Silverpeak, Nevada climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Silverpeak's normal year runs from 18°F December nights to 97°F July afternoons, with 4.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.9°C, December lows of −8°C, July highs of 36°C, 110 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSilverpeak
- Station IDUSC00267463
- Location37.76°N 117.57°W
- Elevation4,274 ft (1,303 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Silverpeak is 68°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 7%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Silverpeak.
- Jan 46° 19°
- Feb 53° 24°
- Mar 62° 33°
- Apr 68° 39°
- May 78° 49°
- Jun 89° 57°
- Jul 97° 63°
- Aug 95° 61°
- Sep 85° 51°
- Oct 72° 38°
- Nov 57° 27°
- Dec 45° 18°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Silverpeak each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 18°F. The most precipitation falls in July (0.69 in), the least in December (0.22 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F | 19°F | 32.6°F | 0.27 | 2 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 53°F | 24°F | 38.6°F | 0.40 | 3 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 33°F | 47.1°F | 0.50 | 3 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 39°F | 53.4°F | 0.47 | 2 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 78°F | 49°F | 63.5°F | 0.32 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 89°F | 57°F | 73.3°F | 0.24 | 1 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 97°F | 63°F | 79.9°F | 0.69 | 3 | 29 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 95°F | 61°F | 77.6°F | 0.41 | 2 | 28 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 85°F | 51°F | 68.3°F | 0.24 | 2 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 72°F | 38°F | 54.8°F | 0.30 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 27°F | 41.5°F | 0.27 | 2 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 45°F | 18°F | 31.2°F | 0.22 | 2 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 70°F | 40°F | 55.2°F | 4.33 | 28 | 95 | 136 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −7°C | 0.3°C | 7 mm |
| February | 12°C | −4°C | 3.7°C | 10 mm |
| March | 16°C | 0°C | 8.4°C | 13 mm |
| April | 20°C | 4°C | 11.9°C | 12 mm |
| May | 26°C | 9°C | 17.5°C | 8 mm |
| June | 32°C | 14°C | 22.9°C | 6 mm |
| July | 36°C | 17°C | 26.6°C | 18 mm |
| August | 35°C | 16°C | 25.3°C | 10 mm |
| September | 30°C | 11°C | 20.2°C | 6 mm |
| October | 22°C | 3°C | 12.7°C | 8 mm |
| November | 14°C | −3°C | 5.3°C | 7 mm |
| December | 7°C | −8°C | −0.4°C | 6 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station, and no record within 25 miles keeps one, so snow is left out here rather than estimated.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00267463; 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.
Which months are mildest at Silverpeak?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (2).
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 USC00267463.
When is the last frost at Silverpeak?
In Silverpeak, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 23 in half of years and after May 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 16 in half of years and before October 3 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
- April 231 year in 10 after May 9; 9 in 10 after April 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 161 year in 10 before October 3; 9 in 10 before October 30
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 177 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 195 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 12 in half of springs and before October 23 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Silverpeak in zone 7a in ZIP code 89047, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (15 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 USC00267463; 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.
How hot and how cold does it get at Silverpeak?
In a normal year in Silverpeak, 95 days a year reach 90°F (26 of them 100°F or more), 136 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 28 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 95a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 26a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 136a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 28a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1967) is 111°F, on July 23, 1975; the lowest is −22°F, on January 2, 1974.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1975, with 10.14 in; the snowiest season is 1975–76, with 35.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00267463; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00267463. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Silverpeak?
Over a year 90% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Silverpeak, 5.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (95%) and December the cloudiest (79%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81% | 2.8 |
| February | 81% | 3.8 |
| March | 86% | 5.4 |
| April | 89% | 6.8 |
| May | 89% | 7.7 |
| June | 95% | 8.6 |
| July | 93% | 8.0 |
| August | 95% | 7.4 |
| September | 94% | 6.2 |
| October | 92% | 4.7 |
| November | 87% | 3.3 |
| December | 79% | 2.5 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Silverpeak record?
A normal year at Silverpeak brings 4,921 heating degree days, 8% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,364 cooling degree days, 50% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,876 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,004 | 0 |
| February | 739 | 0 |
| March | 554 | 0 |
| April | 352 | 6 |
| May | 130 | 82 |
| June | 20 | 267 |
| July | 1 | 464 |
| August | 1 | 393 |
| September | 44 | 144 |
| October | 324 | 8 |
| November | 705 | 0 |
| December | 1,047 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,921 | 1,364 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00267463. 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.
Have recent years at Silverpeak been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 57.5°F, 2.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 55.2°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 57.5°F | +2.3°F | 1.96 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00267463. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Silverpeak's climate compare?
Silverpeak is warmer than 43 of the 55 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 3. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 55.2°F is warmer than 61%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Silverpeak 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 Silverpeak share this climate record?
Silver Peak has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Silver Peak, NV226 people · 4 mi W
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 Silverpeak's climate
What is the coldest month at Silverpeak?
December, with a normal high of 45°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (97°F by day, 63°F at night).
What is the rainiest month at Silverpeak?
July, with 0.69 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is December with 0.22 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Silverpeak in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Silverpeak in zone 7a in ZIP code 89047, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come at Silverpeak?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 23; in one year in ten it comes after May 9. Waiting until May 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Goldfield, NV19 miles from this station, 53.0°F a year
- Dyer, NV26 miles from this station, 52.1°F a year
- Tonopah, NV33 miles from this station, 52.9°F a year
- Bishop, CA51 miles from this station, 57.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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