Nixon weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Nixon, Nevada: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Sutcliffe, 25 km from Nixon; records cover 1967–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 7.4 in188 mm
- Snow a year
- 4 in11 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 12
- First fall freeze
- Nov 9
- Heating degree days
- 4,817
- Cooling degree days
- 965
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 20°−7° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Nixon in January
Highs average 43°6° and lows 30°−1°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation and 1.3 in3.3 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1998)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 893
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nixon in February
Highs average 47°8° and lows 32°0°, with 0.8 in20 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1982)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 720
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nixon in March
Highs average 54°12° and lows 36°2°, with 0.77 in20 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2026)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 625
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nixon in April
Highs average 60°16° and lows 40°5°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2007)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 446
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Nixon in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 49°9°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2008)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 224
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Nixon in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 57°14°, with 0.5 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1977)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 57
- Cooling degree days
- 142
Nixon in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 65°18°, with 0.22 in5.6 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1967)
- Record low
- 46°8° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 346
Nixon in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 64°18°, with 0.18 in4.6 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1981)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 314
Nixon in September
Highs average 78°25° and lows 57°14°, with 0.27 in6.9 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1988)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 51
- Cooling degree days
- 122
Nixon in OctoberThis month
Highs average 64°18° and lows 47°8°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1992)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 310
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Nixon in November
Highs average 52°11° and lows 37°3°, with 0.76 in19 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2006)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1981)
- Heating degree days
- 618
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nixon in December
Highs average 44°7° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.98 in25 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2004)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 869
- Cooling degree days
- 0