Rye Patch Dam, NV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Rye Patch Dam's primary NOAA station, RYE PATCH DAM.
The climate verdict for Rye Patch Dam
Dryness leads the climate profile for Rye Patch Dam, Nevada, with 8.3 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 51°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 51°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 8.3"
- annual precipitation · 3" snow
- 128 days
- frost-free growing season
Rye Patch Dam: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00267192 · Rye Patch Dam, NV 51°F mean · 8.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,087
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lukachukai
- PRCP-ARID 8.3"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,748 HDD
- STN-1 USC00267192
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lukachukai, AZ (+ 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.
- Rye Patch Dam (this station) 51°F
- Cold Altoona Blair C…, PA 51°F
- Hot Quincy, WA 51°F
- Near Lukachukai, AZ 51°F
- Near Waynesburg, PA 51°F
Climate Living Index · Rye Patch Dam
Rye Patch Dam: 25/100 · grade F
Rye Patch Dam publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Rye Patch Dam, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 3.3 inches/year | 73/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.1°F · 16.4° from 67.5°F | 45/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 128 days/year | 11/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 8.3 in · 26.7 from 35 in | 8/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 248 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Rye Patch Dam · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Rye Patch Dam'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
- 74.6°F
- Coldest month
- 30.4°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 Rye Patch Dam sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Rye Patch Dam's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 45th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 96%
- Rye Patch Dam's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 54th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Rye Patch Dam compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Rye Patch Dam's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Rye Patch Dam's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 58 complete annual observations from 1936 to 2022, RYE PATCH DAM warmed at a fitted rate of 0.19°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Rye Patch Dam primary station fitted change +0.19 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F (6°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.0" | 0.8" | 28.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 50°F (10°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.7" | 0.2" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 59°F (15°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.8" | 0.1" | 23.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 0.9" | 0.3" | 16.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 74°F (24°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 5.5 | 2.7 |
| June | 85°F (29°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 13.2 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.1 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 25.3 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 2.7 | 9.3 |
| October | 69°F (21°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 18.1 | 0.3 |
| November | 54°F (12°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 0.7" | 0.3" | 25.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 43°F (6°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.9" | 1.6" | 28.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Rye Patch Dam works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 97°F by July 22 and hold at or above 90°F on 61 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 187 dates, bottoming at 17°F around December 22.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 28 through August 27, covering 61 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 4 to October 14.
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 17, then returns to freezing around October 14, covering 187 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 May 5, when 21% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 17 at 5%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 50 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 31 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 42°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Rye Patch Dam.
Where Rye Patch Dam Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 8 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 42°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Rye Patch Dam 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: 0.8"
5.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
5.8 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
1.6 days with precipitation
1.5 days with precipitation
2.3 days with precipitation
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
4.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.6"
5.3 days with precipitation
Rye Patch Dam spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 14% of the annual total and December through February 31%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Rye Patch Dam has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.2" and July 0.2". The three wettest months together take 37% 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.
Rye Patch Dam is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 51 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 14% of the calendar, and they carry 8.3" between them. At roughly 0.16 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 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.
Snow reaches Rye Patch Dam, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 3.3 inches of snow a year here, most likely in December. 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 3 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
September 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 19
50% probability date
Growing Season
128 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,748
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
691
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Rye Patch Dam 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 (51°F here).
- Alpine, UT 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Baiting Hollow, NY 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Burr Oak, KS 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Cambridge, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (8.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Fort Hancock, TX 8.3" · 0.0" off
- Youngtown, AZ 8.3" · 0.0" off
- Tornillo, TX 8.3" · 0.0" off
- Deseret, UT 8.3" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Rye Patch Dam's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Rye Patch Dam's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,748 annual heating degree days against 691 for cooling. Its 44.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 128 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 Rye Patch Dam's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 44.2°F. The annual average is 51°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Rye Patch Dam's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 8.3 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Annual snowfall totals 3.3 inches. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Rye Patch Dam wettest normal
May
May concentrates the scarce annual total (8.3 inches).
Rye Patch Dam driest normal
July
July 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 Rye Patch Dam's primary station: RYE PATCH DAM (USC00267192). 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 Rye Patch Dam; 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 Rye Patch Dam 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.