Cold desert
Fallon, Nevada
Churchill County, Nevada · Population 9.4k · 3,986 ft elevation
Living in Fallon
Fallon has a cold desert climate: very hot summers (July highs around 94°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 5″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (5″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (78% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Fallon: about 45% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,700 ft around town.
Fallon at a glance
- Population
- 9.4k
- Elevation
- 3,986 ft
- Average daily high
- 69°F60th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 5″0th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 5″40th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,504 hrs90th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $263k50th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,194/mo50th percentile
- Median household income
- $66k38th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.63%19th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.854th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 12%3th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 236 per 100k62th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,470 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4710th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 45%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,739 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46°F | 20°F | 0.6″ | 1.8″ | 191 hrs |
| Feb | 52°F | 23°F | 0.5″ | 0.7″ | 199 hrs |
| Mar | 61°F | 28°F | 0.5″ | 0.3″ | 264 hrs |
| Apr | 66°F | 33°F | 0.5″ | — | 301 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 42°F | 0.7″ | — | 353 hrs |
| Jun | 85°F | 49°F | 0.4″ | — | 397 hrs |
| Jul | 94°F | 55°F | 0.1″ | — | 411 hrs |
| Aug | 92°F | 52°F | 0.1″ | — | 388 hrs |
| Sep | 83°F | 44°F | 0.2″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Oct | 70°F | 34°F | 0.4″ | — | 287 hrs |
| Nov | 56°F | 24°F | 0.4″ | 0.3″ | 215 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 19°F | 0.4″ | 1.4″ | 164 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology