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Wild Horse, Nevada
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 Wild Horse, Nevada
Location in Nevada
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| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Elko |
| Elevation | 6,207 ft (1,892 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Wild Horse is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is located along Nevada State Route 225 just south of Wild Horse Reservoir, from which it derives its name.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Wild Horse has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate, abbreviated "Dsb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Wild Horse was 102 °F (38.9 °C) on July 23, 2003, while the coldest temperature recorded was −42 °F (−41.1 °C) on December 23, 1990 and February 3, 1996.
| Climate data for Wild Horse Reservoir, Nevada, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1982–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 58 (14) |
61 (16) |
70 (21) |
80 (27) |
89 (32) |
96 (36) |
102 (39) |
98 (37) |
98 (37) |
86 (30) |
71 (22) |
60 (16) |
102 (39) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 44.7 (7.1) |
47.2 (8.4) |
58.1 (14.5) |
69.5 (20.8) |
77.9 (25.5) |
87.2 (30.7) |
94.1 (34.5) |
92.2 (33.4) |
87.5 (30.8) |
75.8 (24.3) |
61.9 (16.6) |
47.7 (8.7) |
95.1 (35.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 32.7 (0.4) |
36.0 (2.2) |
44.3 (6.8) |
52.0 (11.1) |
62.2 (16.8) |
73.2 (22.9) |
84.6 (29.2) |
83.4 (28.6) |
73.6 (23.1) |
59.5 (15.3) |
44.5 (6.9) |
34.0 (1.1) |
56.7 (13.7) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 18.8 (−7.3) |
21.8 (−5.7) |
30.7 (−0.7) |
38.3 (3.5) |
46.3 (7.9) |
54.4 (12.4) |
62.8 (17.1) |
61.2 (16.2) |
52.2 (11.2) |
41.4 (5.2) |
30.3 (−0.9) |
20.3 (−6.5) |
39.9 (4.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 4.9 (−15.1) |
7.6 (−13.6) |
17.0 (−8.3) |
24.6 (−4.1) |
30.4 (−0.9) |
35.6 (2.0) |
40.9 (4.9) |
39.0 (3.9) |
30.8 (−0.7) |
23.3 (−4.8) |
16.0 (−8.9) |
6.6 (−14.1) |
23.1 (−5.0) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −21.1 (−29.5) |
−18.4 (−28.0) |
−5.3 (−20.7) |
8.7 (−12.9) |
16.6 (−8.6) |
23.6 (−4.7) |
28.8 (−1.8) |
26.6 (−3.0) |
16.7 (−8.5) |
6.8 (−14.0) |
−8.4 (−22.4) |
−19.3 (−28.5) |
−27.5 (−33.1) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −36 (−38) |
−42 (−41) |
−30 (−34) |
−13 (−25) |
7 (−14) |
16 (−9) |
17 (−8) |
11 (−12) |
5 (−15) |
−10 (−23) |
−32 (−36) |
−42 (−41) |
−42 (−41) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.69 (43) |
1.00 (25) |
1.20 (30) |
1.42 (36) |
1.60 (41) |
0.78 (20) |
0.52 (13) |
0.42 (11) |
0.56 (14) |
0.83 (21) |
1.13 (29) |
1.69 (43) |
12.84 (326) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 27.8 (71) |
16.7 (42) |
14.9 (38) |
12.9 (33) |
3.9 (9.9) |
0.4 (1.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.3 (0.76) |
2.2 (5.6) |
14.3 (36) |
23.6 (60) |
117.0 (297) |
| Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) | 25.4 (65) |
25.8 (66) |
18.2 (46) |
5.6 (14) |
0.8 (2.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.6 (1.5) |
7.3 (19) |
16.1 (41) |
28.9 (73) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 11.9 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 8.5 | 10.8 | 96.4 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 9.7 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 8.9 | 47.0 |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service | |||||||||||||
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