Winnemucca, 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 Winnemucca's primary NOAA station, WINNEMUCCA 3SSW.
The climate verdict for Winnemucca
Dryness leads the climate profile for Winnemucca, Nevada, with 8.5 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 39/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 4% of scores.
- 50°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 39/100
- comfort score, above 4% of station-mapped location scores
- 8.5"
- annual precipitation · 22" snow
- 129 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Winnemucca: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00269168 · Winnemucca, NV 50°F mean · 8.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-COOL #2,676
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rome St
- PRCP-ARID 8.5"
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-LOW 39/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,161 HDD
- STN-1 USC00269168
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Rome St, OR (+ 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.
- Winnemucca (this station) 50°F
- Cold Boise, ID 50°F
- Hot Tionesta 2 SE L…, PA 50°F
- Near Rome St, OR 50°F
- Near Walden, NY 50°F
Climate Living Index · Winnemucca
Winnemucca: 20/100 · grade F
Winnemucca publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Winnemucca, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 39/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 21.6 inches/year | 47/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.9°F · 17.6° from 67.5°F | 40/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 129 days/year | 11/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 8.5 in · 26.5 from 35 in | 8/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 232 calendar days | 1/100 · F |
Winnemucca · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Winnemucca'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
- 74.3°F
- Coldest month
- 29.6°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 Winnemucca sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Winnemucca's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 39th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 96%
- Winnemucca's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 57th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Winnemucca compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Winnemucca's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
39 4th percentile score exceeds 4% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 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 | 42°F (5°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.9" | 4.2" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 47°F (8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.7" | 3.1" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.8" | 3.0" | 25.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (16°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.0" | 1.9" | 15.9 | 0.1 |
| May | 71°F (22°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 1.3" | 0.0" | 4.6 | 1.1 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 8.0 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.3 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 21.0 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.4" | 0.1" | 2.2 | 5.7 |
| October | 67°F (19°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 0.8" | 0.5" | 18.0 | 0.2 |
| November | 52°F (11°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 0.7" | 2.6" | 24.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 1.0" | 6.2" | 28.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Winnemucca works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 94°F by July 25 and hold at or above 90°F on 45 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 187 dates, bottoming at 17°F around December 21.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 6 through August 19, covering 45 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 13 to October 9.
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 17, then returns to freezing around October 14, covering 187 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 March 2, when 25% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 12 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 61 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 28 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 38°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Winnemucca.
Where Winnemucca 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 38°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Winnemucca 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: 4.2"
7.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.1"
6.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.0"
7.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.9"
6.8 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
1.7 days with precipitation
2.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
2.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
4.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.6"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.2"
7.3 days with precipitation
Winnemucca spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 12% of the annual total and December through February 30%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Winnemucca has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.3" and July 0.2". 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.
Winnemucca is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 61 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 17% of the calendar, and they carry 8.5" 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 March 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 Winnemucca
Winnemucca averages 21.6 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 18 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: 21.6 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 18 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 25% 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
September 29
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 23
50% probability date
Growing Season
129 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,161
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
675
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NV closest to Winnemucca 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 (50°F here).
- Cedar Rapids, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Centerville, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Chalmers, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Coulee Dam, WA 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (8.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hanford, CA 8.5" · 0.0" off
- La Barge, WY 8.6" · 0.1" off
- Socorro, NM 8.6" · 0.1" off
- Wamsutter, WY 8.4" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Winnemucca
heating led · dry · mid swing
Winnemucca's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,161 annual heating degree days against 675 for cooling. Its 44.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 129 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. Winnemucca 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. Winnemucca typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Winnemucca snow peak
December
Winnemucca averages 21.6 inches of snow a year, with December 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 Winnemucca's primary station: WINNEMUCCA 3SSW (USC00269168). 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 an incorporated place (GEOID 3284800). Match rule for Winnemucca: 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 Winnemucca 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.