Paradise Valley, NV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Paradise Valley's primary NOAA station, PARADISE VALLEY 1 NW.
The climate verdict for Paradise Valley
Dryness leads the climate profile for Paradise Valley, Nevada, with 10.9 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 49°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 49°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 10.9"
- precipitation, annual total
- 100 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Paradise Valley: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00266005 · Paradise Valley, NV 49°F mean · 10.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,401
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Colville
- PRCP-ARID 10.9"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,282 HDD
- STN-1 USC00266005
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Colville, WA (+ 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.
- Paradise Valley (this station) 49°F
- Hot Middlegate-clif…, NV 49°F
- Near Colville, WA 49°F
- Near Twin Falls, ID 49°F
- Near Burley, ID 49°F
Climate Living Index · Paradise Valley
Paradise Valley: 15/100 · grade F
Paradise Valley publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Paradise Valley, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 48.9°F · 18.6° from 67.5°F | 36/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 10.9 in · 24.1 from 35 in | 15/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 100 days/year | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 243 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Paradise Valley · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Paradise Valley'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
- 70.8°F
- Coldest month
- 29.0°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 Paradise Valley sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Paradise Valley's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 35th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 92%
- Paradise Valley's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 43rd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Paradise Valley compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Paradise Valley's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (6°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 1.6" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 47°F (8°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.2" | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.1" | 25.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 63°F (17°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 0.9" | 20.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.0" | 8.6 | 1.5 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.6" | 2.5 | 7.3 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.2" | 0.3 | 22.0 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.2" | 0.8 | 19.3 |
| September | 83°F (28°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.5" | 6.1 | 6.6 |
| October | 69°F (20°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.7" | 21.3 | 0.2 |
| November | 53°F (12°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.1" | 26.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 1.8" | 29.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Paradise Valley works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 95°F by July 24 and hold at or above 90°F on 47 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 196 dates, bottoming at 17°F around December 20.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 5 through August 20, covering 47 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 8 to October 13.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 22, then returns to freezing around October 10, 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 January 6, when 31% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 25 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 66 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 23 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 45°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Paradise Valley.
Where Paradise Valley Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 45°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Paradise Valley earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.3 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
4.1 days with precipitation
2.3 days with precipitation
1.6 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
3.2 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
Paradise Valley's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 43% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 9%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows a 41.8°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 1.8"
- Driest month
- July, 0.2"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, February (43% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
Paradise Valley is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 66 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 18% of the calendar, and they carry 10.9" 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 January at about 9 wet days; the driest is August 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 13
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
100 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,282
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
452
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Paradise Valley 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 (49°F here).
- Armour, SD 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Basin, WY 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Castle Dale, UT 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Colville, WA 49°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (10.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hartline, WA 10.9" · 0.0" off
- Rangely, CO 10.9" · 0.0" off
- Dell City, TX 10.9" · 0.0" off
- Dubois, WY 10.9" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Paradise Valley's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Paradise Valley's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,282 annual heating degree days against 452 for cooling. Its 41.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 100 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.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Paradise Valley's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.8°F. The annual average is 49°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Paradise Valley's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 10.9 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Paradise Valley wettest normal
December
December concentrates the scarce annual total (10.9 inches).
Paradise Valley driest normal
July
July is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
Questions about Paradise Valley's climate
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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 Paradise Valley's primary station: PARADISE VALLEY 1 NW (USC00266005). 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 3255400), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Paradise Valley: 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 Paradise Valley 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.