Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Sand Pass (USC00267261), Nevada, United States, with 59 years of record.
Key Facts for Sand Pass
Sand Pass (USC00267261) is a weather station in Nevada, United States at 40.32 latitude and -119.80 longitude, 1,190 m (3,904 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1913 to 1971, 59 years of record.
1,464 records set at Sand Pass still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Sand Pass tied a daily record low maximum temperature of 16.1 C (61.0 F) on 28 September 1971.
About the Station
Location: Nevada, United States, 40.32 latitude, -119.80 longitude.
Elevation: 1,190 m (3,904 ft).
Period of record: 1913 to 1971, 59 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 Sand Pass. 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 Sand Pass, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
20.6 C (69.1 F)
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
21.1 C (70.0 F)
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
26.1 C (79.0 F)
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
31.1 C (88.0 F)
-10.6 C (12.9 F)
n/a
n/a
May
38.9 C (102.0 F)
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
40.6 C (105.1 F)
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
42.2 C (108.0 F)
2.2 C (36.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
41.7 C (107.1 F)
0.6 C (33.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
37.8 C (100.0 F)
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
32.2 C (90.0 F)
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
25.6 C (78.1 F)
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
19.4 C (66.9 F)
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Sand Pass still stand. 1917 holds the most, with 78.
Standing records at Sand Pass by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1914
22
1915
20
1916
49
1917
78
1918
43
1919
40
1920
25
1921
29
1922
44
1923
27
1924
34
1925
25
1926
32
1927
33
1928
22
1929
26
1930
15
1931
31
1932
13
1933
22
1934
34
1935
31
1936
22
1937
30
1938
23
1939
18
1940
20
1941
28
1942
21
1943
29
1944
21
1945
34
1946
12
1947
23
1948
34
1949
39
1950
36
1951
18
1952
26
1953
25
1954
33
1955
37
1956
19
1957
12
1958
24
1959
34
1960
33
1961
24
1962
25
1963
2
1966
6
1967
14
1968
18
1969
10
1970
9
1971
10
All-Time Record Progression
1 new records
1 all-time records were set at Sand Pass between 25 January 1956 and 25 January 1956. Each dot is a new record.
When Sand Pass set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1956-01-25
Record daily snowfall
Record daily snowfall 26.7 cm (10.5 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Dec: 50.0 mm (2.0 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Sand Pass. The most was 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 10 December 1937.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Sand Pass
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
43.9 mm (1.7 in)
12 January 1952
Feb
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
9 February 1922
Mar
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
10 March 1929
Apr
24.9 mm (1.0 in)
8 April 1935
May
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
14 May 1949
Jun
37.6 mm (1.5 in)
23 June 1936
Jul
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
10 July 1952
Aug
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
11 August 1925
Sep
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
30 September 1930
Oct
25.7 mm (1.0 in)
30 October 1933
Nov
32.8 mm (1.3 in)
24 November 1926
Dec
50.0 mm (2.0 in)
10 December 1937
Period of Record Coverage
1913 to 1971
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
57 years of record at Sand Pass, 1913 to 1971. 11 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1913, 1914, 1932, 1933, 1942, 1952, 1963, 1966 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 40 complete years at Sand Pass, 1916 to 1970. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 10.8 C (51.4 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1944, at 8.4 C (47.2 F), and the warmest was 1921, at 12.1 C (53.8 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.4 C (4.3 F).
