#1Hawthorne
unincorporated, Mineral County · 2,809 people0 days a year with an inch or more·Hawthorne station, 1 km
Hawthorne, #1 on this list · Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0Nevada rankings · Climate
Towns with the least snow in Nevada
Hawthorne gets the least snow of Nevada’s 25 towns of 2,500+ with a snow record: about 1 inches in a normal winter at its NOAA station. Incline Village gets the most, about 179 inches; 19 of the 25 average under 30 inches.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at each town’s nearest station with a snow record (named in each row). A described list: no letters. How grades work
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#2Yerington
Lyon County · 3,227 people1 days a year with an inch or more·Yerington station, 6 km
#T3Fallon
Churchill County · 9,570 people2 days a year with an inch or more·Fallon Exp Stn station, 2 km
All 25 towns
Snow in a normal winter, least first. Towns that share a station share its figure and rank (T = tied; 18 towns here share a station).
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#TownSnow a yearDays with 1″+NOAA station
A station’s normal can differ from the town’s own when the station sits higher or lower; each town’s Climate page names its station and checks it.
Quick answers
Questions people ask
What part of Nevada gets the least amount of snow?
Among towns of 2,500+, the least snow falls in Hawthorne (Mineral County, about 1 in), Yerington (Lyon County, about 3 in), Fallon (Churchill County, about 4 in), on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at each town’s station.
Which Nevada town gets the most snow?
Incline Village (Washoe County), about 179 inches in a normal winter at the Tahoe City station. See the snowiest towns.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents (42 in Nevada) whose nearest station has a snow normal of an inch or more; 17 have no station with a snow record. Smaller towns show their snow on their own Climate page.
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