Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Topaz Lake (USC00268186), Nevada, United States, with 69 years of record.
Key Facts for Topaz Lake
Topaz Lake (USC00268186) is a weather station in Nevada, United States at 38.74 latitude and -119.52 longitude, 1,613 m (5,292 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1957 to 2025, 69 years of record.
1,464 records set at Topaz Lake still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Topaz Lake tied a monthly record high minimum temperature of 21.7 C (71.1 F) on 12 July 2025.
About the Station
Location: Nevada, United States, 38.74 latitude, -119.52 longitude.
Elevation: 1,613 m (5,292 ft).
Period of record: 1957 to 2025, 69 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
4 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 Topaz Lake. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 4 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Topaz Lake, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
22.8 C (73.0 F)
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
14.4 C (57.9 F)
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
Feb
23.9 C (75.0 F)
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
20.6 C (69.1 F)
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
Mar
27.8 C (82.0 F)
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
25.6 C (78.1 F)
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
Apr
31.7 C (89.1 F)
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
25.0 C (77.0 F)
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
May
36.7 C (98.1 F)
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
36.7 C (98.1 F)
2.8 C (37.0 F)
Jun
40.6 C (105.1 F)
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
36.7 C (98.1 F)
12.2 C (54.0 F)
Jul
40.6 C (105.1 F)
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
37.2 C (99.0 F)
21.7 C (71.1 F)
Aug
38.9 C (102.0 F)
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
37.2 C (99.0 F)
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
34.4 C (93.9 F)
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
25.6 C (78.1 F)
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
23.9 C (75.0 F)
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Topaz Lake still stand. 2015 holds the most, with 57.
Standing records at Topaz Lake by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1957
9
1958
25
1959
38
1960
33
1961
28
1962
43
1963
37
1964
45
1965
47
1966
28
1967
23
1968
33
1969
26
1970
28
1971
28
1972
34
1973
1
1974
32
1975
41
1976
32
1977
36
1978
32
1979
27
1980
30
1981
21
1982
21
1983
36
1984
6
1985
25
2001
13
2002
8
2003
16
2004
26
2005
15
2007
25
2008
25
2009
24
2010
10
2011
10
2012
53
2013
44
2014
33
2015
57
2016
14
2017
37
2018
26
2019
29
2020
30
2021
37
2022
31
2023
29
2024
4
2025
23
All-Time Record Progression
5 new records
5 all-time records were set at Topaz Lake between 6 August 2013 and 27 January 2021. Each dot is a new record.
When Topaz Lake set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
2013-08-06
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 22.2 C (72.0 F)
2021-01-26
Record daily snowfall
Record daily snowfall 38.1 cm (15.0 in)
2021-01-27
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 76.2 mm (3.0 in)
2021-01-27
Record daily snowfall
Record daily snowfall 76.2 cm (30.0 in)
2021-01-27
Record snow depth
Record snow depth 61.0 cm (24.0 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Jan: 76.2 mm (3.0 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Topaz Lake. The most was 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 27 January 2021.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Topaz Lake
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
27 January 2021
Feb
59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1 February 1963
Mar
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
13 March 2025
Apr
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
3 April 1958
May
34.5 mm (1.4 in)
21 May 2023
Jun
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
26 June 1977
Jul
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
29 July 1967
Aug
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
20 August 1983
Sep
27.2 mm (1.1 in)
12 September 2022
Oct
55.1 mm (2.2 in)
25 October 2021
Nov
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
24 November 1965
Dec
41.4 mm (1.6 in)
30 December 2005
Period of Record Coverage
1957 to 2025
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
53 years of record at Topaz Lake, 1957 to 2025. 20 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1957, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 28 complete years at Topaz Lake, 1958 to 2023. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 10.5 C (50.9 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1965, at 9.0 C (48.3 F), and the warmest was 2014, at 12.8 C (55.0 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.3 C (4.1 F).
