Average Snowfall for Nevada in January

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during January at cities, towns and parks in Nevada. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month. Plus there's a list of the places that normally get no more than a trace of snow in January.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southern Nevada, Reno Area, Central Nevada and Northern Nevada.

Southern Nevada

Average total snowfall in January
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.0 Callville Bay, Lake Mead 0.0 0.0
0.0 Las Vegas 0.0 0.0
0.0 Laughlin 0.0 0.0
0.0 North Las Vegas 0.0 0.0
0.4 Red Rock Canyon State Park 0.9 2.3
0.0 Valley of Fire State Park 0.0 0.0

Reno Area

January snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
1.8 Carson City 3.6 9.1
0.3 Hawthorne 0.3 0.8
3.4 Reno 5.2 13.2
4.0 Virginia City 13.0 33.0

Central Nevada

Average snow for January
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
1.2 Caliente 2.8 7.1
5.9 Ely 10.5 26.7
2.8 Eureka 8.8 22.4
4.7 Great Basin National Park 12.3 31.2

Northern Nevada

Average total snowfall in January
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
7.7 Elko 10.4 26.4
6.6 Ruby Lake 9.3 23.6
1.0 Rye Patch Reservoir Dam 0.8 2.0
4.1 Winnemucca 4.4 11.2
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Nevada Snowfall
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