NOAA climate atlas · updated August 2026
Nevada Climate Data
Climate normals for 115 station-mapped locations, each from its primary station in Nevada's 198-station NOAA network.
- average temperature
- 52°F (11°C)52.4°F · fleet p50 52.2°F · n=50
- Warmer than median
- annual precipitation
- 8.9"8.9 inches · fleet p50 43.7 inches · n=50
- Drier national band
- annual snowfall
- 20.9"20.9 inches · fleet p50 24.7 inches · n=50
- Less snow than median
- locations / stations
- 115 / 198State coverage: 115 locations / 198 stations. Benchmark context: this profile's measured location and NOAA-station counts.
- State coverage
Nevada's climate in one line
Nevada averages 52°F a year - warmer than 52% of U.S. states, spanning Wild Horse Rsvr at 40°F to Laughlin at 74°F.
- 52°F
- statewide average · 52th percentile of states
- 9"
- average annual precipitation
- 83/100
- most comfortable: Elgin
- 115
- station-mapped locations · 198 NOAA stations
Statewide figures are simple averages across 115 station-mapped locations (each from its primary NOAA station), local conditions vary widely by elevation and coast distance.
How Nevada ranks among all 50 states
Nevada's average temperature vs. all U.S. states
Statewide annual mean temperature, NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52°F Top 48% warmer than 52% of 50 U.S. states
- 30°F–35°F: 1 US states (2%). Below this entry.
- 35°F–40°F: 0 US states (0%). Below this entry.
- 40°F–45°F: 8 US states (16%). Below this entry.
- 45°F–50°F: 10 US states (20%). Below this entry.
- 50°F–55°F: 12 US states (24%). This entry sits in this band.
- 55°F–60°F: 8 US states (16%). Above this entry.
- 60°F–65°F: 7 US states (14%). Above this entry.
- 65°F–70°F: 2 US states (4%). Above this entry.
- 70°F–75°F: 2 US states (4%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals (statewide aggregate) · 1991–2020
Nevada in the national rankings
- Ranks #23 hottest of 50 states at 52.4°F annual average, 0.7°F below the 53.1°F mean of all state averages - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
- In winter (Dec–Feb) it averages 34.2°F, the #22 warmest winter of 50 states - winter ranking
- 59.0% of NOAA hourly observations report clear sky (8 measured locations), the #5 clearest of 47 ranked states - sunniest states by clear-sky frequency
Temperature × precipitation · 50-state landscape
Nevada in the national climate landscape
Nevada averages 52.4°F and 8.9 inches of annual precipitation across 115 station-mapped locations. Against the same complete 50-state cohort, that places it in the warmer and drier half of the chart. Dashed lines mark the national medians of 52.3°F and 43.7 inches.
Read all 50 state values
Each point is PlainClimate's simple average across the station-mapped location normals available for that state. Cohort sizes vary and are shown below; the values are not population weighted. Dashed lines mark the median of this 50-state comparison and are guides, not comfort or safety thresholds.
