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Weather in Nevada City, CA · National Weather Service + NOAA

Nevada City is snow country

Nevada City has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 35°, and about 15 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 59° and a normal night drops to 40°.

Winter 53°/35°Spring 64°/42°Summer 86°/58°Fall 71°/47°
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Sunrise 6:35 am · sunset 4:59 pm

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What stands out about Nevada City’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 15 inches a winter, more than 1,312 of 1,455 California towns.A wet climate56 inches of rain and melted snow a year, more than 95% of U.S. towns.Barely warmer than a century agoThe last 30 years averaged 0.6° warmer than the 1900s, a smaller shift than 94% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Nevada City’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

Full climate →
Winter
53° / 35°
5 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
64° / 42°
Last frost around Apr 14
Summer
86° / 58°
30 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
71° / 47°
First frost around Nov 20
16 daysuntil the usual first frost (Nov 20)
Best months to be outside
AprMayJunSepOct
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Nevada City get?About 15 inches a winter.When is it wettest?December, with 11.0 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+0.6° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Nevada City itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Nevada City, CA (2 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.