Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Gerlach (USC00263090), Nevada, United States, with 72 years of record.
Key Facts for Gerlach
Gerlach (USC00263090) is a weather station in Nevada, United States at 40.65 latitude and -119.36 longitude, 1,205 m (3,954 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1948 to 2019, 72 years of record.
1,464 records set at Gerlach still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Gerlach set a daily record snowfall of 7.6 cm (3.0 in) on 30 April 2019.
About the Station
Location: Nevada, United States, 40.65 latitude, -119.36 longitude.
Elevation: 1,205 m (3,954 ft).
Period of record: 1948 to 2019, 72 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 Gerlach. 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 Gerlach, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
19.4 C (66.9 F)
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
21.1 C (70.0 F)
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
28.3 C (82.9 F)
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
32.8 C (91.0 F)
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
37.2 C (99.0 F)
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
40.0 C (104.0 F)
0.0 C (32.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
44.4 C (111.9 F)
2.8 C (37.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
41.1 C (106.0 F)
0.0 C (32.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
41.1 C (106.0 F)
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
36.7 C (98.1 F)
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
24.4 C (75.9 F)
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
17.8 C (64.0 F)
-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Gerlach still stand. 1949 holds the most, with 69.
Standing records at Gerlach by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1948
16
1949
69
1950
37
1962
15
1963
42
1964
42
1965
24
1966
41
1967
28
1968
43
1969
26
1970
36
1971
32
1972
46
1973
13
1985
24
1986
35
1987
32
1988
30
1989
48
1990
44
1991
19
1992
18
1993
28
1994
18
1995
37
1996
27
1997
10
1998
25
1999
25
2000
12
2001
31
2002
31
2003
42
2004
15
2005
18
2006
23
2007
34
2008
29
2009
37
2010
27
2011
25
2012
26
2013
12
2014
31
2015
62
2016
18
2017
35
2018
23
2019
3
All-Time Record Progression
6 new records
6 all-time records were set at Gerlach between 10 July 2002 and 4 August 2017. Each dot is a new record.
When Gerlach set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
2002-07-10
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 42.8 C (109.0 F)
2003-07-20
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 24.4 C (75.9 F)
2003-07-23
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 43.9 C (111.0 F)
2007-07-06
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 44.4 C (111.9 F)
2007-08-02
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 25.0 C (77.0 F)
2017-08-04
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 27.2 C (81.0 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
May: 55.9 mm (2.2 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Gerlach. The most was 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 6 May 1995.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Gerlach
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
8 January 2017
Feb
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
18 February 1990
Mar
21.1 mm (0.8 in)
4 March 1991
Apr
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
2 April 1996
May
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
6 May 1995
Jun
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
26 June 1971
Jul
27.4 mm (1.1 in)
8 July 2015
Aug
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
5 August 1988
Sep
19.1 mm (0.8 in)
27 September 1986
Oct
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
2 October 2015
Nov
52.1 mm (2.1 in)
24 November 1985
Dec
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
24 December 1969
Period of Record Coverage
1948 to 2019
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
50 years of record at Gerlach, 1948 to 2019. 15 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1962, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1985 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 28 complete years at Gerlach, 1963 to 2018. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 11.4 C (52.5 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1993, at 9.4 C (48.8 F), and the warmest was 2015, at 13.4 C (56.2 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.1 C (3.8 F).
Annual mean temperature at Gerlach as warming stripes, 1963 to 2018
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1963
11.1 C
-0.26 C
1964
10.7 C
-0.67 C
1965
11.0 C
-0.38 C
1966
11.7 C
+0.29 C
1967
11.5 C
+0.14 C
1968
11.1 C
-0.26 C
1969
11.2 C
-0.21 C
1986
11.5 C
+0.11 C
1987
11.3 C
-0.07 C
1988
10.9 C
-0.46 C
1989
10.0 C
-1.39 C
1991
10.4 C
-0.94 C
1992
11.4 C
-0.02 C
1993
9.4 C
-2.01 C
1994
10.4 C
-0.99 C
1995
11.0 C
-0.33 C
1996
11.3 C
-0.12 C
2001
11.9 C
+0.54 C
2002
11.7 C
+0.35 C
2003
12.5 C
+1.17 C
2005
10.9 C
-0.45 C
2007
12.2 C
+0.85 C
2008
11.9 C
+0.54 C
2009
11.8 C
+0.41 C
2011
11.0 C
-0.42 C
2015
13.4 C
+2.05 C
2017
12.7 C
+1.31 C
2018
12.5 C
+1.14 C
This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.
