Nevada City, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NEVADA CITY, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Nevada City has an annual average temperature of 56.2°F with about 62.3 inches of precipitation per year and 14.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 87.2°F), and the coldest is December (average low 34.6°F). December is typically the wettest month (12.22 in) and July the driest (0.03 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.
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All-time records →15 of 366 (4.1%) of Nevada City'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.
| 1890s | 3 | |
| 1900s | 41 | |
| 1910s | 78 | |
| 1920s | 45 | |
| 1930s | 89 | |
| 1940s | 37 | |
| 1950s | 13 | |
| 1960s | 12 | |
| 1970s | 5 | |
| 1980s | 15 | |
| 1990s | 4 | |
| 2000s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 4 | |
| 2020s | 15 |
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 | 50.6°F | 35.4°F | 43.0°F | 10.87 in | 2.3 in | 14 |
| February | 52.8°F | 35.2°F | 44.0°F | 10.49 in | 4.6 in | 12 |
| March | 57.0°F | 37.2°F | 47.1°F | 9.86 in | 3.2 in | 12 |
| April | 62.5°F | 39.9°F | 51.2°F | 5.24 in | 0.9 in | 9 |
| May | 70.6°F | 47.1°F | 58.9°F | 2.88 in | — | 6 |
| June | 79.4°F | 53.7°F | 66.6°F | 0.94 in | — | 3 |
| July | 87.2°F | 59.7°F | 73.5°F | 0.03 in | — | 0 |
| August | 86.7°F | 59.0°F | 72.9°F | 0.14 in | — | 1 |
| September | 81.8°F | 55.2°F | 68.5°F | 0.53 in | — | 2 |
| October | 70.6°F | 47.3°F | 59.0°F | 2.87 in | — | 4 |
| November | 57.0°F | 39.6°F | 48.3°F | 6.19 in | 0.8 in | 9 |
| December | 48.3°F | 34.6°F | 41.5°F | 12.22 in | 2.7 in | 12 |
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