| State | Locations | Annual mean | Annual precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 172 | 33.5°F | 47.6 in |
| Alabama | 100 | 63.3°F | 57.9 in |
| Arkansas | 110 | 60.7°F | 52.2 in |
| Arizona | 169 | 62.3°F | 12.4 in |
| California | 363 | 59.8°F | 21.6 in |
| Colorado | 214 | 46.3°F | 15.9 in |
| Connecticut | 23 | 50.1°F | 48.6 in |
| Delaware | 7 | 56.2°F | 46.8 in |
| Florida | 165 | 72.6°F | 55.2 in |
| Georgia | 122 | 63.4°F | 52.0 in |
| Hawaii | 49 | 72.4°F | 48.5 in |
| Iowa | 143 | 48.0°F | 35.9 in |
| Idaho | 139 | 46.1°F | 18.0 in |
| Illinois | 163 | 52.2°F | 40.7 in |
| Indiana | 116 | 52.4°F | 43.7 in |
| Kansas | 168 | 54.8°F | 31.2 in |
| Kentucky | 95 | 56.2°F | 50.6 in |
| Louisiana | 91 | 67.3°F | 60.3 in |
| Massachusetts | 68 | 49.2°F | 48.2 in |
| Maryland | 42 | 55.6°F | 45.5 in |
| Maine | 79 | 43.1°F | 46.4 in |
| Michigan | 201 | 45.5°F | 34.2 in |
| Minnesota | 172 | 42.2°F | 30.0 in |
| Missouri | 164 | 55.1°F | 43.9 in |
| Mississippi | 91 | 64.1°F | 59.7 in |
| Montana | 215 | 43.4°F | 15.9 in |
| North Carolina | 178 | 59.1°F | 52.2 in |
| North Dakota | 119 | 41.0°F | 19.2 in |
| Nebraska | 171 | 49.6°F | 25.0 in |
| New Hampshire | 52 | 44.5°F | 46.6 in |
| New Jersey | 45 | 53.6°F | 47.9 in |
| New Mexico | 167 | 54.3°F | 13.8 in |
| Nevada | 115 | 52.4°F | 8.9 in |
| New York | 173 | 47.5°F | 43.7 in |
| Ohio | 128 | 51.6°F | 41.1 in |
| Oklahoma | 159 | 60.3°F | 35.7 in |
| Oregon | 180 | 50.5°F | 37.6 in |
| Pennsylvania | 157 | 50.2°F | 45.2 in |
| Rhode Island | 9 | 51.2°F | 48.7 in |
| South Carolina | 100 | 62.8°F | 49.8 in |
| South Dakota | 149 | 45.6°F | 21.8 in |
| Tennessee | 146 | 58.0°F | 56.0 in |
| Texas | 449 | 66.2°F | 31.1 in |
| Utah | 170 | 49.4°F | 13.9 in |
| Virginia | 119 | 55.8°F | 46.0 in |
| Vermont | 41 | 43.5°F | 43.7 in |
| Washington | 149 | 49.9°F | 40.9 in |
| Wisconsin | 200 | 44.5°F | 34.6 in |
| West Virginia | 99 | 52.3°F | 47.6 in |
| Wyoming | 144 | 43.3°F | 14.0 in |
Derived by PlainClimate from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals · simple averages across each state's varying station-mapped-location cohort · data updated August 2026.
Nevada Climate in Context
U.S. land-mean temperature anomaly (NOAA NCEI) tracked against global anomaly (NASA GISTEMP). Paris Agreement 1.5°C and 2.0°C thresholds shown as reference lines. Nevada sits within this national warming envelope; individual station-mapped locations below show local readings against this trend.
- United States (incl. Nevada) +0.11 °C/decade
- Global (NASA GISTEMP) +0.11 °C/decade
- Paris Agreement thresholds 1.5°C / 2.0°C
Station-mapped locations in Nevada
115 locations with climate data
Scroll the table to browse every location, or use the complete CSV and JSON exports below.
| Location | Avg Temp | High | Low | Precip | Snow | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Bible Visitor Ctr | 72°F | 83°F | 61°F | 6.5" | N/A | 76/100 |
| Amargosa Farms-garey | 65°F | 80°F | 49°F | 3.8" | 0.2" | 77/100 |
| Arthur | 45°F | 58°F | 32°F | 14.1" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Austin | 50°F | 61°F | 40°F | 12.3" | 63.6" | 44/100 |
| Baker | 49°F | 59°F | 38°F | 12.8" | N/A | 52/100 |
| Battle Mountain | 54°F | 71°F | 37°F | 9.2" | 20.8" | 39/100 |
| Beatty | 60°F | 77°F | 43°F | 6.3" | 2.2" | 63/100 |
