Average Temperatures for Nevada in December

Average temperatures for December at cities, towns, parks and lakes throughout Nevada are listed below.

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

The tables give the normal maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Southern Nevada

Average December temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
63 38 Callville Bay, Lake Mead 17 3
57 40 Las Vegas 14 4
64 44 Laughlin 18 7
59 37 North Las Vegas 15 3
52 32 Red Rock Canyon State Park 11 0
57 39 Valley of Fire State Park 14 4

Reno Area

Average temperatures in December
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
45 24 Carson City 7 -5
47 26 Hawthorne 8 -3
47 26 Reno 8 -4
40 26 Virginia City 5 -3

Central Nevada

Normal temperatures for December
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
48 18 Caliente 9 -8
41 12 Ely 5 -11
37 17 Eureka 3 -8
40 20 Great Basin National Park 4 -7
44 9 Spring Valley State Park 6 -13
45 20 Tonopah 7 -6

Northern Nevada

December temperature averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
38 15 Elko 3 -9
45 20 Fernley 7 -7
39 15 Ruby Lake 4 -10
43 18 Rye Patch Reservoir Dam 6 -8
43 19 Winnemucca 6 -8
Reference

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

Nevada Temperatures
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