Average Annual Snowfall in Nevada

The tables below give yearly averages for snowfall at cities, towns and parks in Nevada. The numbers are for the total amount of snow and for how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres). Plus there's a list of the places that normally stay free of snow year round.

The snowfall totals are annual averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

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

Southern Nevada

Average annual snowfall

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
0.0	Callville Bay, Lake Mead	0.0	0.0
0.2	Las Vegas	0.2	0.5
0.0	Laughlin	0.0	0.0
0.0	North Las Vegas	0.0	0.0
1.0	Red Rock Canyon State Park	2.6	6.6
0.3	Valley of Fire State Park	0.3	0.8

Reno Area

Yearly snow averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
6.3	Carson City	14.0	35.6
0.9	Hawthorne	1.2	3.0
13.9	Reno	20.9	53.1
17.8	Virginia City	46.4	117.9

Central Nevada

Average snowfall totals for a year

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
4.7	Caliente	8.7	22.1
33.7	Ely	54.1	137.4
14.0	Eureka	47.3	120.1
24.7	Great Basin National Park	66.7	169.4

Northern Nevada

Average annual snowfall

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
34.4	Elko	41.2	104.6
34.4	Ruby Lake	51.8	131.6
2.9	Rye Patch Reservoir Dam	3.3	8.4
19.7	Winnemucca	22.0	55.9