| Beowawe | 49°F | 66°F | 32°F | 8.8" | 25.8" | 39/100 |
| Beowawe 49s - U of N Rch | 48°F | 64°F | 32°F | 8.9" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Blue Eagle Rch - Currant | 53°F | 68°F | 37°F | 7.4" | 8.3" | 44/100 |
| Bunkerville | 66°F | 82°F | 49°F | 5.9" | N/A | 73/100 |
| Caliente | 54°F | 72°F | 36°F | 8.8" | 8.7" | 44/100 |
| Callville Bay | 72°F | 86°F | 58°F | 5.3" | 0.0" | 80/100 |
| Carson City | 52°F | 66°F | 38°F | 9.3" | 14.0" | 44/100 |
| Cathedral Gorge State Park | 52°F | 69°F | 35°F | 11.2" | 12.1" | 54/100 |
| Clover Valley | 46°F | 61°F | 32°F | 15.5" | N/A | 52/100 |
| Dagget Pass | 43°F | 53°F | 34°F | 21.8" | N/A | 52/100 |
| Deeth | 44°F | 61°F | 26°F | 12.3" | N/A | N/A |
| Denio | 43°F | 54°F | 32°F | 15.5" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Desert Nwr | 63°F | 78°F | 47°F | 4.6" | 0.3" | 73/100 |
| Diamond Valley - Eureka | 46°F | 62°F | 29°F | 8.7" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Dyer | 52°F | 69°F | 35°F | 5.4" | 9.2" | 44/100 |
| Echo Bay | 70°F | 82°F | 59°F | 5.3" | 0.0" | 80/100 |
| Elgin | 60°F | 76°F | 45°F | 11.6" | 0.2" | 83/100 |
| Elko Nws Office | 48°F | 62°F | 33°F | 10.6" | 38.8" | 49/100 |
| Elko Rgnl | 48°F | 63°F | 32°F | 10.0" | 41.2" | 39/100 |
| Ely Yelland Fld | 46°F | 63°F | 29°F | 9.4" | 54.1" | 34/100 |
| Eureka | 46°F | 60°F | 33°F | 10.9" | 47.3" | 49/100 |
| Eureka Airport | 46°F | 63°F | 30°F | 9.1" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Fallon Exp Stn | 52°F | 69°F | 35°F | 4.8" | 4.5" | 49/100 |
| Fallon Naas | 54°F | 70°F | 38°F | 4.9" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Gabbs | 54°F | 69°F | 38°F | 7.1" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Gerlach | 54°F | 68°F | 40°F | 7.8" | 13.0" | 44/100 |
| Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge | 45°F | 59°F | 31°F | 11.1" | 27.8" | 49/100 |
| Glenbrook | 46°F | 57°F | 35°F | 18.5" | N/A | 52/100 |
| Golconda | 51°F | 66°F | 35°F | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Goldfield | 53°F | 66°F | 40°F | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Goodsprings | 63°F | 78°F | 48°F | 6.6" | N/A | 73/100 |
| Great Basin National Park | 48°F | 59°F | 36°F | 14.3" | 66.7" | 44/100 |
| Hawthorne | 57°F | 70°F | 43°F | 4.2" | 1.2" | 63/100 |
| Hiko | 57°F | 73°F | 41°F | 7.3" | 2.3" | 63/100 |
| Imlay | 50°F | 65°F | 36°F | 8.4" | 11.6" | 44/100 |
| Incline Village | 46°F | 57°F | 35°F | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Jackpot | 45°F | 61°F | 28°F | 11.4" | N/A | N/A |
| Jarbidge | 45°F | 58°F | 32°F | 20.1" | N/A | 64/100 |
| Jiggs | 46°F | 63°F | 30°F | 12.8" | 51.7" | 44/100 |
| Kings Rvr Vly - Orovada | 48°F | 63°F | 33°F | 8.9" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Lages | 47°F | 63°F | 32°F | 8.5" | 24.3" | 39/100 |
| Lahontan Dam | 57°F | 70°F | 43°F | 4.8" | N/A | 56/100 |
| Lamoille | 42°F | 58°F | 25°F | 14.9" | 84.4" | 35/100 |
| Lamoille Yost | 45°F | 60°F | 31°F | 13.5" | N/A | 52/100 |
| Las Vegas | 69°F | 81°F | 57°F | 4.8" | 0.2" | 80/100 |
| Las Vegas Air Terminal | 69°F | 80°F | 58°F | 4.0" | N/A | 76/100 |
| Las Vegas Mccarran | 70°F | 81°F | 60°F | 4.2" | 0.2" | 80/100 |
| Laughlin | 74°F | 87°F | 61°F | 5.3" | 0.0" | 80/100 |
| Leonard Creek Rch - Denio | 51°F | 64°F | 39°F | 9.0" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Lovelock | 53°F | 70°F | 36°F | 6.1" | 11.4" | 44/100 |
