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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

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Nevada

Average Temperature Rankings, April 1973

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1973 1-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	46.6°F (8.1°C)	-2.2°F (-1.2°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1967
				100th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1937, 2011
Mar–Apr 1973 2-Month	40.4°F (4.7°C)	43.1°F (6.2°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1970	1917, 1975
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1920
Feb–Apr 1973 3-Month	38.3°F (3.5°C)	40.1°F (4.5°C)	-1.8°F (-1.0°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1969	1933
				107th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1956
Jan–Apr 1973 4-Month	35.5°F (1.9°C)	37.6°F (3.1°C)	-2.1°F (-1.2°C)	17th Coolest	Coolest since: 1964	1917
				112th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
Dec 1972–Apr 1973 5-Month	33.6°F (0.9°C)	36.3°F (2.4°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	10th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
	Ties: 1903, 1944
Nov 1972–Apr 1973 6-Month	34.0°F (1.1°C)	36.7°F (2.6°C)	-2.7°F (-1.5°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934, 2015
	Ties: 1922, 1929
Oct 1972–Apr 1973 7-Month	36.1°F (2.3°C)	38.7°F (3.7°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	1934
Sep 1972–Apr 1973 8-Month	39.0°F (3.9°C)	41.6°F (5.3°C)	-2.6°F (-1.4°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1949	1917
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2015
Aug 1972–Apr 1973 9-Month	42.4°F (5.8°C)	44.7°F (7.1°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2015
Jul 1972–Apr 1973 10-Month	45.5°F (7.5°C)	47.5°F (8.6°C)	-2.0°F (-1.1°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2015
Jun 1972–Apr 1973 11-Month	47.4°F (8.6°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	-1.6°F (-0.8°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2015
May 1972–Apr 1973 12-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	-1.3°F (-0.8°C)	13th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2015
	Ties: 1979
Nov 1971–Apr 1973 18-Month	44.3°F (6.8°C)	45.2°F (7.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1949
				115th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2015
	Ties: 1904, 1923, 1946
May 1971–Apr 1973 24-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1913, 1917
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2015, 2016
	Ties: 1910, 1946
May 1970–Apr 1973 36-Month	48.8°F (9.3°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1966	1914, 1917
				114th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2016, 2017
	Ties: 1908, 1912, 1924, 1947, 1957, 1966, 1985
May 1969–Apr 1973 48-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	49.5°F (9.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	27th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1913, 1915, 1949
				98th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2018
	Ties: 1903, 1904, 1908, 1925, 1955, 1957, 1966, 1967, 1974, 1976
May 1968–Apr 1973 60-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1917
				105th Warmest	Warmest since: 1972	2018
	Ties: 1907, 1909, 1953

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 24, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/