Smoky Valley - Carvers, Nevada climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Smoky Valley - Carvers's normal year runs from 16°F December nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 6.4 inches of precipitation and 10 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.0°C, December lows of −9°C, July highs of 33°C, 163 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSmoky Valley - Carvers
- Station IDUSC00267620
- Location38.78°N 117.17°W
- Elevation5,647 ft (1,721 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Smoky Valley - Carvers is 65°F and the normal low 31°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 9%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Smoky Valley - Carvers.
- Jan 42° 17°
- Feb 48° 21°
- Mar 56° 27°
- Apr 63° 32°
- May 72° 40°
- Jun 84° 48°
- Jul 91° 55°
- Aug 90° 53°
- Sep 81° 44°
- Oct 68° 33°
- Nov 54° 23°
- Dec 42° 16°
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 Smoky Valley - Carvers each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in January (0.68 in), the least in June (0.37 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 17°F | 29.7°F | 0.68 | 3.9 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 48°F | 21°F | 34.4°F | 0.49 | 1.3 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 56°F | 27°F | 41.7°F | 0.61 | 0.8 | 4 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 63°F | 32°F | 47.1°F | 0.46 | 0.8 | 4 | <1 | 16 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 72°F | 40°F | 56.1°F | 0.56 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 84°F | 48°F | 65.5°F | 0.37 | 0.0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 91°F | 55°F | 73.3°F | 0.56 | 0.0 | 3 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 90°F | 53°F | 71.3°F | 0.52 | 0.0 | 2 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 81°F | 44°F | 62.7°F | 0.44 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 33°F | 50.8°F | 0.65 | 0.0 | 3 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 54°F | 23°F | 38.7°F | 0.50 | 0.8 | 3 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 42°F | 16°F | 29.2°F | 0.58 | 2.0 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 34°F | 50.0°F | 6.42 | 9.6 | 41 | 52 | 167 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −8°C | −1.3°C | 17 mm | 10 cm |
| February | 9°C | −6°C | 1.3°C | 12 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 14°C | −3°C | 5.4°C | 15 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 17°C | 0°C | 8.4°C | 12 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 22°C | 4°C | 13.4°C | 14 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 9°C | 18.6°C | 9 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 13°C | 22.9°C | 14 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 12°C | 21.8°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 7°C | 17.1°C | 11 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 1°C | 10.4°C | 17 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 12°C | −5°C | 3.7°C | 13 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 6°C | −9°C | −1.6°C | 15 mm | 5 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00267620; 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 Smoky Valley - Carvers?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. Of those, September 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 USC00267620.
When is the last frost at Smoky Valley - Carvers?
In Smoky Valley - Carvers, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 24 in half of years and after June 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 28 in half of years and before September 8 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
- May 241 year in 10 after June 13; 9 in 10 after May 3
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 281 year in 10 before September 8; 9 in 10 before October 13
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 126 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 152 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 6 in half of springs and before October 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Smoky Valley - Carvers in zone 6a in ZIP code 89045, 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 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (23 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nevada · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00267620; 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 Smoky Valley - Carvers?
In a normal year in Smoky Valley - Carvers, 52 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 167 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 41 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 52a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 167a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 10high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 41a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1949) is 103°F, on July 16, 2023; the lowest is −31°F, on December 26, 1988.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1952, with 11.74 in; the snowiest season is 2016–17, with 32.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00267620; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00267620. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Smoky Valley - Carvers?
Over a year 87% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Smoky Valley - Carvers, 5.4 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (93%) and December the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 2.7 |
| February | 78% | 3.6 |
| March | 82% | 5.1 |
| April | 84% | 6.5 |
| May | 86% | 7.4 |
| June | 93% | 8.4 |
| July | 91% | 7.8 |
| August | 93% | 7.3 |
| September | 93% | 6.1 |
| October | 89% | 4.5 |
| November | 84% | 3.1 |
| December | 75% | 2.3 |
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 Smoky Valley - Carvers record?
A normal year at Smoky Valley - Carvers brings 6,046 heating degree days, 13% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 618 cooling degree days, 32% fewer 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 2,640 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,096 | 0 |
| February | 857 | 0 |
| March | 722 | 0 |
| April | 536 | 0 |
| May | 289 | 12 |
| June | 79 | 94 |
| July | 5 | 262 |
| August | 9 | 204 |
| September | 113 | 45 |
| October | 441 | 1 |
| November | 789 | 0 |
| December | 1,111 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,046 | 618 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00267620. 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 Smoky Valley - Carvers been warmer than normal?
2022 averaged 49.9°F, 0.1°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 50.0°F. 1 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.1°F | +1.1°F | 4.77 | 15.7 |
| 2022 | 49.9°F | −0.1°F | 3.79 | 7.9 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00267620. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Smoky Valley - Carvers's climate compare?
Smoky Valley - Carvers is warmer than 17 of the 55 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 15. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.0°F is warmer than 40%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Smoky Valley - Carvers 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.
Questions about Smoky Valley - Carvers's climate
What is the coldest month at Smoky Valley - Carvers?
December, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 55°F at night).
Does it snow at Smoky Valley - Carvers?
Yes: 10 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (3.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Smoky Valley - Carvers?
January, with 0.68 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.37 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Smoky Valley - Carvers in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Smoky Valley - Carvers in zone 6a in ZIP code 89045, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Smoky Valley - Carvers?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 24; in one year in ten it comes after June 13. Waiting until June 13 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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- Austin, NV49 miles from this station, 50.1°F a year
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