Pioche, NV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Pioche's primary NOAA station, PIOCHE.
The climate verdict for Pioche
Dryness leads the climate profile for Pioche, Nevada, with 12.9 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 52°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.
- 52°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.9"
- annual precipitation
- 168 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Pioche: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00266252 · Pioche, NV 52°F mean · 12.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,225
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Everett
- PRCP-DRY 12.9"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,618 HDD
- STN-1 USC00266252
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Everett, PA (+ 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.
- Pioche (this station) 52°F
- Hot Middlebourne, WV 52°F
- Near Everett, PA 52°F
- Near Logan, OH 52°F
- Cold Entiat Fish Hat…, WA 51°F
Climate Living Index · Pioche
Pioche: 45/100 · grade D
Pioche publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Pioche, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 132 calendar days | 58/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.5°F · 16.0° from 67.5°F | 47/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 168 days/year | 40/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 12.9 in · 22.1 from 35 in | 21/100 · F |
Pioche · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Pioche'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
- 74.0°F
- Coldest month
- 32.4°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 Pioche sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Pioche's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 47th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 88%
- Pioche'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 Pioche compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Pioche'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 | 43°F (6°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.1" | 28.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.7" | 24.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (12°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.4" | 18.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 0.7" | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.9" | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.5" | 0.3 | 3.3 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 0.8" | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 1.3" | 0.0 | 7.7 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.9" | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 1.1" | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 53°F (12°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.7" | 20.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 43°F (6°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.6" | 28.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 25, short of 90°F on every date, while 132 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near December 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 21, then returns to freezing around November 11, covering 132 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 February 19, when 21% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 22 at 8%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 52 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 27 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Pioche.
Where Pioche Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Pioche earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
4.7 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
3.9 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
2.4 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
3.6 days with precipitation
4.1 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
Pioche spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 21% of the annual total and December through February 34%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Pioche has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 41.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: February averages 1.7" and June 0.5". The three wettest months together take 36% 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.
How Pioche's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 51 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 12.9" between them, or roughly 0.25 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 17
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 2
50% probability date
Growing Season
168 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,618
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
716
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Pioche 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 (52°F here).
- Baileyville, KS 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Bluefield, WV 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Caldwell, OH 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Centralia, WA 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hope, NM 12.9" · 0.0" off
- Green Valley, AZ 12.8" · 0.0" off
- Redlands, CA 12.9" · 0.0" off
- Faywood, NM 12.9" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Pioche's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Pioche's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,618 annual heating degree days against 716 for cooling. Its 41.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Pioche's frost-free season lasts about 168 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Pioche's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.6°F. The annual average is 52°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Pioche's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 12.9 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.
Pioche wettest normal
February
February concentrates the scarce annual total (12.9 inches).
Pioche driest normal
June
June is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Pioche's primary station: PIOCHE (USC00266252). 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 3257400), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Pioche: 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 Pioche 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.