Nevada

Panaca, Nevada Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Cathedral Gorge SP, 2.2 km from Panaca

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 93°F; the coldest is December, with an average low of 17°F. A normal year brings 11.2 in of precipitation and 12.1 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Cedar City Municipal (CDC), since 1948. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Panaca through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Normal high
  • Record high
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Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
80°F
Normal low
42°F
Record high
88°Fin 2001
Record low
27°Fin 2006
Chance of a wet day
11%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January47°F20°F70°F (1990)-26°F (1951)1.28 in4.72.9 in29.39910
February51°F22°F73°F (1986)-24°F (1989)1.18 in5.92.5 in25.77990
March60°F27°F86°F (2026)-1°F (1958)1.02 in5.81.8 in26.16700
April67°F33°F86°F (2012)6°F (1975)0.86 in4.10.2 in16.24620
May76°F40°F96°F (1984)16°F (2011)0.73 in4.60.3 in5.024020
June87°F48°F102°F (2021)27°F (2001)0.33 in2.00.0 in0.749127
July93°F56°F105°F (1989)40°F (1997)1.24 in5.60.0 in0.02299
August91°F54°F101°F (2020)35°F (2005)1.00 in5.40.0 in0.04245
September84°F45°F99°F (2020)23°F (1965)0.65 in3.20.0 in2.28965
October71°F34°F89°F (2024)-7°F (1971)1.59 in4.20.0 in14.93901
November58°F23°F76°F (2020)-12°F (2010)0.40 in2.70.8 in27.17340
December46°F17°F68°F (1977)-23°F (1990)0.91 in5.03.6 in29.81,0350
Year69°F35°F11.19 in5312.1 in1775,463757

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

11.2 in in a normal year, most in October.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Panaca, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Cathedral Gorge SP.

12.1 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Cathedral Gorge SP. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around May 15 and the first fall freeze around October 4, a growing season of about 142 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 31, first September 27
Median at 32°F
last May 15, first October 4
Median at 28°F
last April 28, first October 15

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Panaca.

Days with a mean dew point of 65°F or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January19°F63%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February19°F59%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March22°F51%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April23°F43%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May28°F37%100%0%0%0%0%0%
June28°F27%100%0%0%0%0%0%
July38°F30%94%5%0%0%0%0%
August38°F33%97%3%0%0%0%0%
September31°F33%99%1%0%0%0%0%
October24°F40%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November20°F50%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December17°F61%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is September, with the sky 29 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 56 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 10.7 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 16, with 14 h 47 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 19, with 9 h 32 min.

Hours of daylight at Panaca through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Lincoln County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Lincoln County: 80.3°F (+4.2 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Lincoln County: 0.47 in (-0.44 in against 1991-2020), the 29th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Lincoln County: 62.0°F (+4.3 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Lincoln County: 4.64 in (-2.56 in against 1991-2020), the 19th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
80.3°F in 2026
Coolest August
69.3°F in 1899
Wettest August
3.80 in in 1945
Driest August
0.00 in in 1944

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Lincoln County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-6-4-20+2+4+61900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Nevada climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Panaca in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1948. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00261590 (Cathedral Gorge SP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093129, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.