Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Contact (USC00261905), Nevada, United States, with 52 years of record.
Key Facts for Contact
Contact (USC00261905) is a weather station in Nevada, United States at 41.77 latitude and -114.75 longitude, 1,631 m (5,350 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1948 to 1999, 52 years of record.
1,464 records set at Contact still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Contact tied a daily record low minimum temperature of -10.6 C (12.9 F) on 18 October 1999.
About the Station
Location: Nevada, United States, 41.77 latitude, -114.75 longitude.
Elevation: 1,631 m (5,350 ft).
Period of record: 1948 to 1999, 52 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Contact. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Contact, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
16.1 C (61.0 F)
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
20.0 C (68.0 F)
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
23.9 C (75.0 F)
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
28.9 C (84.0 F)
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
36.1 C (97.0 F)
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
38.3 C (100.9 F)
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
41.1 C (106.0 F)
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
38.9 C (102.0 F)
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
37.8 C (100.0 F)
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
34.4 C (93.9 F)
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
26.7 C (80.1 F)
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
18.9 C (66.0 F)
-38.9 C (-38.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Contact still stand. 1954 holds the most, with 55.
Standing records at Contact by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1949
32
1950
41
1951
30
1952
38
1953
34
1954
55
1955
36
1956
29
1957
23
1958
33
1959
32
1960
41
1961
31
1962
33
1963
41
1964
33
1965
35
1966
32
1967
29
1968
19
1969
29
1970
27
1971
30
1972
36
1973
10
1974
21
1975
25
1976
18
1977
35
1978
25
1979
17
1980
27
1981
23
1982
25
1983
25
1984
19
1985
28
1986
20
1987
20
1988
37
1989
32
1990
45
1991
27
1992
40
1993
30
1994
40
1995
42
1996
13
1997
3
1998
7
1999
11
All-Time Record Progression
5 new records
5 all-time records were set at Contact between 21 June 1988 and 22 December 1990. Each dot is a new record.
When Contact set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1988-06-21
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 22.8 C (73.0 F)
1988-07-21
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 41.1 C (106.0 F)
1989-02-06
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -16.1 C (3.0 F)
1990-12-22
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1990-12-22
Record low minimum temperature
Record low minimum temperature -38.9 C (-38.0 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
May: 42.4 mm (1.7 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Contact. The most was 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 15 May 1962.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Contact
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
23 January 1999
Feb
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
8 February 1960
Mar
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
21 March 1973
Apr
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
22 April 1965
May
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
15 May 1962
Jun
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
13 June 1982
Jul
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
22 July 1984
Aug
24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1 August 1990
Sep
36.1 mm (1.4 in)
10 September 1997
Oct
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
20 October 1972
Nov
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
12 November 1951
Dec
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
11 December 1956
Period of Record Coverage
1949 to 1999
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
51 years of record at Contact, 1949 to 1999. 14 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1949, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 33 complete years at Contact, 1950 to 1994. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 7.8 C (46.1 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1993, at 6.6 C (43.9 F), and the warmest was 1958, at 8.8 C (47.8 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.3 C (2.3 F).
Annual mean temperature at Contact as warming stripes, 1950 to 1994
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1950
8.1 C
+0.25 C
1951
7.9 C
+0.06 C
1952
7.6 C
-0.25 C
1953
8.6 C
+0.75 C
1954
8.7 C
+0.86 C
1955
7.3 C
-0.55 C
1956
7.6 C
-0.20 C
1957
7.4 C
-0.45 C
1958
8.8 C
+0.92 C
1959
8.0 C
+0.14 C
1960
8.1 C
+0.25 C
1961
8.4 C
+0.57 C
1962
8.0 C
+0.16 C
1963
8.1 C
+0.29 C
1964
6.9 C
-0.93 C
1967
7.8 C
+0.00 C
1968
7.7 C
-0.14 C
1969
7.6 C
-0.20 C
1970
7.9 C
+0.02 C
1971
7.5 C
-0.34 C
1972
7.8 C
-0.08 C
1977
8.5 C
+0.68 C
1978
7.8 C
-0.07 C
1979
8.0 C
+0.19 C
1980
8.3 C
+0.49 C
1982
6.9 C
-0.97 C
1983
8.4 C
+0.52 C
1989
7.4 C
-0.47 C
1990
7.2 C
-0.64 C
1991
7.0 C
-0.81 C
1992
8.3 C
+0.49 C
1993
6.6 C
-1.23 C
1994
8.5 C
+0.62 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1950 to 1994 is -0.10 C (-0.24 to 0.04) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: -0.2 F (-0.4 to 0.1) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 33 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Contact
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
-0.10 C (-0.24 to 0.04) per decade
-0.2 F (-0.4 to 0.1) per decade
1950 to 1994
33
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
-0.1 C (-0.3 to 0.1) per decade
-0.2 F (-0.6 to 0.2) per decade
1950 to 1994
33
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
-0.1 C (-0.3 to 0.1) per decade
-0.2 F (-0.5 to 0.1) per decade
1950 to 1994
33
Not clearly different from zero
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1948 to 1999
Yearly extremes at Contact: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1988
36.7 C (98.1 F)
51
Coldest night (TNn)
-38.9 C (-38.0 F)
1990
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
51
Wettest day (Rx1day)
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1962
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
52
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1995
32.8 mm (1.3 in)
52
Longest dry spell (CDD)
145 days
1999
36 days
52
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Contact, 1948 to 1999. The record is 41.1 C (106.0 F) in 1988, marked on the chart; the median year is 36.7 C (98.1 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Contact by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1948
n/a
1949
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1950
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1951
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1952
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1953
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1954
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1955
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1956
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1957
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1958
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1959
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1960
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1961
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1962
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1963
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1964
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1965
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1966
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1967
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1968
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1969
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1970
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1971
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1972
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1973
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1974
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1975
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1976
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1977
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1978
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1979
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1980
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1981
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1982
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1983
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1984
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1985
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1986
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1987
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1988
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1989
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1990
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1991
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1992
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1993
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1994
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1995
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1996
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1997
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1998
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1999
35.6 C (96.1 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Contact, 1948 to 1999. The record is -38.9 C (-38.0 F) in 1990, marked on the chart; the median year is -25.6 C (-14.1 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Contact by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1948
n/a
1949
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1950
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1951
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1952
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1953
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1954