| Lovelock Derby Fld | 52°F | 68°F | 35°F | 4.8" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Lund | 47°F | 64°F | 30°F | 9.5" | 21.6" | 39/100 |
| Mcdermitt | 48°F | 64°F | 31°F | 7.8" | 20.8" | 41/100 |
| Mcgill | 48°F | 63°F | 32°F | 8.8" | 36.9" | 39/100 |
| Mercury | 63°F | 76°F | 50°F | 5.3" | N/A | 73/100 |
| Mercury Desert Rock | 64°F | 77°F | 50°F | 5.2" | 1.0" | 77/100 |
| Middlegate-clifford | 49°F | 68°F | 30°F | 5.8" | 3.7" | 49/100 |
| Mina | 58°F | 72°F | 44°F | 5.6" | 7.8" | 58/100 |
| Minden | 50°F | 68°F | 32°F | 9.3" | 21.8" | 39/100 |
| Montello - | 46°F | 63°F | 29°F | 8.8" | 13.9" | 44/100 |
| Moorman Rch - Ruth | 44°F | 60°F | 27°F | 9.5" | 44.2" | 29/100 |
| Mt Charleston Fire Stn | 47°F | 60°F | 34°F | 26.4" | 100.1" | 54/100 |
| N Las Vegas | 70°F | 82°F | 57°F | 4.3" | 0.0" | 80/100 |
| Oasis | 44°F | 61°F | 28°F | 9.3" | 26.5" | 29/100 |
| Orovada | 49°F | 66°F | 33°F | 10.2" | 15.7" | 54/100 |
| Overton | 69°F | 85°F | 53°F | 5.6" | 0.0" | 77/100 |
| Pahranagat Wildlife Refuge | 61°F | 76°F | 45°F | 5.6" | 1.5" | 73/100 |
| Pahrump | 62°F | 79°F | 46°F | 5.0" | N/A | 68/100 |
| Paradise Valley | 49°F | 66°F | 32°F | 10.9" | N/A | 52/100 |
| Pine Valley - Carlin | 44°F | 64°F | 25°F | 10.7" | N/A | N/A |
| Pioche | 52°F | 63°F | 40°F | 12.9" | N/A | 52/100 |
| Rachel | 53°F | 70°F | 35°F | 7.8" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Red Rock Canyon - Spg Mt Rch S | 62°F | 73°F | 50°F | 9.9" | 2.6" | 77/100 |
| Reese River Ione | 43°F | 61°F | 24°F | 7.6" | 40.1" | 29/100 |
| Reno | 54°F | 67°F | 42°F | 8.1" | 29.7" | 43/100 |
| Reno Tahoe | 55°F | 69°F | 41°F | 7.3" | 20.9" | 53/100 |
| Ruby Lake Nwr | 47°F | 61°F | 32°F | 14.0" | 51.8" | 44/100 |
| Ruth | 42°F | 59°F | 26°F | 12.6" | 63.9" | 35/100 |
| Rye Patch Dam | 51°F | 68°F | 34°F | 8.3" | 3.3" | 49/100 |
| Ryndon | 47°F | 63°F | 30°F | 10.0" | N/A | 52/100 |
| S Fork State Rec Area | 45°F | 63°F | 27°F | 9.5" | 19.3" | 47/100 |
| Searchlight | 64°F | 75°F | 53°F | 7.8" | 0.5" | 77/100 |
| Shoshone | 48°F | 64°F | 33°F | 9.3" | 17.7" | 44/100 |
| Silverpeak | 55°F | 70°F | 40°F | 4.3" | N/A | 52/100 |
| Smith | 51°F | 68°F | 35°F | 6.2" | 0.7" | 49/100 |
| Smoke Creek Espil | 52°F | 68°F | 35°F | 7.7" | 13.3" | 44/100 |
| Smoky Valley - Carvers | 50°F | 66°F | 34°F | 6.4" | 9.6" | 44/100 |
| Snowball Rch | 45°F | 61°F | 30°F | 9.1" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Spanish Springs | 52°F | 68°F | 37°F | 9.2" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Sparks | 54°F | 69°F | 38°F | 8.4" | 6.8" | 44/100 |
| Spring Valley State Park | 45°F | 65°F | 25°F | 13.1" | N/A | N/A |
| Stead | 51°F | 64°F | 38°F | 11.0" | 16.7" | 54/100 |
| Sunnyside - Lund | 50°F | 64°F | 36°F | 8.4" | 8.2" | 44/100 |
| Sutcliffe | 54°F | 63°F | 45°F | 7.4" | 4.2" | 53/100 |
| Tonopah | 53°F | 67°F | 39°F | 4.8" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Topaz Lake | 52°F | 67°F | 37°F | 5.9" | 18.3" | 44/100 |
| Tuscarora | 46°F | 58°F | 34°F | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Twin Spring Fallini | 51°F | 68°F | 34°F | 4.9" | N/A | 40/100 |
| Valley of Fire State Park | 70°F | 81°F | 59°F | 6.3" | 0.3" | 80/100 |
| Virginia City | 51°F | 60°F | 41°F | 11.7" | 46.4" | 49/100 |