Annual mean temperature at Sand Pass as warming stripes, 1916 to 1970
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1916
10.1 C
-0.70 C
1918
11.1 C
+0.26 C
1919
10.5 C
-0.26 C
1920
10.8 C
+0.00 C
1921
12.1 C
+1.31 C
1922
10.6 C
-0.16 C
1923
10.1 C
-0.68 C
1924
11.0 C
+0.21 C
1925
11.6 C
+0.83 C
1927
11.4 C
+0.57 C
1928
11.7 C
+0.87 C
1929
11.3 C
+0.51 C
1930
10.5 C
-0.30 C
1931
11.7 C
+0.91 C
1936
11.7 C
+0.85 C
1937
10.2 C
-0.65 C
1938
10.6 C
-0.22 C
1939
11.5 C
+0.68 C
1940
11.6 C
+0.84 C
1941
10.6 C
-0.24 C
1943
10.1 C
-0.70 C
1944
8.4 C
-2.36 C
1945
11.4 C
+0.57 C
1946
11.0 C
+0.18 C
1947
11.0 C
+0.16 C
1948
10.2 C
-0.60 C
1949
10.3 C
-0.52 C
1950
11.1 C
+0.34 C
1951
10.4 C
-0.40 C
1953
10.0 C
-0.77 C
1954
10.8 C
-0.02 C
1955
10.3 C
-0.53 C
1956
10.6 C
-0.22 C
1957
10.9 C
+0.12 C
1959
10.5 C
-0.32 C
1960
10.6 C
-0.16 C
1961
11.1 C
+0.29 C
1962
10.5 C
-0.31 C
1969
11.0 C
+0.18 C
1970
11.1 C
+0.29 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1916 to 1970 is -0.1 C (-0.2 to 0.1) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: -0.1 F (-0.4 to 0.1) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 40 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Sand Pass
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
-0.1 C (-0.2 to 0.1) per decade
-0.1 F (-0.4 to 0.1) per decade
1916 to 1970
40
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
0.20 C (-0.02 to 0.41) per decade
0.35 F (-0.03 to 0.74) per decade
1916 to 1970
40
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
-0.4 C (-0.5 to -0.2) per decade
-0.6 F (-1.0 to -0.3) per decade
1916 to 1970
40
Fall
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
1913 to 1971
Yearly extremes at Sand Pass: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1917
38.9 C (102.0 F)
57
Coldest night (TNn)
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1917
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
57
Wettest day (Rx1day)
50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1937
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
57
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
91.5 mm (3.6 in)
1955
33.6 mm (1.3 in)
57
Longest dry spell (CDD)
157 days
1924
68 days
57
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Sand Pass, 1913 to 1971. The record is 42.2 C (108.0 F) in 1917, marked on the chart; the median year is 38.9 C (102.0 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Sand Pass by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1913
10.0 C (50.0 F)
1914
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1915
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1916
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1917
42.2 C (108.0 F)
1918
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1919
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1920
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1921
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1922
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1923
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1924
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1925
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1926
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1927
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1928
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1929
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1930
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1931
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1932
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1933
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1934
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1935
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1936
41.1 C (106.0 F)
1937
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1938
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1939
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1940
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1941
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1942
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1943
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1944
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1945
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1946
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1947
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1948
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1949
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1950
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1951
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1952
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1953
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1954
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1955
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1956
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1957
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1958
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1959
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1960
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1961
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1962
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1963
18.9 C (66.0 F)
1966
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1967
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1968
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1969
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1970
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1971
37.8 C (100.0 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Sand Pass, 1913 to 1971. The record is -32.8 C (-27.0 F) in 1917, marked on the chart; the median year is -17.2 C (1.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Sand Pass by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1913
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1914
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1915
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1916
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1917
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1918
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1919
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1920
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1921
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1922
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1923
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1924
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1925
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1926
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1927
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1928
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1929
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1930
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1931
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1932
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1933
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1934
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1935
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1936
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1937
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1938
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1939
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1940
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1941
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1942
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1943
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1944
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1945
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1946
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1947
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1948
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1949
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1950
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1951
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1952
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1953
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1954
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1955
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1956
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1957
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1958
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1959
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1960
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1961
