Minden, Nevada climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Minden's normal year runs from 19°F December nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 9.3 inches of precipitation and 22 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.1°C, December lows of −7°C, July highs of 33°C, 237 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMinden
- Station IDUSC00265191
- Location38.95°N 119.78°W
- Elevation4,709 ft (1,435 m)
- Population (census place)3,309
On October 24, the normal high in Minden is 68°F and the normal low 28°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 9%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Minden.
- Jan 47° 19°
- Feb 51° 22°
- Mar 58° 27°
- Apr 64° 30°
- May 73° 38°
- Jun 83° 44°
- Jul 91° 49°
- Aug 90° 47°
- Sep 83° 40°
- Oct 71° 31°
- Nov 57° 23°
- Dec 46° 19°
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 Minden each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 19°F. The most precipitation falls in January (1.70 in), the least in September (0.21 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47°F | 19°F | 32.8°F | 1.70 | 5.6 | 6 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 51°F | 22°F | 36.7°F | 1.30 | 4.1 | 6 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 58°F | 27°F | 42.5°F | 1.25 | 3.4 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 64°F | 30°F | 47.1°F | 0.49 | 1.5 | 4 | <1 | 21 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 73°F | 38°F | 55.2°F | 0.61 | 0.1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 83°F | 44°F | 63.1°F | 0.33 | 0.1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 91°F | 49°F | 70.1°F | 0.25 | 0.0 | 2 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 90°F | 47°F | 68.5°F | 0.26 | 0.0 | 2 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 83°F | 40°F | 61.8°F | 0.21 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 31°F | 51.1°F | 0.61 | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 23°F | 39.8°F | 0.79 | 1.6 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 46°F | 19°F | 32.2°F | 1.54 | 5.2 | 6 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 32°F | 50.1°F | 9.34 | 21.8 | 43 | 68 | 189 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −7°C | 0.4°C | 43 mm | 14 cm |
| February | 11°C | −5°C | 2.6°C | 33 mm | 10 cm |
| March | 15°C | −3°C | 5.8°C | 32 mm | 9 cm |
| April | 18°C | −1°C | 8.4°C | 12 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 23°C | 3°C | 12.9°C | 15 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 7°C | 17.3°C | 8 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 9°C | 21.2°C | 6 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 8°C | 20.3°C | 7 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 5°C | 16.6°C | 5 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | −1°C | 10.6°C | 15 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 14°C | −5°C | 4.3°C | 20 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 8°C | −7°C | 0.1°C | 39 mm | 13 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00265191; 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 Minden?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, 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 USC00265191.
When is the last frost in Minden?
In Minden, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 30 in half of years and after June 14 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 26 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
- May 301 year in 10 after June 14; 9 in 10 after May 8
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 261 year in 10 before September 9; 9 in 10 before October 9
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 119 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 151 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 6 in half of springs and before October 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Minden in zone 6b in ZIP code 89423, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nevada · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00265191; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Minden?
In a normal year in Minden, 68 days a year reach 90°F (6 of them 100°F or more), 189 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 43 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 68a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 189a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 5high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 43a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1906) is 109°F, on July 10, 2002; the lowest is −24°F, on February 7, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2017, with 20.00 in; the snowiest season is 2022–23, with 71.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00265191; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00265191. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Minden?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Minden, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (93%) and March the cloudiest (74%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 2.6 |
| February | 74% | 3.5 |
| March | 74% | 4.6 |
| April | 78% | 6.0 |
| May | 82% | 7.1 |
| June | 91% | 8.3 |
| July | 91% | 8.0 |
| August | 93% | 7.3 |
| September | 92% | 6.0 |
| October | 88% | 4.5 |
| November | 81% | 3.0 |
| December | 74% | 2.3 |
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 Minden need?
A normal year in Minden brings 5,805 heating degree days, 8% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 385 cooling degree days, 58% 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 2,329 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 998 | 0 |
| February | 791 | 0 |
| March | 698 | 0 |
| April | 537 | 0 |
| May | 312 | 6 |
| June | 108 | 52 |
| July | 12 | 170 |
| August | 19 | 126 |
| September | 127 | 31 |
| October | 433 | 1 |
| November | 756 | 0 |
| December | 1,015 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,805 | 385 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00265191. 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 Minden been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 48.7°F, 1.4°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 50.1°F. 2 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.7°F | +1.6°F | 9.48 | 32.0 |
| 2022 | 50.7°F | +0.6°F | 10.70 | 13.4 |
| 2023 | 48.7°F | −1.4°F | 18.81 | 59.0 |
Over 55 complete years from 1909 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.4°F per century (+0.08°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00265191; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Minden's climate compare?
Minden is warmer than 17 of the other 54 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 35. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.1°F is warmer than 40%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Minden is Csb: temperate, dry-summer, warm summer. 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.
Which places near Minden share this climate record?
7 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Gardnerville, NV5,811 people · 2 mi SE
- Ruhenstroth, NV1,605 people · 7 mi SE
- East Valley, NV1,341 people · 5 mi E
- Fish Springs, NV622 people · 7 mi E
- Carter Springs, NV456 people · 10 mi SE
- Mesa Vista, CA315 people · 10 mi S
- Alpine Village, CA195 people · 12 mi S
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Minden's climate
What is the coldest month in Minden?
December, with a normal high of 46°F and a normal low of 19°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 49°F at night).
Does it snow in Minden?
Yes: 22 inches in a normal year, falling on 11 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (5.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Minden?
January, with 1.70 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 0.21 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Minden in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Minden in zone 6b in ZIP code 89423, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Minden?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 30; in one year in ten it comes after June 14. Waiting until June 14 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Dagget Pass, NV6 miles from this station, 43.3°F a year
- Carson, NV12 miles from this station, 51.7°F a year
- Glenbrook, NV12 miles from this station, 46.0°F a year
- South Lake Tahoe, CA12 miles from this station, 44.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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