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 2019
Yearly extremes at Gerlach: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
44.4 C (111.9 F)
2007
38.9 C (102.0 F)
50
Coldest night (TNn)
-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
1972
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
50
Wettest day (Rx1day)
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1995
19.8 mm (0.8 in)
50
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1985
33.7 mm (1.3 in)
50
Longest dry spell (CDD)
166 days
1949
60 days
50
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Gerlach, 1948 to 2019. The record is 44.4 C (111.9 F) in 2007, marked on the chart; the median year is 38.9 C (102.0 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Gerlach by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1948
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1949
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1950
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1962
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1963
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1964
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1965
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1966
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1967
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1968
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1969
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1970
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1971
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1972
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1973
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1985
28.9 C (84.0 F)
1986
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1987
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1988
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1989
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1990
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1991
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1992
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1993
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1994
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1995
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1996
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1997
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1998
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1999
37.8 C (100.0 F)
2000
35.0 C (95.0 F)
2001
42.2 C (108.0 F)
2002
42.8 C (109.0 F)
2003
43.9 C (111.0 F)
2004
40.6 C (105.1 F)
2005
40.0 C (104.0 F)
2006
40.0 C (104.0 F)
2007
44.4 C (111.9 F)
2008
41.1 C (106.0 F)
2009
40.6 C (105.1 F)
2010
40.6 C (105.1 F)
2011
39.4 C (102.9 F)
2012
40.0 C (104.0 F)
2013
38.9 C (102.0 F)
2014
41.7 C (107.1 F)
2015
41.1 C (106.0 F)
2016
38.3 C (100.9 F)
2017
41.1 C (106.0 F)
2018
40.6 C (105.1 F)
2019
30.0 C (86.0 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Gerlach, 1948 to 2019. The record is -34.4 C (-29.9 F) in 1972, marked on the chart; the median year is -16.1 C (3.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Gerlach by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1948
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1949
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1950
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1962
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1963
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1964
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1965
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1966
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1967
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1968
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1969
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1970
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1971
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1972
-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
1973
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1985
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1986
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1987
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1988
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1989
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1990
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1991
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1992
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1993
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1994
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1995
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1996
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1997
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1998
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1999
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
2000
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
2001
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
2002
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
2003
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
2004
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
2005
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
2006
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
2007
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
2008
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
2009
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
2010
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
2011
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
2012
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
2013
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
2014
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
2015
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
2016
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
2017
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
2018
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
2019
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Gerlach, 1948 to 2019. The record is 55.9 mm (2.2 in) in 1995, marked on the chart; the median year is 19.8 mm (0.8 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Gerlach by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1948
10.2 mm (0.4 in)
1949
22.1 mm (0.9 in)
1950
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1962
