Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S, 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 Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S's primary NOAA station, RED ROCK CANYON - SPG MT RCH S.
The climate verdict for Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S
Dryness leads the climate profile for Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S, Nevada, with 9.9 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 62°F. It scores 77/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 70% of them.
- 62°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 77/100
- comfort score, above 70% of station-mapped location scores
- 9.9"
- annual precipitation · 3" snow
- 247 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00266691 · Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S, NV 62°F mean · 9.9" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,420
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bayboro
- PRCP-ARID 9.9"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-TOP 77/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00266691
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bayboro, NC (+ 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.
- Red Rock Canyon… (this station) 62°F
- Hot Cloverdale, CA 62°F
- Near Bayboro, NC 62°F
- Near Broken Bow, OK 62°F
- Near Clinton, SC 62°F
Climate Living Index · Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S
Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S: 64/100 · grade C
Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 77/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 247 days/year | 88/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 61.8°F · 5.7° from 67.5°F | 82/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 2.6 inches/year | 74/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 125 calendar days | 62/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 9.9 in · 25.1 from 35 in | 12/100 · F |
Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S'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
- 84.0°F
- Coldest month
- 41.7°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 · balanced station
Where Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 21% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 94%
- Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S'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 Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
77 Top 30% score exceeds 70% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 53°F (12°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.4" | 0.9" | 22.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 56°F (14°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.0" | 0.4" | 13.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 64°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.4" | 0.5" | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.6" | 0.1" | 1.4 | 0.4 |
| May | 80°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.5 |
| August | 94°F (35°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 26.8 |
| September | 87°F (31°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.3 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| November | 62°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 9.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 52°F (11°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.1" | 0.7" | 21.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 96°F by July 24 and hold at or above 90°F on 88 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 37 dates, bottoming at 31°F around December 15.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 13 through September 8, covering 88 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 15 to October 28.
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 January 11, then returns to freezing around December 6, covering 37 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 18% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 15 at 3%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 30 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 23 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S.
Where Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 10 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 88 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S 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: 0.9"
3.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
5.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
3.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
2.3 days with precipitation
1.2 days with precipitation
0.7 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
2.1 days with precipitation
1.8 days with precipitation
1.8 days with precipitation
1.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
2.6 days with precipitation
Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 45% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 13%. 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 42.3°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 2.0"
- Driest month
- June, 0.1"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, March (48% 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.
How Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 30 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 9.9" between them, or roughly 0.33 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.
Snow reaches Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 2.6 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 1 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 15
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 13
50% probability date
Growing Season
247 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,251
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,103
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S 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 (62°F here).
- Bayboro, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Broken Bow, OK 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Clinton, SC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Cloverdale, CA 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (9.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Buena Vista, CO 9.9" · 0.0" off
- Picacho, AZ 9.9" · 0.0" off
- Chino, CA 10.0" · 0.0" off
- Truth OR Consequences, NM 10.0" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 9.9 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Annual snowfall totals 2.6 inches. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 42.3°F. The annual average is 62°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S's normal, at 3,251 and 2,103 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S has a long frost-free window of roughly 247 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S wettest normal
February
February concentrates the scarce annual total (9.9 inches).
Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S 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 Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S's primary station: RED ROCK CANYON - SPG MT RCH S (USC00266691). 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 Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S; 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 Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S 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.