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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

Minimum Temperature Rankings, August 1956

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1956 1-Month	50.6°F (10.3°C)	54.0°F (12.2°C)	-3.4°F (-1.9°C)	5th Coolest	Coolest since: 1954	1944, 1976
				124th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2022
	Ties: 1918, 1954
Jul–Aug 1956 2-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	54.9°F (12.7°C)	-2.3°F (-1.3°C)	8th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1944
				121st Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2022
Jun–Aug 1956 3-Month	51.0°F (10.6°C)	52.7°F (11.5°C)	-1.7°F (-0.9°C)	11th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1944
				118th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2021
May–Aug 1956 4-Month	48.9°F (9.4°C)	49.8°F (9.9°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	26th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1907
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
	Ties: 1942, 2011
Apr–Aug 1956 5-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	46.4°F (8.0°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1944
				97th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2021
	Ties: 1917, 1918
Mar–Aug 1956 6-Month	42.4°F (5.8°C)	43.2°F (6.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	25th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1944
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
	Ties: 1924, 1933, 1962
Feb–Aug 1956 7-Month	38.7°F (3.7°C)	40.4°F (4.7°C)	-1.7°F (-1.0°C)	12th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1933, 1944
				117th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
Jan–Aug 1956 8-Month	37.1°F (2.8°C)	37.7°F (3.2°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	28th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				101st Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1920, 1946, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1976
Dec 1955–Aug 1956 9-Month	35.8°F (2.1°C)	35.8°F (2.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	50th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917, 1933
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1898, 1904, 1918, 1928, 1947, 1965, 1999
Nov 1955–Aug 1956 10-Month	34.6°F (1.4°C)	34.8°F (1.6°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1919, 1965, 2010
Oct 1955–Aug 1956 11-Month	34.8°F (1.6°C)	34.9°F (1.6°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1896, 1946, 1972
Sep 1955–Aug 1956 12-Month	35.7°F (2.1°C)	35.8°F (2.1°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1917
				85th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1896, 1907, 1908, 1925, 1963, 1976
Mar 1955–Aug 1956 18-Month	37.6°F (3.1°C)	38.3°F (3.5°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1949
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2015
	Ties: 1906, 1910, 1923, 1946, 1950, 1966, 1976, 1977
Sep 1954–Aug 1956 24-Month	34.5°F (1.4°C)	35.9°F (2.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1950	1949
				120th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2016
Sep 1953–Aug 1956 36-Month	35.1°F (1.7°C)	35.8°F (2.1°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1950
				110th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2017
	Ties: 1915, 1944
Sep 1952–Aug 1956 48-Month	35.2°F (1.8°C)	35.8°F (2.1°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	22nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1950
				103rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	2018
	Ties: 1932
Sep 1951–Aug 1956 60-Month	35.1°F (1.7°C)	35.9°F (2.2°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	15th Coolest	Coolest since: 1953	1917, 1949, 1950
				109th Warmest	Warmest since: 1955	2018
	Ties: 1912, 1918, 1957

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Minimum Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/