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1955
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1956
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1957
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1958
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1959
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1960
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1961
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1962
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
1963
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1964
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1965
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1966
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1967
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1968
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1969
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1970
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1971
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1972
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
1973
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1974
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1975
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1976
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1977
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1978
-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1979
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1980
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1981
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1982
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1983
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1984
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1985
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1986
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1987
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1988
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1989
-33.9 C (-29.0 F)
1990
-38.9 C (-38.0 F)
1991
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1992
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1993
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1994
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1995
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1996
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1997
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1998
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1999
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Contact, 1948 to 1999. The record is 42.4 mm (1.7 in) in 1962, marked on the chart; the median year is 20.3 mm (0.8 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Contact by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1948
13.2 mm (0.5 in)
1949
10.4 mm (0.4 in)
1950
13.5 mm (0.5 in)
1951
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1952
8.9 mm (0.35 in)
1953
17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1954
23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1955
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1956
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1957
24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1958
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1959
18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1960
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1961
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1962
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1963
19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1964
17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1965
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1966
10.7 mm (0.4 in)
1967
20.1 mm (0.8 in)
1968
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1969
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1970
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1971
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1972
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1973
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1974
11.4 mm (0.4 in)
1975
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1976
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1977
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1978
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1979
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1980
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1981
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1982
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1983
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1984
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1985
11.9 mm (0.5 in)
1986
11.2 mm (0.4 in)
1987
14.2 mm (0.6 in)
1988
18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1989
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1990
24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1991
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1992
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1993
13.2 mm (0.5 in)
1994
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1995
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1996
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1997
36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1998
28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1999
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Contact, 1948 to 1999. The record is 65.3 mm (2.6 in) in 1995, marked on the chart; the median year is 32.8 mm (1.3 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Contact by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1948
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1949
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1950
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1951
41.2 mm (1.6 in)
1952
16.4 mm (0.6 in)
1953
19.8 mm (0.8 in)
1954
25.6 mm (1.0 in)
1955
48.1 mm (1.9 in)
1956
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1957
39.7 mm (1.6 in)
1958
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1959
35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1960
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1961
43.3 mm (1.7 in)
1962
50.6 mm (2.0 in)
1963
57.1 mm (2.2 in)
1964
35.7 mm (1.4 in)
1965
25.2 mm (1.0 in)
1966
23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1967
33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1968
40.7 mm (1.6 in)
1969
24.4 mm (1.0 in)
1970
21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1971
47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1972
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1973
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1974
17.1 mm (0.7 in)
1975
30.3 mm (1.2 in)
1976
24.7 mm (1.0 in)
1977
31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1978
48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1979
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1980
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1981
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1982
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1983
50.5 mm (2.0 in)
1984
33.1 mm (1.3 in)
1985
17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1986
25.6 mm (1.0 in)
1987
48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1988
19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1989
32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1990
28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1991
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1992
31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1993
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1994
41.2 mm (1.6 in)
1995
65.3 mm (2.6 in)
1996
45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1997
56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1998
35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1999
43.1 mm (1.7 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Contact, 1948 to 1999. The record is 145 days in 1999, marked on the chart; the median year is 36 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Contact by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1948
39 days
1949
52 days
1950
33 days
1951
38 days
1952
74 days
1953
28 days
1954
41 days
1955
30 days
1956
39 days
1957
30 days
1958
47 days
1959
76 days
1960
47 days
1961
33 days
1962
34 days
1963
44 days
1964
38 days
1965
27 days
1966
54 days
1967
27 days
1968
30 days
1969
38 days
1970
24 days
1971
39 days
1972
26 days
1973
26 days
1974
54 days
1975
34 days
1976
47 days
1977
51 days
1978
45 days
1979
36 days
1980
30 days
1981
33 days
1982
32 days
1983
21 days
1984
23 days
1985
32 days
1986
45 days
1987
36 days
1988
54 days
1989
34 days
1990
43 days
1991
33 days
1992
38 days
1993
39 days
1994
52 days
1995
30 days
1996
25 days
1997
26 days
1998
33 days
1999
145 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
33 years with a frost
Across 33 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Contact falls on 10 June and the median first autumn frost on 10 September, which leaves a median of 88 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by -1.1 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Contact
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1953 to 1994)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
10 June
n/a
9 June
n/a
+1.1 days per decade
First autumn frost
10 September
n/a
10 September
n/a
0.0 days per decade
Growing days
88 days
n/a
91 days
n/a
-1.1 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
40 years, 1949 to 1994
A day with at least 20.4 mm (0.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 44.8 mm (1.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Contact: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
20.4 mm (0.8 in)
5 years
27.4 mm (1.1 in)
10 years
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
25 years
37.2 mm (1.5 in)
50 years
41.1 mm (1.6 in)
Longer than the 40 years of record
100 years
44.8 mm (1.8 in)
Longer than the 40 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 40 years of values from 1949 to 1994.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 42.4 mm (1.7 in) in 1962; 38.1 mm (1.5 in) in 1961; 33.5 mm (1.3 in) in 1982.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.