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1963
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1964
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1965
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1966
18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1967
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1968
9.1 mm (0.36 in)
1969
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1970
24.4 mm (1.0 in)
1971
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1972
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1973
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1985
52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1986
21.1 mm (0.8 in)
1987
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1988
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1989
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1990
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1991
21.1 mm (0.8 in)
1992
16.0 mm (0.6 in)
1993
24.6 mm (1.0 in)
1994
18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1995
55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1996
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1997
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1998
19.8 mm (0.8 in)
1999
17.0 mm (0.7 in)
2000
19.8 mm (0.8 in)
2001
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
2002
19.6 mm (0.8 in)
2003
13.7 mm (0.5 in)
2004
17.3 mm (0.7 in)
2005
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
2006
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
2007
10.7 mm (0.4 in)
2008
14.2 mm (0.6 in)
2009
14.7 mm (0.6 in)
2010
27.4 mm (1.1 in)
2011
10.9 mm (0.4 in)
2012
7.9 mm (0.31 in)
2013
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
2014
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
2015
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
2016
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
2017
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
2018
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
2019
17.3 mm (0.7 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Gerlach, 1948 to 2019. The record is 73.7 mm (2.9 in) in 1985, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.7 mm (1.3 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Gerlach by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1948
13.0 mm (0.5 in)
1949
45.5 mm (1.8 in)
1950
15.7 mm (0.6 in)
1962
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1963
24.7 mm (1.0 in)
1964
42.8 mm (1.7 in)
1965
28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1966
34.1 mm (1.3 in)
1967
46.7 mm (1.8 in)
1968
21.3 mm (0.8 in)
1969
55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1970
35.4 mm (1.4 in)
1971
34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1972
22.1 mm (0.9 in)
1973
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1985
73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1986
42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1987
33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1988
28.8 mm (1.1 in)
1989
33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1990
57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1991
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1992
32.2 mm (1.3 in)
1993
56.3 mm (2.2 in)
1994
34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1995
63.3 mm (2.5 in)
1996
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1997
50.1 mm (2.0 in)
1998
40.4 mm (1.6 in)
1999
26.4 mm (1.0 in)
2000
29.5 mm (1.2 in)
2001
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
2002
33.8 mm (1.3 in)
2003
20.5 mm (0.8 in)
2004
26.2 mm (1.0 in)
2005
44.8 mm (1.8 in)
2006
51.5 mm (2.0 in)
2007
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
2008
18.8 mm (0.7 in)
2009
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
2010
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
2011
18.9 mm (0.7 in)
2012
8.2 mm (0.32 in)
2013
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
2014
40.6 mm (1.6 in)
2015
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
2016
28.9 mm (1.1 in)
2017
59.6 mm (2.3 in)
2018
33.8 mm (1.3 in)
2019
24.2 mm (1.0 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Gerlach, 1948 to 2019. The record is 166 days in 1949, marked on the chart; the median year is 60 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Gerlach by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1948
59 days
1949
166 days
1950
85 days
1962
64 days
1963
80 days
1964
81 days
1965
41 days
1966
56 days
1967
57 days
1968
55 days
1969
99 days
1970
60 days
1971
35 days
1972
68 days
1973
30 days
1985
21 days
1986
76 days
1987
93 days
1988
46 days
1989
63 days
1990
42 days
1991
44 days
1992
72 days
1993
46 days
1994
113 days
1995
82 days
1996
60 days
1997
32 days
1998
32 days
1999
60 days
2000
26 days
2001
85 days
2002
72 days
2003
74 days
2004
69 days
2005
48 days
2006
55 days
2007
149 days
2008
63 days
2009
114 days
2010
53 days
2011
93 days
2012
47 days
2013
30 days
2014
36 days
2015
53 days
2016
45 days
2017
55 days
2018
108 days
2019
17 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
28 years with a frost
Across 28 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Gerlach falls on 1 May and the median first autumn frost on 10 October, which leaves a median of 163 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +3.6 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Gerlach
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1963 to 2018)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
1 May
n/a
1 May
n/a
-1.9 days per decade
First autumn frost
10 October
n/a
10 October
n/a
+1.7 days per decade
Growing days
163 days
n/a
163 days
n/a
+3.6 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
36 years, 1963 to 2018
A day with at least 19.7 mm (0.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 66.6 mm (2.6 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Gerlach: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
19.7 mm (0.8 in)
5 years
27.8 mm (1.1 in)
10 years
34.7 mm (1.4 in)
25 years
45.4 mm (1.8 in)
50 years
55.1 mm (2.2 in)
Longer than the 36 years of record
100 years
66.6 mm (2.6 in)
Longer than the 36 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, 36 years of values from 1963 to 2018.
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: 55.9 mm (2.2 in) in 1995; 50.8 mm (2.0 in) in 1990; 49.0 mm (1.9 in) in 2017.
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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.