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

Silver City is snow country

Silver City has chilly, snowy winters and cool summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 73°, a January night drops to 20°, and about 220 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 47°, and lows to 26°.

Winter 40°/20°Spring 49°/27°Summer 71°/45°Fall 57°/34°
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Sunrise 9:19 am · sunset 7:57 pm

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What stands out about Silver City’s weather

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

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 220 inches a winter, more than 1,453 of 1,455 California towns.Among California’s coldest wintersJanuary nights average 20°, colder than 1,602 of 1,618 California towns.Cool summersJuly afternoons average 73°, cooler than 99% of U.S. towns.A short growing season100 frost-free days, from Jun 8 to Sep 20.
A normal year

Where today sits in Silver City’s year

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

Full climate →
Winter
40° / 20°
36 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
49° / 27°
Last frost around Jun 8
Summer
71° / 45°
90° days are rare
Fall now
57° / 34°
First frost around Sep 20
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 20). Last frost next spring: Jun 8
Best months to be outside
JunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Silver City get?About 220 inches a winter.When is it wettest?January, with 9.3 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.5° 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 Silver City itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Lodgepole, CA (11 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.