| Wabuska | 51°F | 70°F | 31°F | 4.9" | 2.4" | 49/100 |
| Wadsworth | 53°F | 69°F | 36°F | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Wells | 45°F | 60°F | 30°F | 9.1" | N/A | 28/100 |
| Wendover | 49°F | 63°F | 34°F | 10.9" | N/A | 52/100 |
| Wild Horse Rsvr | 40°F | 57°F | 23°F | 12.8" | 117.0" | 35/100 |
| Winnemucca | 50°F | 65°F | 35°F | 8.5" | 21.6" | 39/100 |
| Winnemucca Muni | 51°F | 68°F | 34°F | 8.3" | 22.0" | 39/100 |
| Yerington | 54°F | 68°F | 39°F | 4.6" | 3.2" | 49/100 |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 · 1991-2020 Statewide aggregates for Nevada computed as the simple average across its 115 station-mapped locations, each represented by its primary NOAA station (198 stations in the state network).
Climate Insight: Nevada
Nevada's climate profile is aggregated from 115 station-mapped locations and 198 NOAA weather stations reporting under the 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals program. The statewide average annual temperature sits at 52°F, which is the simple average across all tracked station-mapped locations rather than any single station's reading. Because Nevada spans multiple latitudes, elevations, and proximities to large water bodies, local conditions can differ from this headline number by wide margins; coastal, valley, and mountain stations often diverge by ten degrees or more even within a single month.
Precipitation and snowfall averages round out the climatological picture. Across Nevada, annual precipitation averages 8.9 inches, with typical seasonal snowfall near 20.9 inches statewide. These numbers combine rain, sleet, and snow water-equivalent and describe the thirty-year normal rather than any particular recent year. Readers evaluating a specific destination should drill into one of the 115 individual location profiles below; each station record varies with local geography, and the statewide figures here are averages that mask meaningful intrastate differences.
For planning purposes, the location table above is sorted to help you compare averages side-by-side: annual mean temperature, average daily high and low, precipitation totals, snowfall, and PlainClimate's climate comfort score. That 1–100 score combines temperature mildness, precipitation moderation, snowfall burden, and frost-free growing-season length from each location's NOAA normal. It is a climate-only comparison, not a NOAA or overall livability rating. Use it as a starting point, then open each location profile for the exact score inputs, monthly breakdowns, degree-day totals, frost dates, and separately reported humidity metrics.
Nationwide similar states
Other states closest to Nevada on two NOAA statewide-average axes (annual temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest 50-state peers by avg_temp (52°F here).
- Indiana 52°F · 0.0°F off
- West Virginia 52°F · 0.1°F off
- Illinois 52°F · 0.2°F off
- Ohio 52°F · 0.8°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest peers by avg_precip (8.9" here), excluding temperature-peer codes.
- Arizona 12.4" · 3.5" off
- New Mexico 13.8" · 4.9" off
- Utah 13.9" · 5.0" off
- Wyoming 14.0" · 5.1" off
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Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). For informational purposes only.
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