Reno climate

Name: Reno
Address: US

Reno is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average -3.0 °C. January is the wettest month (67 mm) and August the driest (6.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Reno averages 404 mm of rain, 118 days above 25 °C and 88 days below freezing.

United States · 1,373 m elevation · population 264,165 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 32 °C
Coldest month December -3.0 °C
Driest month August 6 mm
Wettest month January 67 mm
Least cloud August 17 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record December -21 °C

What to expectReno through the year

Reno has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.2 °C in December to 32 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 118 days a year reach 25 °C, 68 of them reach 30 °C, 88 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 67 mm against 6 mm in August — 10 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	5.6 °C	67 mm	60 %
February	7.2 °C	60 mm	58 %
March	10.8 °C	55 mm	55 %
April	15.2 °C	32 mm	49 %
May	21.2 °C	29 mm	43 %
June	27.4 °C	15 mm	27 %
July	32.4 °C	8 mm	18 %
August	31.5 °C	6 mm	17 %
September	27.1 °C	10 mm	19 %
October	19.6 °C	24 mm	31 %
November	11.4 °C	34 mm	50 %
December	5.2 °C	65 mm	60 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	5.6 °C	-2.5 °C	0.8 °C	18.1 °C	-17.1 °C	0	0	21
February	7.2 °C	-1.6 °C	2.1 °C	18.4 °C	-16.1 °C	0	0	17
March	10.8 °C	0.5 °C	5.0 °C	24.7 °C	-12.9 °C	0	0	12
April	15.2 °C	3.2 °C	8.6 °C	27.6 °C	-11.3 °C	1	0	6
May	21.2 °C	7.9 °C	14.2 °C	33.8 °C	-1.2 °C	9	1	0
June	27.4 °C	12.7 °C	19.9 °C	37.1 °C	2.0 °C	21	11	0
July	32.4 °C	16.8 °C	24.6 °C	40.2 °C	7.6 °C	31	25	0
August	31.5 °C	16.9 °C	23.9 °C	37.3 °C	8.0 °C	30	23	0
September	27.1 °C	14.3 °C	20.1 °C	37.2 °C	2.3 °C	22	8	0
October	19.6 °C	8.2 °C	13.1 °C	32.5 °C	-7.6 °C	5	0	1
November	11.4 °C	1.9 °C	5.8 °C	23.2 °C	-17.0 °C	0	0	10
December	5.2 °C	-3.0 °C	0.4 °C	17.3 °C	-20.9 °C	0	0	22

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	67 mm	8	9.7 h/day	60 %	75 %	9.1 km/h
February	60 mm	8	11 h/day	58 %	72 %	11 km/h
March	55 mm	8	12 h/day	55 %	67 %	13 km/h
April	32 mm	7	13 h/day	49 %	58 %	16 km/h
May	29 mm	6	14 h/day	43 %	49 %	16 km/h
June	15 mm	3	15 h/day	27 %	37 %	16 km/h
July	8 mm	2	15 h/day	18 %	31 %	15 km/h
August	6 mm	2	14 h/day	17 %	31 %	14 km/h
September	10 mm	2	12 h/day	19 %	35 %	13 km/h
October	24 mm	3	11 h/day	31 %	47 %	12 km/h
November	34 mm	5	10 h/day	50 %	64 %	10 km/h
December	65 mm	8	9.4 h/day	60 %	75 %	9.5 km/h

How Reno compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Reno	32 °C	-3.0 °C	404 mm	118
Sacramento · United States	35 °C	4.4 °C	600 mm	172
Elk Grove · United States	34 °C	4.4 °C	656 mm	165
Stockton · United States	34 °C	4.9 °C	510 mm	167
Modesto · United States	36 °C	5.0 °C	454 mm	176

Where Reno ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in North America in May	24thof 50	92/100
Places with the best weather in North America in June	27thof 50	88/100
The driest places in North America in August	33rdof 50	6.4 mm
The driest places in North America in July	37thof 50	7.9 mm
Places with the best weather in North America in September	38thof 50	89/100
The driest places in North America in September	38thof 50	9.6 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Reno.

QuestionsCommon questions about Reno’s climate

When is the best time to visit Reno?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Reno get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 68 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -3.0 °C in December, the coldest month. A normal year has 88 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Reno?

January, averaging 67 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is August with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 404 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Reno rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.