Pahrump, Nevada climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Pahrump's normal year runs from 27°F December nights to 101°F July afternoons, with 5.0 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.8°C, December lows of −3°C, July highs of 39°C, 126 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPahrump (4 mi NW)
- Station IDUSC00265890
- Location36.26°N 116.06°W
- Elevation2,573 ft (784 m)
- Population (census place)45,811
On October 23, the normal high in Pahrump is 78°F and the normal low 42°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 5%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Pahrump.
- Jan 58° 28°
- Feb 62° 32°
- Mar 69° 38°
- Apr 76° 44°
- May 85° 53°
- Jun 95° 61°
- Jul 101° 68°
- Aug 100° 66°
- Sep 93° 57°
- Oct 81° 45°
- Nov 67° 34°
- Dec 57° 27°
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 Pahrump each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 101°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in February (0.91 in), the least in June (0.08 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 | 58°F | 28°F | 42.9°F | 0.71 | 4 | <1 | 23 | 10 h |
| February | 62°F | 32°F | 46.8°F | 0.91 | 4 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 69°F | 38°F | 53.5°F | 0.60 | 3 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 76°F | 44°F | 60.0°F | 0.30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 53°F | 68.9°F | 0.17 | 1 | 11 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 95°F | 61°F | 78.0°F | 0.08 | 1 | 24 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 101°F | 68°F | 84.6°F | 0.36 | 2 | 31 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 100°F | 66°F | 82.8°F | 0.20 | 2 | 30 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 93°F | 57°F | 75.2°F | 0.37 | 1 | 23 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 81°F | 45°F | 62.8°F | 0.38 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 67°F | 34°F | 50.4°F | 0.23 | 2 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 57°F | 27°F | 41.8°F | 0.66 | 3 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 79°F | 46°F | 62.3°F | 4.97 | 26 | 126 | 79 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | −2°C | 6.1°C | 18 mm |
| February | 17°C | 0°C | 8.2°C | 23 mm |
| March | 20°C | 3°C | 11.9°C | 15 mm |
| April | 24°C | 7°C | 15.6°C | 8 mm |
| May | 29°C | 12°C | 20.5°C | 4 mm |
| June | 35°C | 16°C | 25.6°C | 2 mm |
| July | 39°C | 20°C | 29.2°C | 9 mm |
| August | 38°C | 19°C | 28.2°C | 5 mm |
| September | 34°C | 14°C | 24.0°C | 9 mm |
| October | 27°C | 7°C | 17.1°C | 10 mm |
| November | 20°C | 1°C | 10.2°C | 6 mm |
| December | 14°C | −3°C | 5.4°C | 17 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Mount Charleston (23 miles away), gets 100 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00265890; 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 Pahrump?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, May has the fewest days with rain (1).
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 USC00265890.
When is the last frost in Pahrump?
In Pahrump, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 29 in half of years and after April 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 3 in half of years and before October 18 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
- March 291 year in 10 after April 21; 9 in 10 after March 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 31 year in 10 before October 18; 9 in 10 before November 17
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 218 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 248 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 6 in half of springs and before November 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pahrump in zone 8b across its 3 ZIP code areas (8b in 89060, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Pahrump's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (22 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 USC00265890; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Pahrump ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Pahrump's 3 ZIP code areas are all in zone 8b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Pahrump?
In a normal year in Pahrump, 126 days a year reach 90°F (59 of them 100°F or more), 79 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 26 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 126a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 59a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 79a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 26a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1914) is 117°F, on July 2, 1924; the lowest is 5°F, on January 6, 1971.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1978, with 8.78 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 3.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00265890; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00265890. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Pahrump?
Over a year 92% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Pahrump, 5.7 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (96%) and December the cloudiest (83%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 85% | 3.0 |
| February | 85% | 4.0 |
| March | 88% | 5.5 |
| April | 91% | 6.9 |
| May | 93% | 7.9 |
| June | 96% | 8.6 |
| July | 94% | 7.9 |
| August | 96% | 7.4 |
| September | 96% | 6.3 |
| October | 92% | 4.7 |
| November | 89% | 3.4 |
| December | 83% | 2.7 |
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 Pahrump need?
A normal year in Pahrump brings 3,078 heating degree days, 43% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,129 cooling degree days, 2.3 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,276 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 685 | 0 |
| February | 510 | 0 |
| March | 358 | 2 |
| April | 178 | 28 |
| May | 50 | 171 |
| June | 6 | 397 |
| July | 0 | 608 |
| August | 0 | 552 |
| September | 9 | 315 |
| October | 125 | 57 |
| November | 439 | 1 |
| December | 719 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,078 | 2,129 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00265890. 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 Pahrump been warmer than normal lately?
2021 averaged 63.7°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 62.3°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63.7°F | +1.4°F | 3.84 |
Over 39 complete years from 1949 to 2022, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.9°F per century (+0.33°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00265890; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Pahrump's climate compare?
Pahrump is warmer than 47 of the other 54 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 8. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.3°F is warmer than 81%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Pahrump 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.
Which places near Pahrump share this climate record?
3 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.
- Tecopa, CA169 people · 32 mi S
- Shoshone, CA18 people · 25 mi SW
- Charleston View, CA0 people · 22 mi SE
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 Pahrump's climate
What is the coldest month in Pahrump?
December, with a normal high of 57°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (101°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Pahrump?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Pahrump's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Mount Charleston (23 miles away), records 100 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Pahrump?
February, with 0.91 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.08 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Pahrump in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Pahrump in zone 8b across its 3 ZIP code areas (8b in 89060, the largest). By the same method at Pahrump's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Pahrump?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 29; in one year in ten it comes after April 21. Waiting until April 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Pahrump in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Mount Charleston, NV23 miles from this station, 47.0°F a year
- Mercury Desert Rock Airport, NV25 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Mercury (3 mi SSW), NV25 miles from this station, 63.0°F a year
- Amargosa Farms-Garey, NV31 miles from this station, 64.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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