Mina, Nevada climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Mina's normal year runs from 26°F December nights to 97°F July afternoons, with 5.6 inches of precipitation and 8 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.4°C, December lows of −3°C, July highs of 36°C, 141 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMina
- Station IDUSC00265168
- Location38.39°N 118.11°W
- Elevation4,580 ft (1,396 m)
- Population (census place)123
On October 23, the normal high in Mina is 69°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 7%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Mina.
- Jan 49° 27°
- Feb 54° 31°
- Mar 62° 36°
- Apr 68° 41°
- May 78° 51°
- Jun 89° 60°
- Jul 97° 67°
- Aug 96° 64°
- Sep 86° 55°
- Oct 72° 43°
- Nov 58° 33°
- Dec 48° 26°
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 Mina each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 26°F. The most precipitation falls in May (0.83 in), the least in September (0.23 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 27°F | 38.2°F | 0.48 | 2.0 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 54°F | 31°F | 42.4°F | 0.54 | 1.7 | 4 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 62°F | 36°F | 49.0°F | 0.46 | 1.0 | 4 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 41°F | 54.7°F | 0.57 | 0.7 | 4 | <1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 78°F | 51°F | 64.1°F | 0.83 | 0.2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 89°F | 60°F | 74.4°F | 0.33 | 0.0 | 2 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 97°F | 67°F | 82.2°F | 0.53 | 0.0 | 3 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 96°F | 64°F | 79.8°F | 0.24 | 0.0 | 2 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 86°F | 55°F | 70.5°F | 0.23 | 0.0 | 2 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 72°F | 43°F | 57.5°F | 0.57 | 0.0 | 2 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 58°F | 33°F | 45.8°F | 0.29 | 0.8 | 2 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 48°F | 26°F | 36.9°F | 0.50 | 1.4 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 44°F | 57.9°F | 5.57 | 7.8 | 36 | 84 | 115 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −3°C | 3.4°C | 12 mm | 5 cm |
| February | 12°C | −1°C | 5.8°C | 14 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 17°C | 2°C | 9.4°C | 12 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 20°C | 5°C | 12.6°C | 14 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 25°C | 10°C | 17.8°C | 21 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 32°C | 15°C | 23.6°C | 8 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 36°C | 19°C | 27.9°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 35°C | 18°C | 26.6°C | 6 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 13°C | 21.4°C | 6 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 6°C | 14.2°C | 14 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 15°C | 1°C | 7.7°C | 7 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 9°C | −3°C | 2.7°C | 13 mm | 4 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00265168; 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 Mina?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October 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 USC00265168.
When is the last frost in Mina?
In Mina, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 14 in half of years and after April 28 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 24 in half of years and before October 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
- April 141 year in 10 after April 28; 9 in 10 after April 1
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 241 year in 10 before October 9; 9 in 10 before November 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 192 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 217 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 2 in half of springs and before November 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mina in zone 7a in ZIP code 89422, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Mina's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (20 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nevada · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00265168; 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 Mina?
In a normal year in Mina, 84 days a year reach 90°F (16 of them 100°F or more), 115 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 36 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 84a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 16a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 115a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 36a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1896) is 111°F, on July 10, 2024; the lowest is −23°F, on January 21, 1917.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1965, with 8.61 in; the snowiest season is 2000–01, with 27.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00265168; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00265168. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Mina?
Over a year 87% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Mina, 5.4 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (93%) and December the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.6 |
| February | 78% | 3.6 |
| March | 82% | 5.1 |
| April | 85% | 6.5 |
| May | 86% | 7.4 |
| June | 92% | 8.3 |
| July | 90% | 7.7 |
| August | 92% | 7.2 |
| September | 93% | 6.1 |
| October | 90% | 4.5 |
| November | 84% | 3.1 |
| December | 73% | 2.2 |
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 Mina need?
A normal year in Mina brings 4,161 heating degree days, 23% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,615 cooling degree days, 78% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,284 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 832 | 0 |
| February | 633 | 0 |
| March | 498 | 0 |
| April | 318 | 8 |
| May | 126 | 98 |
| June | 22 | 303 |
| July | 0 | 533 |
| August | 1 | 459 |
| September | 32 | 195 |
| October | 252 | 19 |
| November | 578 | 0 |
| December | 871 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,161 | 1,615 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00265168. 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 Mina been warmer than normal lately?
2021 averaged 58.9°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 57.9°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58.9°F | +1.0°F | 7.54 | 9.1 |
Over 61 complete years from 1898 to 2021, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.6°F per century (+0.03°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00265168; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Mina's climate compare?
Mina is warmer than 45 of the other 54 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 11. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.9°F is warmer than 69%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Mina 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.
Questions about Mina's climate
What is the coldest month in Mina?
December, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 26°F. The warmest is July (97°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Mina?
Yes: 8 inches in a normal year, falling on 6 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (2.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Mina?
May, with 0.83 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 0.23 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Mina in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Mina in zone 7a in ZIP code 89422, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Mina's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Mina?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 14; in one year in ten it comes after April 28. Waiting until April 28 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Hawthorne, NV29 miles from this station, 56.5°F a year
- Gabbs, NV35 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- Bodie California St Historic P, CA50 miles from this station, 38.7°F a year
- Silverpeak, NV52 miles from this station, 55.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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