Annual mean temperature at Topaz Lake as warming stripes, 1958 to 2023
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1958
10.3 C
-0.22 C
1959
10.1 C
-0.43 C
1960
10.1 C
-0.41 C
1961
9.9 C
-0.55 C
1962
9.3 C
-1.24 C
1963
9.2 C
-1.26 C
1964
9.3 C
-1.24 C
1965
9.0 C
-1.45 C
1966
10.5 C
+0.01 C
1968
10.0 C
-0.50 C
1969
10.0 C
-0.51 C
1970
10.4 C
-0.11 C
1972
9.9 C
-0.55 C
1974
9.6 C
-0.90 C
1978
9.1 C
-1.41 C
2005
10.1 C
-0.39 C
2008
10.3 C
-0.19 C
2009
10.2 C
-0.26 C
2012
12.7 C
+2.24 C
2013
11.6 C
+1.11 C
2014
12.8 C
+2.30 C
2015
12.7 C
+2.24 C
2018
11.9 C
+1.45 C
2019
10.8 C
+0.34 C
2020
12.1 C
+1.64 C
2021
11.8 C
+1.33 C
2022
10.3 C
-0.21 C
2023
9.7 C
-0.78 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
1957 to 2025
Yearly extremes at Topaz Lake: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
40.6 C (105.1 F)
1985
37.8 C (100.0 F)
53
Coldest night (TNn)
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1962
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
53
Wettest day (Rx1day)
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
2021
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
53
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
180.8 mm (7.1 in)
1963
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
53
Longest dry spell (CDD)
201 days
2008
67 days
53
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Topaz Lake, 1957 to 2025. The record is 40.6 C (105.1 F) in 1985, marked on the chart; the median year is 37.8 C (100.0 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Topaz Lake by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1957
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1958
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1959
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1960
40.0 C (104.0 F)
1961
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1962
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1963
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1964
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1965
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1966
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1967
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1968
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1969
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1970
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1971
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1972
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1973
16.7 C (62.1 F)
1974
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1975
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1976
25.6 C (78.1 F)
1977
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1978
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1979
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1980
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1981
38.9 C (102.0 F)
1982
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1983
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1984
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1985
40.6 C (105.1 F)
2001
36.7 C (98.1 F)
2002
37.2 C (99.0 F)
2003
40.6 C (105.1 F)
2004
36.1 C (97.0 F)
2005
40.6 C (105.1 F)
2007
40.0 C (104.0 F)
2008
36.7 C (98.1 F)
2009
37.8 C (100.0 F)
2010
37.2 C (99.0 F)
2011
35.6 C (96.1 F)
2012
37.8 C (100.0 F)
2013
38.9 C (102.0 F)
2014
38.3 C (100.9 F)
2015
36.7 C (98.1 F)
2016
38.3 C (100.9 F)
2017
38.9 C (102.0 F)
2018
38.9 C (102.0 F)
2019
36.7 C (98.1 F)
2020
37.8 C (100.0 F)
2021
38.3 C (100.9 F)
2022
37.2 C (99.0 F)
2023
39.4 C (102.9 F)
2024
27.8 C (82.0 F)
2025
37.2 C (99.0 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Topaz Lake, 1957 to 2025. The record is -27.2 C (-17.0 F) in 1962, marked on the chart; the median year is -16.7 C (1.9 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Topaz Lake by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1957
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1958
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1959
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1960
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1961
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1962
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1963
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1964
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1965
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1966
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1967
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1968
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1969
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1970
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1971
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1972
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1973
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1974
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1975
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1976
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1977
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1978
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1979
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1980
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1981
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1982
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1983
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1984
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1985
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
2001
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
2002
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
2003
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
2004
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
2005
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
2007
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
2008
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
2009
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
2010
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
2011
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
2012
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
2013
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
2014
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
2015
-14.4 C (6.1 F)
2016
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
2017
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
2018
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
2019
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
2020
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
2021
-12.2 C (10.0 F)
2022
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
2023
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
2024
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
2025
-13.3 C (8.1 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Topaz Lake, 1957 to 2025. The record is 76.2 mm (3.0 in) in 2021, marked on the chart; the median year is 27.9 mm (1.1 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Topaz Lake by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1957
