate compare?
Lovelock is warmer than 25 of the other 54 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 4. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.6°F is warmer than 48%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lovelock is BWk: cold desert. 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.
What do Lovelock's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Lovelock. This page uses Lovelock Derby Field; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lovelock station USC00264698 | 9 mi NE | 3,973 ft | 52.6°F | 20°F | 96°F | 6.1 | 11 | May 11 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Lovelock's climate
What is the coldest month in Lovelock?
December, with a normal high of 43°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 56°F at night).
Does it snow in Lovelock?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Lovelock's NOAA station; Lovelock's own co-op station Lovelock station records 11 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Lovelock?
May, with 0.68 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.09 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lovelock in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lovelock in zone 6b in ZIP code 89419, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Lovelock's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Lovelock?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 12; in one year in ten it comes after June 2. Waiting until June 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Lovelock in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Rye Patch Dam, NV31 miles from this station, 51.1°F a year
- Fallon, NV46 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- Imlay, NV46 miles from this station, 50.3°F a year
- Wadsworth, NV46 miles from this station, 52.5°F a year
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