May
May · June · September
77climate match
United States · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Smith Valley.
May leads for comfortable weather in Smith Valley: typically 22.9°C by day, 4°C at night, with 19 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortMay
Typical high22.9°C
Typical low4°C
Rain in May19 mm
June
June · July · August
64climate match
October
October · May · April
82climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against May’s 77 — days reach only 7.7°C, 16° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to -7.3°C.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
57.7° / -7.3°
Feb
1710.2° / -5.3°
Mar
3814.8° / -2.5°
Apr
5418.2° / -0.1°
May
7722.9° / 4°
Jun
7129° / 8.1°
Jul
6233.8° / 11.7°
Aug
6332.7° / 10.5°
Sep
7127.9° / 6.1°
Oct
6120.4° / 0°
Nov
2712.7° / -4.9°
Dec
57.2° / -7.7°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C | -7.3°C | 24 mm | 4 | 9 h 44 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 10.2°C | -5.3°C | 19 mm | 3.7 | 10 h 41 | 17 | Strong coverage |
| March | 14.8°C | -2.5°C | 21 mm | 2.7 | 11 h 50 | 38 | Strong coverage |
| April | 18.2°C | -0.1°C | 10 mm | 1.9 | 13 h 09 | 54 | Strong coverage |
| May | 22.9°C | 4°C | 19 mm | 3 | 14 h 16 | 77 | Strong coverage |
| June | 29°C | 8.1°C | 9 mm | 1.9 | 14 h 52 | 71 | Strong coverage |
| July | 33.8°C | 11.7°C | 9 mm | 2 | 14 h 38 | 62 | Strong coverage |
| August | 32.7°C | 10.5°C | 6 mm | 1.2 | 13 h 40 | 63 | Strong coverage |
| September | 27.9°C | 6.1°C | 4 mm | 1.2 | 12 h 23 | 71 | Strong coverage |
| October | 20.4°C | 0°C | 10 mm | 1.7 | 11 h 07 | 61 | Strong coverage |
| November | 12.7°C | -4.9°C | 13 mm | 2.2 | 10 h 00 | 27 | Strong coverage |
| December | 7.2°C | -7.7°C | 16 mm | 3.1 | 9 h 28 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Smith Valley runs +0.8°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.
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.
Jan
+1.3
Feb
+0.1
Mar
+1.4
Apr
+1.4
May
-0.3
Jun
+1.3
Jul
+1.6
Aug
+1.8
Sep
+1.7
Oct
-0.2
Nov
+0.4
Dec
-0.7
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C31 Jan 2003 | -28.3°C3 Jan 1974 | 43 mm4 Jan 2008 | 109 mm2017 · driest 0 mm in 2022 | 52 |
| February | 23.9°C22 Feb 2002 | -32.8°C7 Feb 1989 | 32 mm18 Feb 1986 | 114 mm1986 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 49 |
| March | 30.6°C18 Mar 2026 | -16.1°C14 Mar 1977 | 51 mm10 Mar 1995 | 83 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 2008 | 49 |
| April | 35.0°C29 Apr 2020 | -11.1°C4 Apr 2009 | 20 mm29 Apr 1983 | 37 mm1983 · driest 0 mm in 1992 | 50 |
| May | 36.1°C28 May 2003 | -8.3°C7 May 1977 | 29 mm19 May 1987 | 93 mm1995 · driest 0 mm in 2006 | 49 |
| June | 39.4°C29 Jun 2013 | -4.4°C3 Jun 2011 | 31 mm10 Jun 1976 | 44 mm1977 · driest 0 mm in 1994 | 49 |
| July | 41.1°C11 Jul 2002 | 0.0°C1 Jul 1997 | 50 mm30 Jul 2011 | 55 mm2011 · driest 0 mm in 1975 | 49 |
| August | 40.6°C15 Aug 2021 | -0.6°C24 Aug 1973 | 31 mm19 Aug 1983 | 45 mm1983 · driest 0 mm in 2018 | 46 |
| September | 40.0°C7 Sep 2022 | -7.8°C25 Sep 1984 | 24 mm10 Sep 1985 | 44 mm1982 · driest 0 mm in 1979 | 50 |
| October | 32.8°C1 Oct 2010 | -15.6°C29 Oct 2019 | 40 mm13 Oct 2009 | 79 mm2010 · driest 0 mm in 2019 | 49 |
| November | 25.0°C7 Nov 2006 | -23.3°C29 Nov 2004 | 27 mm16 Nov 2017 | 41 mm1983 · driest 0 mm in 1977 | 50 |
| December | 23.3°C2 Dec 2020 | -32.2°C22 Dec 1990 | 39 mm12 Dec 1995 | 119 mm2022 · driest 0 mm in 1976 | 50 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 28 | <1 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 25 | <1 |
| March | <1 | 0 | 23 | <1 |
| April | 3 | <1 | 17 | <1 |
| May | 13 | 3 | 6 | <1 |
| June | 24 | 16 | <1 | <1 |
| July | 31 | 28 | 0 | <1 |
| August | 30 | 26 | 0 | <1 |
| September | 23 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 7 | <1 | 16 | <1 |
| November | <1 | 0 | 23 | <1 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 27 | <1 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1% | 12% | 2% | 9% | 3.9–10.6°C |
| February | 3% | 13% | 2% | 9% | 7.8–12.8°C |
| March | 16% | 10% | 2% | 2% | 11.4–18.0°C |
| April | 40% | 6% | <1% | 1% | 15.7–21.1°C |
| May | 69% | 9% | 2% | 6% | 19.8–25.7°C |
| June | 91% | 6% | 1% | 3% | 26.0–31.1°C |
| July | 94% | 6% | <1% | 3% | 31.2–35.6°C |
| August | 95% | 4% | <1% | 2% | 30.4–34.2°C |
| September | 89% | 5% | <1% | 3% | 25.5–29.8°C |
| October | 58% | 6% | <1% | 3% | 17.9–23.6°C |
| November | 13% | 7% | 1% | 4% | 9.8–15.2°C |
| December | <1% | 10% | 2% | 4% | 5.3–11.1°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.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 7261797
- NOAA station
- USC00267612 · SMITH 6 N
- Station distance
- 10.9 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 27 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude 38.78°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.