Average Snowfall for Nevada in March

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during March at cities, towns and parks in Nevada. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month. Plus there's a list of the places that normally get no more than a trace of snow in March.

The snowfall totals are 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: Reno Area, Central Nevada and Northern Nevada.

Reno Area

March snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
1.0 Carson City 1.6 4.1
0.2 Hawthorne 0.1 0.3
2.0 Reno 2.9 7.4
2.7 Virginia City 9.3 23.6

Central Nevada

Average snow for March
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.4 Caliente 0.5 1.3
5.2 Ely 9.5 24.1
1.7 Eureka 7.4 18.8
3.8 Great Basin National Park 7.3 18.5

Northern Nevada

Average total snowfall in March
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
4.8 Elko 5.5 14.0
4.8 Ruby Lake 8.1 20.6
0.1 Rye Patch Reservoir Dam 0.1 0.3
2.6 Winnemucca 3.0 7.6
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Nevada Snowfall
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