What is the hottest month in Elko?

July is the warmest month in Elko, with an average high of 91.8°F.

What is the coldest month in Elko?

December is the coldest month in Elko, with an average low of 15.4°F.

What month does Elko get the most rain?

May is typically the wettest month in Elko, with about 1.22 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Elko in?

Elko is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Elko changed recently?

12.6% of Elko's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Elko, NV

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ELKO RGNL AP, NV US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Elko has an annual average temperature of 47.8°F with about 10 inches of precipitation per year and 41.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 91.8°F), and the coldest is December (average low 15.4°F). May is typically the wettest month (1.22 in) and August the driest (0.33 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Annual swing

45.2°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

6,546

HDD/yr

Cooling need

345

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Elko

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

46 of 366 (12.6%) of Elko's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1880s		85
1890s		44
1900s		2
1910s		40
1920s		15
1930s		14
1940s		20
1950s		12
1960s		10
1970s		14
1980s		23
1990s		8
2000s		15
2010s		35
2020s		29

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	37.9°F	16.0°F	27.0°F	1.19 in	10.4 in	9
February	42.8°F	20.5°F	31.6°F	0.89 in	6.8 in	8
March	53.1°F	26.8°F	39.9°F	0.97 in	5.5 in	8
April	59.6°F	31.5°F	45.6°F	1.05 in	3.3 in	9
May	70.0°F	38.5°F	54.2°F	1.22 in	0.4 in	9
June	81.5°F	44.9°F	63.2°F	0.57 in	—	4
July	91.8°F	52.0°F	71.9°F	0.36 in	—	3
August	90.0°F	49.2°F	69.6°F	0.33 in	—	3
September	80.1°F	40.5°F	60.3°F	0.59 in	—	4
October	65.5°F	29.4°F	47.4°F	0.74 in	0.5 in	5
November	49.9°F	21.9°F	35.9°F	0.88 in	4.1 in	7
December	38.0°F	15.4°F	26.7°F	1.20 in	10.2 in	9