Mcgill, NV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Mcgill's primary NOAA station, MCGILL.
The climate verdict for Mcgill
Dryness leads the climate profile for Mcgill, Nevada, with 8.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 48°F. At 39/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 4% of scores.
- 48°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 39/100
- comfort score, above 4% of station-mapped location scores
- 8.8"
- annual precipitation · 37" snow
- 119 days
- frost-free growing season
Mcgill: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00264950 · Mcgill, NV 48°F mean · 8.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,058
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Great Basin Nat…
- PRCP-ARID 8.8"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-LOW 39/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,754 HDD
- STN-1 USC00264950
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Great Basin National Park, NV (+ 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.
- Mcgill (this station) 48°F
- Cold Fitchburg, MA 48°F
- Hot Endicott, NY 48°F
- Near Great Basin Nat…, NV 48°F
- Near Springboro, PA 48°F
Climate Living Index · Mcgill
Mcgill: 20/100 · grade F
Mcgill publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Mcgill, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 39/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 36.9 inches/year | 31/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.6°F · 19.9° from 67.5°F | 30/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 196 calendar days | 16/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 8.8 in · 26.1 from 35 in | 9/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 119 days/year | 7/100 · F |
Mcgill · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Mcgill's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 71.0°F
- Coldest month
- 27.7°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 Mcgill sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Mcgill's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 70%
- Among 6,861 stations, Mcgill sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 96%
- Mcgill's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 50th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Mcgill compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Mcgill's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
39 4th percentile score exceeds 4% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 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
Mcgill's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 75 complete annual observations from 1916 to 2025, MCGILL warmed at a fitted rate of 0.15°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Mcgill primary station fitted change +0.15 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F (5°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.7" | 6.3" | 29.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 44°F (7°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.7" | 7.7" | 25.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (12°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 0.9" | 5.9" | 25.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.1" | 3.6" | 18.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (20°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 1.0" | 1.2" | 7.7 | 0.2 |
| June | 80°F (27°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.6 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 8.1 |
| September | 78°F (25°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 2.2 | 1.1 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 0.8" | 0.6" | 16.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 51°F (11°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.7" | 3.4" | 25.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.7" | 8.2" | 29.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 25, short of 90°F on every date, while 196 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near December 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 25, then returns to freezing around October 13, covering 196 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 February 20, when 20% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 29 at 8%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 55 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 24 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 35°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Mcgill.
Where Mcgill Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 9 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 196 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Mcgill 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: 6.3"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.7"
5.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.9"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.6"
5.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.2"
5.9 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
3.2 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
3.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
4.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.4"
3.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.2"
4.6 days with precipitation
Mcgill spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 18% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Mcgill has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.3°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: April averages 1.1" and July 0.5". The three wettest months together take 34% 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.
Mcgill is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 54 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 15% of the calendar, and they carry 8.8" 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 6 wet days; the driest is June at about 3.
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.
Winter brings real snow to Mcgill
Mcgill averages 36.9 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 14 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: 36.9 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 14 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 42% 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 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 28
50% probability date
Growing Season
119 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,754
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
454
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Mcgill 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 (48°F here).
- Bend, OR 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Benton, PA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Bonesteel, SD 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Bonners Ferry, ID 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (8.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Albuquerque, NM 8.8" · 0.0" off
- Connell, WA 8.8" · 0.0" off
- Hermiston, OR 8.8" · 0.0" off
- Pavillion, WY 8.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Mcgill
heating led · dry · mid swing
Mcgill's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,754 annual heating degree days against 454 for cooling. Its 43.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 119 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. Mcgill coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 28°F (-2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Mcgill typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Mcgill snow peak
December
Mcgill averages 36.9 inches of snow a year, with December 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 Mcgill's primary station: MCGILL (USC00264950). 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 3244200), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Mcgill: 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 Mcgill 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.