Snowball Rch, NV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Snowball Rch's primary NOAA station, SNOWBALL RCH.
The climate verdict for Snowball Rch
Dryness leads the climate profile for Snowball Rch, Nevada, with 9.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 45°F. At 40/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 6% of scores.
- 45°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 9.1"
- precipitation, annual total
- 104 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Snowball Rch: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00267640 · Snowball Rch, NV 45°F mean · 9.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,372
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Placerville
- PRCP-ARID 9.1"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,248 HDD
- STN-1 USC00267640
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Placerville, CO (+ 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.
- Hot O O Rch, OR 46°F
- Near Sisters, OR 46°F
- Near Wickiup Dam, OR 46°F
- Snowball Rch (this station) 45°F
- Near Placerville, CO 45°F
Climate Living Index · Snowball Rch
Snowball Rch: 13/100 · grade F
Snowball Rch publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Snowball Rch, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 45.4°F · 22.1° from 67.5°F | 21/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 206 calendar days | 11/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 9.1 in · 25.9 from 35 in | 10/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 104 days/year | 0/100 · F |
Snowball Rch · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Snowball Rch'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
- 65.9°F
- Coldest month
- 28.1°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 Snowball Rch sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Snowball Rch's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 80%
- Among 6,861 stations, Snowball Rch sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 95%
- Snowball Rch's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 74%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Snowball Rch is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Snowball Rch compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Snowball Rch's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
40 6th percentile score exceeds 6% 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (5°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.6" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.7" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 51°F (11°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.8" | 28.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 0.8" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 1.0" | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| June | 76°F (25°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.6" | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| July | 83°F (29°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.9" | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.0" | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| September | 74°F (24°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.4" | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 0.6" | 19.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.4" | 28.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (5°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.4" | 30.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around July 23, short of 90°F on every date, while 206 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 14°F near December 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 6, then returns to freezing around October 14, covering 206 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 14, when 22% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 7 at 10%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 57 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 25 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 37°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Snowball Rch.
Where Snowball Rch Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 206 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 9 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Snowball Rch earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
5.7 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
3.4 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
3.3 days with precipitation
3.4 days with precipitation
3.5 days with precipitation
Snowball Rch spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 18%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Snowball Rch has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 1.4" and November 0.4". The three wettest months together take 38% 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.
Snowball Rch 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 9.1" 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 April at about 6 wet days; the driest is October at about 3.
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
104 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,248
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
124
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Snowball Rch 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 (45°F here).
- Alberton, MT 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Augusta, MT 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Beloit, WI 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Deadwood, SD 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (9.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Neola, UT 9.1" · 0.0" off
- Moab, UT 9.1" · 0.0" off
- Vernal, UT 9.1" · 0.0" off
- Wellington, UT 9.1" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Snowball Rch's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Snowball Rch's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,248 annual heating degree days against 124 for cooling. Its 37.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 104 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 January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Snowball Rch's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.8°F. The annual average is 45°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Snowball Rch's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 9.1 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Snowball Rch wettest normal
September
September concentrates the scarce annual total (9.1 inches).
Snowball Rch driest normal
November
November 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 Snowball Rch's primary station: SNOWBALL RCH (USC00267640). 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 Snowball Rch; 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 Snowball Rch 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.