Wabuska (6 mi SE), Nevada climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Wabuska (6 mi SE)'s normal year runs from 13°F December nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 4.9 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.3°C, December lows of −11°C, July highs of 35°C, 124 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWabuska (6 mi SE)
- Station IDUSC00268822
- Location39.07°N 119.12°W
- Elevation4,300 ft (1,311 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Wabuska (6 mi SE) is 68°F and the normal low 27°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 Wabuska (6 mi SE).
- Jan 49° 15°
- Feb 53° 19°
- Mar 61° 25°
- Apr 67° 30°
- May 76° 39°
- Jun 86° 45°
- Jul 95° 51°
- Aug 94° 48°
- Sep 85° 39°
- Oct 71° 29°
- Nov 58° 20°
- Dec 47° 13°
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 Wabuska (6 mi SE) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 13°F. The most precipitation falls in May (0.79 in), the least in September (0.14 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 15°F | 31.6°F | 0.52 | 1.0 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 53°F | 19°F | 36.3°F | 0.40 | 0.3 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 61°F | 25°F | 43.2°F | 0.60 | 1.0 | 4 | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 30°F | 48.5°F | 0.36 | 0.0 | 3 | <1 | 18 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 39°F | 57.3°F | 0.79 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 86°F | 45°F | 65.8°F | 0.43 | 0.0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 95°F | 51°F | 73.2°F | 0.23 | 0.0 | 2 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 94°F | 48°F | 70.6°F | 0.18 | 0.0 | 1 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 85°F | 39°F | 62.0°F | 0.14 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 29°F | 50.1°F | 0.31 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 58°F | 20°F | 38.7°F | 0.51 | 0.0 | 2 | <1 | 28 | 10 h |
| December | 47°F | 13°F | 29.9°F | 0.43 | 0.1 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 70°F | 31°F | 50.6°F | 4.90 | 2.4 | 34 | 77 | 187 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −10°C | −0.2°C | 13 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 12°C | −7°C | 2.4°C | 10 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 16°C | −4°C | 6.2°C | 15 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 19°C | −1°C | 9.2°C | 9 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 4°C | 14.1°C | 20 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 7°C | 18.8°C | 11 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 11°C | 22.9°C | 6 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 9°C | 21.4°C | 5 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 4°C | 16.7°C | 4 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | −2°C | 10.1°C | 8 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | −7°C | 3.7°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 8°C | −11°C | −1.2°C | 11 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00268822; 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 Wabuska (6 mi SE)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (1).
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 USC00268822.
When is the last frost at Wabuska (6 mi SE)?
In Wabuska (6 mi SE), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 31 in half of years and after June 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 17 in half of years and before September 4 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 311 year in 10 after June 21; 9 in 10 after May 11
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 171 year in 10 before September 4; 9 in 10 before October 2
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 107 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 136 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 15 in half of springs and before September 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wabuska (6 mi SE) in zone 7a in ZIP code 89447, 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 −1°F (18 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 USC00268822; 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 Wabuska (6 mi SE)?
In a normal year in Wabuska (6 mi SE), 77 days a year reach 90°F (11 of them 100°F or more), 187 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 34 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 77a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 187a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 34a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00268822.
How sunny is it at Wabuska (6 mi SE)?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Wabuska (6 mi SE), 5.2 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (94%) and December the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.4 |
| February | 76% | 3.4 |
| March | 79% | 4.8 |
| April | 83% | 6.3 |
| May | 85% | 7.3 |
| June | 92% | 8.3 |
| July | 93% | 8.0 |
| August | 94% | 7.3 |
| September | 93% | 5.9 |
| October | 89% | 4.3 |
| November | 81% | 2.8 |
| December | 71% | 2.0 |
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 Wabuska (6 mi SE) record?
A normal year at Wabuska (6 mi SE) brings 5,832 heating degree days, 9% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 612 cooling degree days, 33% 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 2,656 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,034 | 0 |
| February | 804 | 0 |
| March | 676 | 0 |
| April | 494 | 0 |
| May | 259 | 22 |
| June | 76 | 102 |
| July | 6 | 260 |
| August | 13 | 188 |
| September | 130 | 40 |
| October | 463 | 1 |
| November | 791 | 0 |
| December | 1,088 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,832 | 612 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00268822. 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 Wabuska (6 mi SE) been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 54.7°F, 4.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 50.6°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55.4°F | +4.8°F | 6.05 | 4.0 |
| 2022 | 54.0°F | +3.4°F | 2.87 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | 53.1°F | +2.5°F | 9.06 | 9.5 |
| 2024 | 56.4°F | +5.8°F | 5.14 | 9.0 |
| 2025 | 54.7°F | +4.1°F | 4.18 | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00268822. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Wabuska (6 mi SE)'s climate compare?
Wabuska (6 mi SE) is warmer than 20 of the 55 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 7. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.6°F is warmer than 43%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Wabuska (6 mi SE) 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 Wabuska (6 mi SE) share this climate record?
Schurz 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.
- Schurz, NV812 people · 17 mi SE
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 Wabuska (6 mi SE)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Wabuska (6 mi SE)?
December, with a normal high of 47°F and a normal low of 13°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 51°F at night).
Does it snow at Wabuska (6 mi SE)?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Wabuska (6 mi SE)?
May, with 0.79 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 0.14 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wabuska (6 mi SE) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wabuska (6 mi SE) in zone 7a in ZIP code 89447, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Wabuska (6 mi SE)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 31; in one year in ten it comes after June 21. Waiting until June 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Yerington, NV6 miles from this station, 53.5°F a year
- Smith (6 mi N), NV18 miles from this station, 51.1°F a year
- Lahontan Dam, NV27 miles from this station, 56.5°F a year
- Topaz Lake, NV32 miles from this station, 51.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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