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1962
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1963
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1966
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1967
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
1968
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1969
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1970
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1971
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Sand Pass, 1913 to 1971. The record is 50.0 mm (2.0 in) in 1937, marked on the chart; the median year is 22.9 mm (0.9 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Sand Pass by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1913
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1914
12.2 mm (0.5 in)
1915
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1916
36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1917
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1918
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1919
23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1920
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1921
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1922
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1923
13.2 mm (0.5 in)
1924
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1925
21.1 mm (0.8 in)
1926
32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1927
22.1 mm (0.9 in)
1928
18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1929
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1930
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1931
19.8 mm (0.8 in)
1932
7.6 mm (0.30 in)
1933
25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1934
10.2 mm (0.4 in)
1935
24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1936
37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1937
50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1938
19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1939
16.3 mm (0.6 in)
1940
25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1941
14.7 mm (0.6 in)
1942
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1943
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1944
14.5 mm (0.6 in)
1945
21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1946
18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1947
23.1 mm (0.9 in)
1948
17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1949
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1950
20.6 mm (0.8 in)
1951
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1952
43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1953
13.7 mm (0.5 in)
1954
10.7 mm (0.4 in)
1955
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1956
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1957
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1958
23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1959
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1960
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1961
23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1962
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1963
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1966
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1967
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1968
29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1969
37.6 mm (1.5 in)
1970
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1971
13.2 mm (0.5 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Sand Pass, 1913 to 1971. The record is 91.5 mm (3.6 in) in 1955, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.6 mm (1.3 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Sand Pass by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1913
39.3 mm (1.5 in)
1914
16.3 mm (0.6 in)
1915
26.2 mm (1.0 in)
1916
48.2 mm (1.9 in)
1917
34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1918
29.1 mm (1.1 in)
1919
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1920
24.2 mm (1.0 in)
1921
25.5 mm (1.0 in)
1922
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1923
18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1924
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1925
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1926
52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1927
38.4 mm (1.5 in)
1928
40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1929
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1930
77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1931
30.8 mm (1.2 in)
1932
18.5 mm (0.7 in)
1933
28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1934
16.2 mm (0.6 in)
1935
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1936
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1937
86.5 mm (3.4 in)
1938
46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1939
17.9 mm (0.7 in)
1940
43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1941
23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1942
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1943
73.5 mm (2.9 in)
1944
33.6 mm (1.3 in)
1945
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1946
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1947
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1948
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1949
54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1950
70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1951
26.6 mm (1.0 in)
1952
46.4 mm (1.8 in)
1953
22.3 mm (0.9 in)
1954
14.5 mm (0.6 in)
1955
91.5 mm (3.6 in)
1956
54.7 mm (2.2 in)
1957
34.0 mm (1.3 in)
1958
23.9 mm (0.9 in)
1959
29.8 mm (1.2 in)
1960
31.7 mm (1.2 in)
1961
49.1 mm (1.9 in)
1962
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1963
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1966
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1967
42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1968
31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1969
72.0 mm (2.8 in)
1970
34.6 mm (1.4 in)
1971
14.7 mm (0.6 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Sand Pass, 1913 to 1971. The record is 157 days in 1924, marked on the chart; the median year is 68 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Sand Pass by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1913
19 days
1914
62 days
1915
82 days
1916
120 days
1917
72 days
1918
76 days
1919
54 days
1920
18 days
1921
97 days
1922
59 days
1923
52 days
1924
157 days
1925
26 days
1926
61 days
1927
45 days
1928
67 days
1929
118 days
1930
84 days
1931
61 days
1932
73 days
1933
47 days
1934
68 days
1935
88 days
1936
56 days
1937
83 days
1938
60 days
1939
67 days
1940
62 days
1941
46 days
1942
89 days
1943
47 days
1944
108 days
1945
125 days
1946
52 days
1947
62 days
1948
99 days
1949
70 days
1950
125 days
1951
79 days
1952
60 days
1953
125 days
1954
156 days
1955
65 days
1956
96 days
1957
95 days
1958
89 days
1959
113 days
1960
71 days
1961
39 days
1962
74 days
1963
29 days
1966
58 days
1967
62 days
1968
55 days
1969
113 days
1970
127 days
1971
34 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
40 years with a frost
Across 40 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Sand Pass falls on 15 May and the median first autumn frost on 1 October, which leaves a median of 135 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by -3.3 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Sand Pass
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1928 to 1970)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
15 May
n/a
15 May
n/a
+1.1 days per decade
First autumn frost
1 October
n/a
28 September
n/a
-2.1 days per decade
Growing days
135 days
n/a
134 days
n/a
-3.3 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
45 years, 1915 to 1970
A day with at least 22.5 mm (0.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 56.7 mm (2.2 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Sand Pass: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
22.5 mm (0.9 in)
5 years
30.8 mm (1.2 in)
10 years
36.7 mm (1.4 in)
25 years
44.4 mm (1.7 in)
50 years
50.5 mm (2.0 in)
Longer than the 45 years of record
100 years
56.7 mm (2.2 in)
Longer than the 45 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, 45 years of values from 1915 to 1970.
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: 50.0 mm (2.0 in) in 1937; 43.9 mm (1.7 in) in 1952; 43.2 mm (1.7 in) in 1943.
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Data for Sand Pass standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Sand Pass threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.