All-time weather records — Sparks, NV

Record high
108.0°F
July 11, 2002
Record low
-18.9°F
February 7, 1989
Wettest day
2.41 in
October 25, 2021

Climate change signal in Sparks

30.3%

of Sparks's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (111 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1980s
12
27
1990s
74
168
2000s
114
111
2010s
124
55
2020s
42
5

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1989, the latest in 2021. Period of observation: 1988-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 31, 2003 -2.9°F — Jan 3, 1993 1.75 in — Jan 1, 2011
February 75.0°F — Feb 14, 2015 -18.9°F — Feb 7, 1989 1.43 in — Feb 21, 2017
March 82.0°F — Mar 12, 2007 14.0°F — Mar 4, 1997 0.92 in — Mar 11, 1995
April 88.0°F — Apr 23, 2012 15.1°F — Apr 4, 1999 1.00 in — Apr 9, 2001
May 96.1°F — May 28, 2003 25.0°F — May 11, 2000 0.73 in — May 16, 1996
June 104.0°F — Jun 29, 2021 30.0°F — Jun 3, 2011 0.96 in — Jun 6, 2011
July 108.0°F — Jul 11, 2002 36.0°F — Jul 1, 1997 1.12 in — Jul 15, 2018
August 102.0°F — Aug 2, 2017 37.9°F — Aug 31, 1999 0.90 in — Aug 6, 2005
September 102.0°F — Sep 5, 2020 28.9°F — Sep 23, 2017 0.90 in — Sep 26, 1998
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 2012 9.0°F — Oct 25, 2000 2.41 in — Oct 25, 2021
November 80.1°F — Nov 5, 2020 1.9°F — Nov 19, 1994 1.12 in — Nov 2, 2015
December 68.0°F — Dec 3, 2007 -17.0°F — Dec 22, 1990 1.61 in — Dec 31, 2005

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Sparks.