Elko, NV: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 35.5°F in Elko, NV, the warmest winter on record, in 125 years since 1894 (winter 1897 excluded: 28 of 90 days missing; winter 1900 excluded: 31 of 90 days missing; winter 1905 excluded: 31 of 90 days missing; 5 more winters excluded for missing days); provisional.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 35.5°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 125, provisional
Precipitation: 3.17 in; Wettest since 2025; 57th wettest of 125

A normal winter in Elko, NV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 28°F, between 23.7°F and 32.4°F in eight years of ten and 2.94 in of precipitation, between 1.57 in and 5.57 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Elko, NV since 1894: 35.5°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 23.7 to 32.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Elko, NV from 1889 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	35.5	1	48.4	2	22.5	5	3.17	57	0
2025	32.5	10	44.5	11	20.5	12	3.39	50	0
2024	33.6	6	43.3	23	23.8	2	4.91	19	0
2023	23.7	97	33.3	115	14.2	64	6.19	7	0
2022	29.2	37	42.3	31	16.1	48	2.35	83	0
2021	30	28	41.7	42	18.2	28	2.09	90	0
2020	32.8	8	43.5	20	22	6	3.47	45	0
2019	27.3	59	36.8	90	17.8	31	4.98	16	0
2018	30.8	16	43.7	18	17.9	30	1.32	114	0
2017	27.1	63	36.8	90	17.3	38	6.88	4	0
2016	25.8	76	36.1	96	15.4	53	4.36	28	0
2015	35.3	2	47.5	4	23.1	4	1.58	105	0
2014	29.5	35	41.9	39	17.2	39	2.99	61	0
2013	23.2	104	33.8	112	12.5	85	3.43	48	0
2012	28.3	51	43.4	21	13.2	77	1.45	107	0
2011	29.9	31	40.1	59	19.6	17	2.64	72	0
2010	24.5	91	35.5	100	13.4	75	2.89	65	0
2009	28	54	40.3	57	15.7	51	2.78	69	0
2008	22.9	109	34.1	109	11.7	91	3.56	43	0
2007	24.5	91	37.2	85	11.8	90	2.00	94	0
2006	30.5	21	40.6	52	20.4	14	5.55	13	0
2005	24.5	91	34.6	108	14.4	60	4.15	31	0
2004	23.7	97	33.4	114	14	66	3.56	43	0
2003	32.8	8	44.5	11	21.2	10	2.05	92	0
2002	23.7	97	33.9	111	13.5	74	2.62	73	0
2001	24.7	87	36.9	88	12.6	84	1.73	102	0
2000	30.4	23	43.3	23	17.4	37	3.87	38	0
1999	28.4	49	40.6	52	16.2	47	2.76	70	0
1998	28.9	41	39.7	65	18.1	29	3.96	35	0
1997	28.4	49	37.8	82	19	24	5.75	10	0
1996	28	54	39.3	68	16.6	45	6.14	9	0
1995	32.4	12	43.4	21	21.4	9	2.59	75	0
1994	26.8	67	40.5	54	13	79	1.65	103	0
1993	17.6	122	28.5	123	6.8	116	4.80	21	0
1992	28.9	41	42.7	28	15.1	56	0.96	122	0
1991	24.4	95	38.9	69	9.9	107	2.17	88	0
1990	27.4	58	41.3	45	13.6	72	2.26	87	0
1989	18.4	120	31.7	121	5.1	123	2.40	81	0
1988	25	83	37.9	81	12	88	2.09	90	0
1987	25.6	78	40.7	50	10.6	99	1.31	115	0
1986	30.8	16	42.3	31	19.2	21	2.82	68	0
1985	23.1	108	35.8	98	10.3	103	1.14	119	0
1984	23.2	104	32.2	119	14.1	65	5.58	12	0
1983	30	28	39.7	65	20.3	15	3.93	36	0
1982	28.9	41	40.4	55	17.5	36	4.66	23	0
1981	34.7	3	49.4	1	20	16	1.19	118	0
1980	34.1	4	44.4	13	23.8	2	5.35	14	0
1979	26.1	74	37.3	84	15	57	3.63	42	0
1978	33.8	5	42.6	29	24.9	1	2.55	77	0
1977	28.8	47	44.7	9	12.9	82	0.56	124	0
1976	29.3	36	40.7	50	17.8	31	1.26	116	0
1975	24.8	86	35.1	105	14.5	59	3.38	51	0
1974	30.1	26	38.4	74	21.7	7	2.29	86	0
1973	23.2	104	33.2	116	13.1	78	2.90	64	0
1972	24.7	87	35.7	99	13.7	70	2.53	78	0
1971	28.9	41	38.7	72	19.1	23	3.31	54	0
1970	30.3	24	41.8	40	18.8	26	4.59	24	0
1969	27.5	57	37.8	82	17.2	39	4.93	18	0
1968	29.7	33	41.1	46	18.4	27	3.27	55	0
1967	25	83	36.2	95	13.7	70	2.91	62	0
1966	21.8	112	34	110	9.6	109	1.37	113	0
1965	30.6	19	41.8	40	19.3	19	4.45	25	0
1964	21.3	115	35.2	102	7.5	115	1.79	100	0
1963	29.1	38	45.3	7	12.9	82	2.51	80	0
1962	24.6	90	35.2	102	13.9	67	3.47	45	0
1961	28.6	48	42.8	27	14.3	62	1.20	117	0
1960	23.5	103	36	97	10.9	95	1.91	98	0
1959	31.3	15	43.7	18	18.9	25	1.44	108	0
