Austin weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Austin, Nevada: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Austin #2, 1 km from Austin; records cover 1887–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 12.3 in313 mm
- Snow a year
- 64 in162 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 1
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 5,980
- Cooling degree days
- 590
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 7°−14° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Austin in January
Highs average 42°6° and lows 26°−3°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1920)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1922)
- Heating degree days
- 955
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Austin in February
Highs average 44°7° and lows 26°−3°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation and 13 in33 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1986)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 840
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Austin in March
Highs average 50°10° and lows 31°−1°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2026)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 755
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Austin in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 34°1°, with 1.6 in42 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1981)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 602
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Austin in May
Highs average 65°18° and lows 43°6°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2003)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1896)
- Heating degree days
- 356
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Austin in June
Highs average 76°25° and lows 51°10°, with 0.61 in15 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1889)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 125
- Cooling degree days
- 77
Austin in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 59°15°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1922)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1902)
- Heating degree days
- 9
- Cooling degree days
- 244
Austin in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 58°14°, with 0.4 in10 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1928)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 17
- Cooling degree days
- 196
Austin in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 50°10°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1950)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 129
- Cooling degree days
- 57
Austin in OctoberThis month
Highs average 62°17° and lows 40°4°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1958)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 438
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Austin in November
Highs average 49°10° and lows 31°−1°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1888)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 750
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Austin in December
Highs average 41°5° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1919)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1932)
- Heating degree days
- 1004
- Cooling degree days
- 0