May
May · June · October
United States · 1991–2020
May leads for comfortable weather in Gardnerville Ranchos: typically 23.5°C by day, 2.8°C at night, with 14 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
May · June · October
June · July · September
April · May · October
The weakest month is December, scoring 6 against May’s 77 — days reach only 8.6°C, 15° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -7.7°C.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C | -7.6°C | 44 mm | 5.1 | 9 h 43 | 7 | Strong coverage |
| February | 11.7°C | -5.8°C | 33 mm | 4.6 | 10 h 41 | 21 | Strong coverage |
| March | 15.5°C | -3.2°C | 28 mm | 4 | 11 h 50 | 38 | Strong coverage |
| April | 18.7°C | -1.3°C | 12 mm | 2.7 | 13 h 10 | 53 | Strong coverage |
| May | 23.5°C | 2.8°C | 14 mm | 2.8 | 14 h 16 | 77 | Strong coverage |
| June | 29.1°C | 6.2°C | 7 mm | 1.3 | 14 h 53 | 67 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.8°C | 9.1°C | 6 mm | 1.3 | 14 h 38 | 57 | Strong coverage |
| August | 33.4°C | 7.8°C | 6 mm | 1.5 | 13 h 41 | 56 | Strong coverage |
| September | 29.5°C | 4.2°C | 5 mm | 1.4 | 12 h 24 | 63 | Strong coverage |
| October | 22.7°C | -0.9°C | 16 mm | 2.1 | 11 h 07 | 67 | Strong coverage |
| November | 14.7°C | -5.5°C | 23 mm | 3.2 | 10 h | 32 | Strong coverage |
| December | 8.6°C | -7.7°C | 44 mm | 4.7 | 9 h 27 | 6 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.2°C31 Jan 1995 | -31.1°C26 Jan 1949 | 118 mm1 Jan 2023 | 212 mm2023 · driest 0 mm in 1985 | 117 |
| February | 25.0°C1 Feb 2003 | -31.1°C7 Feb 1989 | 51 mm22 Feb 1936 | 133 mm1938 · driest 0 mm in 1967 | 115 |
| March | 28.9°C21 Mar 2004 | -22.8°C21 Mar 1952 | 49 mm11 Mar 1995 | 131 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 1990 | 114 |
| April | 32.2°C30 Apr 1981 | -12.8°C17 Apr 1963 | 31 mm22 Apr 1914 | 54 mm1935 · driest 0 mm in 2026 | 118 |
| May | 36.7°C29 May 1910 | -8.9°C10 May 1948 | 44 mm7 May 2017 | 55 mm1949 · driest 0 mm in 1960 | 116 |
| June | 40.6°C24 Jun 1981 | -5.6°C6 Jun 1954 | 41 mm29 Jun 1920 | 53 mm1963 · driest 0 mm in 2010 | 119 |
| July | 42.8°C10 Jul 2002 | -1.7°C22 Jul 1987 | 28 mm23 Jul 1986 | 64 mm1910 · driest 0 mm in 1993 | 116 |
| August | 40.6°C5 Aug 1990 | -2.2°C25 Aug 1981 | 65 mm5 Aug 2022 | 71 mm2022 · driest 0 mm in 1964 | 116 |
| September | 38.9°C3 Sep 1950 | -6.7°C19 Sep 1965 | 26 mm13 Sep 1918 | 39 mm2025 · driest 0 mm in 1943 | 115 |
| October | 34.4°C3 Oct 2001 | -16.1°C30 Oct 1971 | 71 mm24 Oct 2021 | 89 mm2010 · driest 0 mm in 1929 | 117 |
| November | 28.9°C1 Nov 2020 | -24.4°C29 Nov 2004 | 65 mm19 Nov 1950 | 119 mm1983 · driest 0 mm in 1932 | 117 |
| December | 22.8°C4 Dec 2007 | -30.0°C21 Dec 1990 | 99 mm30 Dec 2002 | 211 mm2002 · driest 0 mm in 1930 | 117 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 2 |
| March | 1 | 0 | 23 | <1 | 2 |
| April | 4 | <1 | 19 | <1 | <1 |
| May | 14 | 4 | 7 | <1 | <1 |
| June | 24 | 16 | 1 | <1 | 0 |
| July | 31 | 28 | 0 | <1 | 0 |
| August | 30 | 28 | 0 | <1 | 0 |
| September | 25 | 17 | 3 | <1 | 0 |
| October | 12 | 3 | 18 | <1 | <1 |
| November | <1 | 0 | 23 | <1 | 1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 3 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was June (scoring 74); on 2011–2025 it is May (76). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1% | 16% | 5% | 15% | 2.7–11.6°C |
| February | 3% | 15% | 4% | 14% | 6.4–13.7°C |
| March | 16% | 12% | 2% | 7% | 10.8–17.5°C |
| April | 42% | 7% | 1% | 3% | 15.7–20.9°C |
| May | 69% | 8% | 1% | 5% | 19.6–26.2°C |
| June | 90% | 5% | <1% | 2% | 25.1–31.0°C |
| July | 96% | 4% | <1% | 1% | 30.2–34.8°C |
| August | 96% | 4% | <1% | 1% | 29.0–34.2°C |
| September | 90% | 5% | <1% | 2% | 24.8–30.4°C |
| October | 64% | 7% | 1% | 3% | 18.3–24.9°C |
| November | 15% | 11% | 2% | 7% | 10.5–16.6°C |
| December | <1% | 15% | 4% | 12% | 5.7–10.9°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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