Spanish Springs climate — normals and trends
Spanish Springs (United States) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 349 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Spanish Springs averages 126 frost days, 51 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 63 rainy days per year.
Spanish Springs has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 148 to 104 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 10 July 2002) and the coldest -25.9 °C (on 8 December 2009).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Spanish SpringsNevada
- coords
- 39.65°, -119.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.0°C
Average daily high
16.4°C
Average daily low
3.9°C
Annual rainfall
349mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
53%
Average peak wind
12.3km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
126 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
51 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
63 d/yr
Annual snowfall
106.0 cm
Average feels-like high
13.6 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
40.6 °C
10 July 2002
Coldest day
-25.9 °C
8 December 2009
Wettest day
76 mm
24 October 2021
Windiest day
35.4 km/h
10 October 1962
Strongest gust
112.3 km/h
2 December 2012
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
10 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-30.8 °C
8 December 2009
Snowiest day
32.6 cm
13 February 2025
Sunniest day
14.2 h
2 July 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 12 mm | -42 mm |
| Feb | 7.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 111 mm | +63 mm |
| Mar | 10.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 60 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 18 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 22.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 15 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 29.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 4 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 10 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 31.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 8 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 26.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 15 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 17.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 34 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 13.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 52 mm | +16 mm |
| Dec | 8.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 113 mm | +62 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Spanish Springs?
Spanish Springs has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 349 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Spanish Springs?
The hottest day measured in Spanish Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2002, reaching 40.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Spanish Springs?
The coldest day measured in Spanish Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 2009, at -25.9 °C.
Does it snow in Spanish Springs?
Yes. Spanish Springs gets on average 106.0 cm of snow per year and has around 126 frost days.
Has the climate of Spanish Springs warmed?
Yes: Spanish Springs warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Spanish Springs?
The wettest day measured in Spanish Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 2021, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Spanish Springs?
The windiest day measured in Spanish Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 1962, with winds reaching 35.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Spanish Springs?
The warmest month in Spanish Springs is July (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Spanish Springs?
Spanish Springs receives on average 349 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 63 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Spanish Springs?
Spanish Springs gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Spanish Springs?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Spanish Springs between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2025, with 32.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Spanish Springs?
Yes: Spanish Springs has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Spanish Springs?
In Spanish Springs, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 10 July 2002, and the lowest was -30.8 °C on 8 December 2009.
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