Moorman Rch - Ruth, NV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Moorman Rch - Ruth's primary NOAA station, MOORMAN RCH - RUTH 16WNW.
The climate verdict for Moorman Rch - Ruth
Dryness leads the climate profile for Moorman Rch - Ruth, Nevada, with 9.5 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 44°F. At 29/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 1% of scores.
- 44°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 29/100
- comfort score, above 1% of station-mapped location scores
- 9.5"
- annual precipitation · 44" snow
- 96 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Moorman Rch - Ruth: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00265371 · Moorman Rch - Ruth, NV 44°F mean · 9.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 44°F
- RANK-COOL #892
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Swan Lake
- PRCP-ARID 9.5"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-LOW 29/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,952 HDD
- STN-1 USC00265371
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Swan Lake, MT (+ 0 °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.
- Moorman Rch - R… (this station) 44°F
- Hot E Jewett, NY 44°F
- Near Swan Lake, MT 44°F
- Near Twin Bridges, MT 44°F
- Near Rowe, MA 44°F
Climate Living Index · Moorman Rch - Ruth
Moorman Rch - Ruth: 9/100 · grade F
Moorman Rch - Ruth publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Moorman Rch - Ruth, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 29/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 44.2 inches/year | 24/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 43.5°F · 24.0° from 67.5°F | 14/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 9.5 in · 25.5 from 35 in | 10/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 231 calendar days | 1/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 96 days/year | 0/100 · F |
Moorman Rch - Ruth · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Moorman Rch - Ruth'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
- 66.5°F
- Coldest month
- 24.0°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 Moorman Rch - Ruth sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Moorman Rch - Ruth's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 87%
- Among 6,861 stations, Moorman Rch - Ruth sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 95%
- Moorman Rch - Ruth's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 46th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Moorman Rch - Ruth compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Moorman Rch - Ruth's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
29 1st percentile score exceeds 1% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Above this entry.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F (4°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.8" | 7.5" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 41°F (5°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 0.8" | 7.8" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 49°F (9°C) | 20°F (-6°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 0.9" | 8.0" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 55°F (13°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 1.1" | 4.4" | 26.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 65°F (18°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.2" | 1.2" | 17.4 | 0.1 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 3.0 | 2.4 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.2 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.8 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 0.8" | 0.2" | 6.1 | 0.4 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.7" | 0.4" | 23.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 0.6" | 4.4" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.7" | 10.3" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 231 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 9°F near December 17.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 18, then returns to freezing around October 1, covering 231 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 April 7, when 20% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 23 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 55 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 2 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 39°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Moorman Rch - Ruth.
Where Moorman Rch - Ruth Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 231 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 10 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Moorman Rch - Ruth 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: 7.5"
4.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.8"
5.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.0"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.4"
6.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.2"
6.3 days with precipitation
2.4 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
4.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.4"
2.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.3"
5.1 days with precipitation
Moorman Rch - Ruth spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 20% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Moorman Rch - Ruth has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.2" and June 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.
Moorman Rch - Ruth 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 9.5" between them. At roughly 0.17 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 2.
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 Moorman Rch - Ruth
Moorman Rch - Ruth averages 44.2 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 20 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: 44.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 20 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 47% 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 14
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
96 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,952
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
136
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Moorman Rch - Ruth 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 (44°F here).
- Alpena, MI 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Amery, WI 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Blanca, CO 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Bynum, MT 44°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (9.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Duchesne, UT 9.4" · 0.0" off
- Los Banos, CA 9.5" · 0.0" off
- Ontario, OR 9.5" · 0.0" off
- Altamont, UT 9.4" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Moorman Rch - Ruth
heating led · dry · mid swing
Moorman Rch - Ruth's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,952 annual heating degree days against 136 for cooling. Its 42.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 96 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. Moorman Rch - Ruth coldest normal
December
Averaging 24°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Moorman Rch - Ruth typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Moorman Rch - Ruth snow peak
December
Moorman Rch - Ruth averages 44.2 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 Moorman Rch - Ruth's primary station: MOORMAN RCH - RUTH 16WNW (USC00265371). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Moorman Rch - Ruth; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Moorman Rch - Ruth 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.