Smith Valley weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Smith Valley, Nevada: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Smith 6 N, 11 km from Smith Valley; records cover 1973–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 6.2 in158 mm
- Snow a year
- 0.7 in1.8 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 30
- First fall freeze
- Sep 25
- Heating degree days
- 5,679
- Cooling degree days
- 631
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 2°−17° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Smith Valley in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.97 in25 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2003)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 1012
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Smith Valley in February
Highs average 51°10° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.75 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2002)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 791
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Smith Valley in March
Highs average 59°15° and lows 28°−2°, with 0.85 in22 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2026)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 670
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Smith Valley in April
Highs average 64°18° and lows 33°0°, with 0.36 in9.1 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2020)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 497
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Smith Valley in May
Highs average 74°23° and lows 40°5°, with 0.69 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2003)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 267
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Smith Valley in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 47°8°, with 0.39 in9.9 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (2013)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 78
- Cooling degree days
- 94
Smith Valley in July
Highs average 93°34° and lows 54°12°, with 0.33 in8.4 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2002)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 263
Smith Valley in August
Highs average 91°33° and lows 52°11°, with 0.21 in5.3 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (2021)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1973)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 208
Smith Valley in September
Highs average 82°28° and lows 44°6°, with 0.13 in3.3 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2022)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 110
- Cooling degree days
- 50
Smith Valley in OctoberThis month
Highs average 69°21° and lows 33°1°, with 0.4 in10 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1996)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 433
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Smith Valley in November
Highs average 55°13° and lows 24°−5°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1980)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 770
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Smith Valley in December
Highs average 45°7° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.67 in17 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2020)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1037
- Cooling degree days
- 0