Ruth weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ruth, Nevada: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Ely Airport, 13 km from Ruth; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 9.4 in239 mm
- Snow a year
- 54 in137 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 17
- First fall freeze
- Sep 6
- Heating degree days
- 7,167
- Cooling degree days
- 300
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −8°−22° (heating, 99%) and 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ruth in January
Highs average 41°5° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.75 in19 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1951)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 1187
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ruth in February
Highs average 44°7° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1986)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 980
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ruth in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.98 in25 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2026)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 848
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ruth in April
Highs average 59°15° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2012)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 654
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ruth in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 34°1°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 2 in5.1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1910)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 422
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Ruth in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 41°5°, with 0.56 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1954)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 148
- Cooling degree days
- 36
Ruth in July
Highs average 89°32° and lows 49°10°, with 0.63 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1998)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 146
Ruth in August
Highs average 87°31° and lows 48°9°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2026)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 28
- Cooling degree days
- 104
Ruth in September
Highs average 78°26° and lows 39°4°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2022)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 210
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Ruth in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 28°−2°, with 0.8 in20 mm of precipitation and 2 in5.1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2010)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 577
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ruth in November
Highs average 51°11° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.63 in16 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1906)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 898
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ruth in December
Highs average 41°5° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.67 in17 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1958)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1201
- Cooling degree days
- 0