1958	30.1	26	43	26	17.1	42	2.91	62	0
1957	25.2	81	39.8	64	10.6	99	2.62	73	0
1956	26.1	74	36.8	90	15.4	53	6.63	5	0
1955	18.8	119	32.5	118	5.2	122	2.56	76	0
1954	27.2	60	40	61	14.4	60	2.16	89	0
1953	32.3	13	44.1	15	20.5	12	2.34	84	0
1952	20	118	32	120	8	113	4.01	33	0
1951	30.5	21	41.7	42	19.4	18	5.73	11	0
1950	24.5	91	38.2	77	10.7	98	3.97	34	0
1949	13.8	125	27.7	124	-0.1	126	2.75	71	0
1948	28.2	53	41.1	46	15.4	53	1.50	106	0
1947	28.9	41	42.3	31	15.5	52	1.64	104	0
1946	23.7	97	37.2	85	10.1	105	2.86	66	0
1945	21.6	114	32.9	117	10.4	102	2.53	78	0
1944	23.6	101	36.9	88	10.2	104	2.02	93	0
1943	30	28	42.2	34	17.8	31	4.04	32	0
1942	25.7	77	37.2	85	14.3	62	3.83	39	0
1941	29.8	32	42.1	36	17.6	35	3.83	39	0
1940	32.5	10	43.3	23	21.6	8	3.00	60	0
1939	25.1	82	38.1	79	12.2	86	0.82	123	0
1938	30.7	18	42.2	34	19.2	21	1.41	110	0
1937	20.2	117	33.6	113	6.8	116	3.37	53	0
1936	26.5	71	38.2	77	14.8	58	4.83	20	0
1935	28.3	51	39.9	62	16.6	45	1.75	101	0
1934	33	7	44.8	8	21.2	10	3.41	49	0
1933	14.5	124	29.3	122	-0.4	127	4.32	29	0
1932	14.8	123	26.9	125	2.7	124	6.30	6	0
1931	22.5	110	35.3	101	9.7	108	0.25	125	0
1930	30.3	24	43.8	17	16.9	43	4.94	17	0
1929	23.2	104	36.4	94	10	106	2.33	85	0
1928	27	65	40.4	55	13.6	72	2.37	82	0
1927	28.9	41	40.1	59	17.7	34	2.83	67	0
1926	32	14	44.6	10	19.3	19	3.07	58	0
1925	26.7	68	38.9	69	13.8	68	3.75	41	1
1924	26.2	73	41.5	44	10.9	95	1.10	120	0
1923	27.7	56	39.4	67	16	49	1.38	112	0
1922	21.8	112	35.2	102	8.3	112	6.15	8	3
1921	29.1	38	40.9	48	17.2	39	3.38	51	0
1920	27.1	63	42	37	12.2	86	1.40	111	2
1919	25.6	78	38.3	75	13	79	1.85	99	2
1918	30.6	19	44.4	13	16.7	44	3.21	56	1
1917	20.4	116	34.8	106	6.1	119	3.90	37	0
1916	26.3	72	36.7	93	15.8	50			0
1915	24.9	85	38	80	11.9	89	1.97	95	0
1914	26.6	69	42	37	11.1	94			2
1913	24.7	87	38.3	75	11.2	93	1.06	121	1
1912	26.6	69	39.9	62	13.4	75	1.44	108	1
1911									29
1910	17.9	121	34.7	107	1.4	125			2
1905									31
1904	27.2	60	48.1	3	6.3	118	4.25	30	0
1903	25.5	80	40.2	58	10.8	97			0
1902	29.7	33	45.5	6	13.8	68	7.40	2	0
1901	29	40	46.6	5	11.3	92	7.17	3	0
1900							4.80	21	31
1899	26.9	66	40.8	49	13	79	3.45	47	0
1898	22.2	111	38.9	69	5.5	120	1.97	95	0
1897									28
1896	27.2	60	43.9	16	10.6	99	4.40	27	0
1895	24	96	42.5	30	5.5	120	5.20	15	0
1894	23.6	101	38.5	73	8.7	110	4.45	25	0
1893							3.01	59	59
1892									31
1891									59
1890					7.6	114	11.55	1	33
1889					8.4	111	1.96	97	90

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	35.5
2015	35.3
1981	34.7
1980	34.1
1978	33.8
2024	33.6
1934	33
2020	32.8
2003	32.8
2025	32.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	13.8
1933	14.5
1932	14.8
1993	17.6
1910	17.9
1989	18.4
1955	18.8
1952	20
1937	20.2
1917	20.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1890	11.55
1902	7.40
1901	7.17
2017	6.88
1956	6.63
1932	6.30
2023	6.19
1922	6.15
1996	6.14
1997	5.75

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1931	0.25
1977	0.56
1939	0.82
1992	0.96
1913	1.06
1924	1.10
1985	1.14
1981	1.19
1961	1.20
1976	1.26

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 8 February 2026
Coldest night: 9°F; 25 January 2026, 9 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.71 in; 1 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 3.17 in of precipitation in Elko, NV, the wettest winter since 2025, 57th wettest of 125.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Elko, NV: 64°F on Sunday 8 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Elko, NV: a low of 9°F on Sunday 25 January 2026 and Friday 9 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Elko, NV: 0.71 in on Thursday 1 January 2026.