Reno, NV Snowfall C

First snow Dec 15 · Last snow Feb 25 · 7.2 in/yr · Station: SPARKS

Avg First Snow

Dec 15

Median over 27 seasons

Avg Last Snow

Feb 25

Median over 27 seasons

Snow Season

72 days

SepJun

Avg Annual Snowfall

7.2 in

Rank #181 of 217 tracked

Average Monthly Snowfall (inches)

Sep

Oct

0.5

Nov

1.5

Dec

1.7

Jan

1.8

Feb

1.4

Mar

0.2

Apr

May

Jun

How Reno Compares

Reno snowfall vs Nevada and U.S. medians
Measure	Reno	Nevada median	U.S. median
Avg annual snowfall	7.2 in	41.0 in	39.1 in
Avg first snowfall	Dec 15	Nov 6	Nov 16
Avg last snowfall	Feb 25	Apr 23	Apr 3
Snow season length	72 days	169 days	139 days

Medians are taken across tracked cities with regular snowfall (3 in Nevada, 201 nationally).

Nearby Tracked Cities

Truckee, CA39 km · 101"
South Lake Tahoe, CA67 km · 182"
Sacramento, CA179 km · 0"
Mammoth Lakes, CA221 km · 70"
San Francisco, CA299 km · 0"

Ski Resorts in Nevada

Mt. RoseNov 21–Apr 26
Lee CanyonDec 5–Mar 29

Data source: NOAA GHCN-Daily records for SPARKS (USC00267697), 7 km from the city center, accessed via the ACIS web service. Normals window: 1990–91 through 2019–20 snow seasons. Measurable snow = ≥ 0.1 in.