Elko weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Elko, Nevada: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Elko Regional Airport, 2 km from Elko; records cover 1890–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 10 in254 mm
- Snow a year
- 41 in105 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 4
- First fall freeze
- Sep 15
- Heating degree days
- 6,746
- Cooling degree days
- 493
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −5°−21° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Elko in January
Highs average 38°3° and lows 16°−9°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2003)
- Record low
- −43°−42° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 1180
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elko in February
Highs average 43°6° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.89 in23 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1905)
- Record low
- −41° (1890)
- Heating degree days
- 934
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elko in March
Highs average 53°12° and lows 27°−3°, with 0.97 in25 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2026)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1890)
- Heating degree days
- 777
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elko in April
Highs average 60°15° and lows 32°0°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2020)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 584
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elko in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 39°4°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2003)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 340
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Elko in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 45°7°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1981)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1914)
- Heating degree days
- 117
- Cooling degree days
- 63
Elko in July
Highs average 92°33° and lows 52°11°, with 0.36 in9.1 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1890)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1890)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 227
Elko in August
Highs average 90°32° and lows 49°10°, with 0.33 in8.4 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1978)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 24
- Cooling degree days
- 166
Elko in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 41°5°, with 0.59 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2022)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1891)
- Heating degree days
- 172
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Elko in OctoberThis month
Highs average 66°19° and lows 29°−1°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2010)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1891)
- Heating degree days
- 544
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elko in November
Highs average 50°10° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.88 in22 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1913)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1896)
- Heating degree days
- 873
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elko in December
Highs average 38°3° and lows 15°−9°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1995)
- Record low
- −41° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 1187
- Cooling degree days
- 0