Smoke Creek Espil, 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 Smoke Creek Espil's primary NOAA station, SMOKE CREEK ESPIL.
The climate verdict for Smoke Creek Espil
Dryness leads the climate profile for Smoke Creek Espil, Nevada, with 7.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 52°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 52°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 7.7"
- annual precipitation · 13" snow
- 144 days
- frost-free growing season
Smoke Creek Espil: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00267618 · Smoke Creek Espil, NV 52°F mean · 7.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,225
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Parma
- PRCP-ARID 7.7"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,702 HDD
- STN-1 USC00267618
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Parma Exp Stn, ID (+ 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.
- Smoke Creek Esp… (this station) 52°F
- Hot Lovelock Derby…, NV 52°F
- Near Parma, ID 52°F
- Near Emmett, ID 52°F
- Near Natrona Lock, PA 52°F
Climate Living Index · Smoke Creek Espil
Smoke Creek Espil: 24/100 · grade F
Smoke Creek Espil publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Smoke Creek Espil, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 13.3 inches/year | 58/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.5°F · 16.0° from 67.5°F | 47/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 144 days/year | 21/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 7.7 in · 27.3 from 35 in | 7/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 238 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Smoke Creek Espil · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Smoke Creek Espil'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
- 75.4°F
- Coldest month
- 29.9°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 Smoke Creek Espil sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Smoke Creek Espil'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 97%
- Smoke Creek Espil's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 62nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Smoke Creek Espil compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Smoke Creek Espil's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F (7°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.4" | 5.7" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 50°F (10°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.8" | 1.1" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (15°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.8" | 1.2" | 22.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 64°F (18°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 0.6" | 0.3" | 14.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 74°F (24°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 4.0 | 2.9 |
| June | 85°F (29°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 10.4 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 24.3 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 21.4 |
| September | 85°F (30°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 1.2 | 9.4 |
| October | 71°F (22°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 15.5 | 0.6 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 0.8" | 1.3" | 27.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (6°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.9" | 3.7" | 29.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Smoke Creek Espil works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 97°F by July 26 and hold at or above 90°F on 60 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 178 dates, bottoming at 15°F around December 20.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 30 through August 28, covering 60 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 6 to October 17.
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 11, then returns to freezing around October 17, covering 178 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 18, when 25% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 8 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 57 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 2 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 Smoke Creek Espil.
Where Smoke Creek Espil 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.
Smoke Creek Espil 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: 5.7"
7.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.2"
7.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
5.4 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
1.7 days with precipitation
1.9 days with precipitation
2.4 days with precipitation
3.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.3"
5.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.7"
6.2 days with precipitation
Smoke Creek Espil's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 40% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 14%. 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 wide 45.5°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
- Wettest month
- January, 1.4"
- Driest month
- July, 0.1"
- Wettest three months
- January, December, June (40% 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.
Smoke Creek Espil is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 57 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 16% of the calendar, and they carry 7.7" between them. At roughly 0.14 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 8 wet days; the driest is July 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.
Winter brings real snow to Smoke Creek Espil
Smoke Creek Espil averages 13.3 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 6 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 13.3 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 6 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 17% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
144 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,702
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
805
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Smoke Creek Espil 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 (7.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Worland, WY 7.7" · 0.0" off
- Shafter, CA 7.7" · 0.0" off
- Manassa, CO 7.8" · 0.0" off
- Farmington, NM 7.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Smoke Creek Espil
heating led · dry · mid swing
Smoke Creek Espil's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,702 annual heating degree days against 805 for cooling. Its 45.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 144 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.
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1. Smoke Creek Espil coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 30°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Smoke Creek Espil typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Smoke Creek Espil snow peak
January
Smoke Creek Espil averages 13.3 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Smoke Creek Espil's primary station: SMOKE CREEK ESPIL (USC00267618). 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 Smoke Creek Espil; 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 Smoke Creek Espil 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.