Yerington, Nevada climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Yerington's normal year runs from 22°F December nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 4.6 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.9°C, December lows of −6°C, July highs of 34°C, 116 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationYerington
- Station IDUSC00269229
- Location39.00°N 119.16°W
- Elevation4,380 ft (1,335 m)
- Population3,199
On October 23, the normal high in Yerington is 66°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 6%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Yerington.
- Jan 46° 23°
- Feb 51° 26°
- Mar 59° 32°
- Apr 65° 37°
- May 75° 45°
- Jun 85° 52°
- Jul 93° 59°
- Aug 92° 57°
- Sep 84° 49°
- Oct 70° 38°
- Nov 55° 28°
- Dec 44° 22°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Yerington each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in May (0.63 in), the least in September (0.12 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F | 23°F | 34.2°F | 0.54 | 0.6 | 4 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 51°F | 26°F | 38.4°F | 0.40 | 0.4 | 3 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 59°F | 32°F | 45.5°F | 0.49 | 0.0 | 3 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 37°F | 51.1°F | 0.33 | 0.3 | 2 | <1 | 9 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 45°F | 59.6°F | 0.63 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 85°F | 52°F | 68.5°F | 0.42 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 93°F | 59°F | 76.0°F | 0.28 | 0.0 | 1 | 26 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 92°F | 57°F | 74.2°F | 0.22 | 0.0 | 1 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 84°F | 49°F | 66.2°F | 0.12 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 38°F | 53.8°F | 0.34 | 0.0 | 2 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 55°F | 28°F | 41.3°F | 0.39 | 1.0 | 2 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 44°F | 22°F | 33.0°F | 0.42 | 0.9 | 3 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 39°F | 53.5°F | 4.58 | 3.2 | 29 | 73 | 136 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −5°C | 1.2°C | 14 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 11°C | −4°C | 3.6°C | 10 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 15°C | 0°C | 7.5°C | 12 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 19°C | 3°C | 10.6°C | 8 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 24°C | 7°C | 15.3°C | 16 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 11°C | 20.3°C | 11 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 15°C | 24.4°C | 7 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 14°C | 23.4°C | 6 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 9°C | 19.0°C | 3 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 3°C | 12.1°C | 9 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | −2°C | 5.2°C | 10 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 7°C | −6°C | 0.6°C | 11 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00269229; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Yerington?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, 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 USC00269229.
When is the last frost in Yerington?
In Yerington, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 29 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 15 in half of years and before September 30 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
- April 291 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 151 year in 10 before September 30; 9 in 10 before October 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 167 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 191 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 13 in half of springs and before October 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Yerington 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, Yerington's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (19 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 USC00269229; 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 in Yerington?
In a normal year in Yerington, 73 days a year reach 90°F (8 of them 100°F or more), 136 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 29 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 73a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 8a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 136a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 5high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 29a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1894) is 107°F, on July 11, 2002; the lowest is −26°F, on January 21, 1937.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2023, with 10.67 in; the snowiest season is 1915–16, with 39.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00269229; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00269229. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Yerington?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Yerington, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (93%) and March the cloudiest (74%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 2.6 |
| February | 74% | 3.5 |
| March | 74% | 4.6 |
| April | 78% | 6.0 |
| May | 82% | 7.1 |
| June | 91% | 8.3 |
| July | 91% | 8.0 |
| August | 93% | 7.3 |
| September | 92% | 6.0 |
| October | 88% | 4.5 |
| November | 81% | 3.0 |
| December | 74% | 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 much heating and cooling does Yerington need?
A normal year in Yerington brings 5,090 heating degree days, 5% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 922 cooling degree days, 2% more 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 3,240 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 953 | 0 |
| February | 745 | 0 |
| March | 603 | 0 |
| April | 418 | 1 |
| May | 201 | 34 |
| June | 47 | 152 |
| July | 2 | 343 |
| August | 4 | 289 |
| September | 62 | 98 |
| October | 353 | 6 |
| November | 711 | 0 |
| December | 992 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,090 | 922 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00269229. 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.
Has Yerington been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 51.8°F, 1.7°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 53.5°F. 0 of the 2 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 53.3°F | −0.2°F | 3.74 | 5.9 |
| 2023 | 51.8°F | −1.7°F | 10.67 | 16.3 |
Over 45 complete years from 1914 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.6°F per century (+0.15°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00269229; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Yerington's climate compare?
Yerington is warmer than 34 of the other 54 places with their own NOAA record in Nevada, and wetter than 3. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.5°F is warmer than 55%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Yerington 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 Yerington's climate
What is the coldest month in Yerington?
December, with a normal high of 44°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 59°F at night).
Does it snow in Yerington?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in November (1.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Yerington?
May, with 0.63 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 0.12 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Yerington in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Yerington in zone 7a in ZIP code 89447, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Yerington's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Yerington?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 29; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nevada climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Wabuska (6 mi SE), NV6 miles from this station, 50.6°F a year
- Smith (6 mi N), NV13 miles from this station, 51.1°F a year
- Topaz Lake, NV27 miles from this station, 51.9°F a year
- Lahontan Dam, NV33 miles from this station, 56.5°F a year
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