Spanish Springs, NV Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Spanish Springs's primary NOAA station, SPANISH SPRINGS.
The climate verdict for Spanish Springs
Dryness leads the climate profile for Spanish Springs, Nevada, with 9.2 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 52°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.
- 52°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 9.2"
- precipitation, annual total
- 160 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Spanish Springs: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00267691 · Spanish Springs, NV 52°F mean · 9.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,362
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Santa FE County
- PRCP-ARID 9.2"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,373 HDD
- STN-1 USC00267691
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Santa FE County Muni, NM (+ 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.
- Spanish Springs (this station) 52°F
- Cold Orderville, UT 52°F
- Hot Grants, NM 52°F
- Near Santa FE County, NM 52°F
- Near Topaz Lake, NV 52°F
Climate Living Index · Spanish Springs
Spanish Springs: 25/100 · grade F
Spanish Springs publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Spanish Springs, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 52.0°F · 15.5° from 67.5°F | 49/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 160 days/year | 33/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 9.2 in · 25.8 from 35 in | 10/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 213 calendar days | 8/100 · F |
Spanish Springs · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Spanish Springs is a temperate Köppen climate: Csa
Coldest-month mean 33.4°F and warmest-month mean 73.9°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, hot summer climates (Csa). Class Csa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Csa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 73.9°F
- Coldest month
- 33.4°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 Spanish Springs sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Spanish Springs's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 49th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 95%
- Spanish Springs's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 38th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Spanish Springs compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Spanish Springs'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 | 46°F (8°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.4" | 27.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 51°F (11°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.3" | 23.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (15°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.1" | 21.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 64°F (18°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 0.5" | 12.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 0.6" | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.6" | 0.1 | 8.7 |
| July | 92°F (34°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 23.0 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 21.7 |
| September | 83°F (28°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.3" | 0.3 | 4.9 |
| October | 69°F (21°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 0.6" | 11.6 | 0.1 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.8" | 22.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 45°F (7°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.3" | 27.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Spanish Springs works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 93°F by July 22 and hold at or above 90°F on 52 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 161 dates, bottoming at 21°F around December 22.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 3 through August 23, covering 52 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 5 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 3, then returns to freezing around October 26, covering 161 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.
The widest day
September 2 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 39°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Spanish Springs.
Where Spanish Springs Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 9 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 39°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Spanish Springs earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Spanish Springs's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 44% 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 40.5°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- January, 1.4"
- Driest month
- August, 0.3"
- Wettest three months
- January, December, February (44% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 10
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 3
50% probability date
Growing Season
160 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,373
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
673
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Spanish Springs 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).
- Arapahoe, CO 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Athens, IL 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Congerville, IL 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Farmington, UT 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (9.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Glen, MT 9.2" · 0.0" off
- Chula Vista, CA 9.2" · 0.0" off
- Circleville, UT 9.2" · 0.0" off
- Moab, UT 9.1" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Spanish Springs's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Spanish Springs's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,373 annual heating degree days against 673 for cooling. Its 40.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Spanish Springs's frost-free season lasts about 160 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Spanish Springs's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.5°F. The annual average is 52°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Spanish Springs's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 9.2 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.
Spanish Springs wettest normal
January
January concentrates the scarce annual total (9.2 inches).
Spanish Springs driest normal
August
August 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 Spanish Springs's primary station: SPANISH SPRINGS (USC00267691). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 3268350), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Spanish Springs: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Spanish Springs 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.