18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1958
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1959
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1960
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1961
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1962
52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1963
59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1964
26.2 mm (1.0 in)
1965
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1966
28.4 mm (1.1 in)
1967
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1968
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1969
47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1970
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1971
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1972
27.2 mm (1.1 in)
1973
9.7 mm (0.38 in)
1974
26.2 mm (1.0 in)
1975
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1976
6.6 mm (0.26 in)
1977
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1978
20.1 mm (0.8 in)
1979
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1980
33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1981
19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1982
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1983
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1984
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1985
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
2001
28.2 mm (1.1 in)
2002
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
2003
18.5 mm (0.7 in)
2004
20.6 mm (0.8 in)
2005
41.4 mm (1.6 in)
2007
2.0 mm (0.08 in)
2008
11.2 mm (0.4 in)
2009
13.5 mm (0.5 in)
2010
4.1 mm (0.16 in)
2011
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
2012
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
2013
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
2014
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
2015
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
2016
31.0 mm (1.2 in)
2017
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
2018
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
2019
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
2020
13.2 mm (0.5 in)
2021
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
2022
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
2023
50.3 mm (2.0 in)
2024
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
2025
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Topaz Lake, 1957 to 2025. The record is 180.8 mm (7.1 in) in 1963, marked on the chart; the median year is 42.4 mm (1.7 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Topaz Lake by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1957
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1958
43.5 mm (1.7 in)
1959
36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1960
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
1961
42.0 mm (1.7 in)
1962
101.9 mm (4.0 in)
1963
180.8 mm (7.1 in)
1964
51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1965
63.6 mm (2.5 in)
1966
70.1 mm (2.8 in)
1967
72.3 mm (2.8 in)
1968
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1969
108.5 mm (4.3 in)
1970
49.7 mm (2.0 in)
1971
62.2 mm (2.4 in)
1972
35.3 mm (1.4 in)
1973
14.3 mm (0.6 in)
1974
37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1975
25.3 mm (1.0 in)
1976
9.7 mm (0.38 in)
1977
48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1978
44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1979
38.7 mm (1.5 in)
1980
77.7 mm (3.1 in)
1981
41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1982
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1983
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1984
15.0 mm (0.6 in)
1985
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
2001
28.2 mm (1.1 in)
2002
49.3 mm (1.9 in)
2003
18.5 mm (0.7 in)
2004
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
2005
59.4 mm (2.3 in)
2007
2.0 mm (0.08 in)
2008
14.5 mm (0.6 in)
2009
13.5 mm (0.5 in)
2010
6.9 mm (0.27 in)
2011
14.2 mm (0.6 in)
2012
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
2013
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
2014
52.6 mm (2.1 in)
2015
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
2016
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
2017
42.5 mm (1.7 in)
2018
46.8 mm (1.8 in)
2019
42.5 mm (1.7 in)
2020
21.3 mm (0.8 in)
2021
117.6 mm (4.6 in)
2022
41.4 mm (1.6 in)
2023
81.3 mm (3.2 in)
2024
60.2 mm (2.4 in)
2025
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Topaz Lake, 1957 to 2025. The record is 201 days in 2008, marked on the chart; the median year is 67 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Topaz Lake by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1957
59 days
1958
46 days
1959
102 days
1960
53 days
1961
40 days
1962
74 days
1963
48 days
1964
74 days
1965
67 days
1966
74 days
1967
49 days
1968
59 days
1969
82 days
1970
55 days
1971
33 days
1972
49 days
1973
15 days
1974
91 days
1975
62 days
1976
61 days
1977
127 days
1978
56 days
1979
75 days
1980
50 days
1981
86 days
1982
52 days
1983
37 days
1984
43 days
1985
48 days
2001
31 days
2002
93 days
2003
90 days
2004
82 days
2005
69 days
2007
137 days
2008
201 days
2009
89 days
2010
192 days
2011
49 days
2012
71 days
2013
49 days
2014
69 days
2015
70 days
2016
84 days
2017
44 days
2018
74 days
2019
75 days
2020
75 days
2021
90 days
2022
102 days
2023
44 days
2024
21 days
2025
61 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 Topaz Lake falls on 29 May and the median first autumn frost on 21 September, which leaves a median of 113 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +8.9 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Topaz Lake
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1958 to 2023)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
29 May
n/a
29 May
n/a
-4.0 days per decade
First autumn frost
21 September
n/a
21 September
n/a
+4.9 days per decade
Growing days
113 days
n/a
113 days
n/a
+8.9 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
34 years, 1958 to 2023
A day with at least 28.2 mm (1.1 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 74.1 mm (2.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Topaz Lake: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
28.2 mm (1.1 in)
5 years
40.7 mm (1.6 in)
10 years
48.9 mm (1.9 in)
25 years
59.1 mm (2.3 in)
50 years
66.7 mm (2.6 in)
Longer than the 34 years of record
100 years
74.1 mm (2.9 in)
Longer than the 34 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, 34 years of values from 1958 to 2023.
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: 76.2 mm (3.0 in) in 2021; 59.7 mm (2.4 in) in 1963; 52.1 mm (2.1 in) in 1962.
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Data for Topaz Lake standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Topaz Lake 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.