Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Spring Creek, Nevada
Elko County, Nevada · Population 15k · 5,659 ft elevation
Living in Spring Creek
Spring Creek has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 13″ a year, and it is a snowy place (84″ a season).
Skies are sunny (69% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Spring Creek is an outdoor hub: about 51% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,400 ft around town.
Spring Creek at a glance
- Population
- 15k
- Elevation
- 5,659 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 13″6th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 84″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,128 hrs79th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $318k60th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,391/mo62th percentile
- Median household income
- $104k76th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.59%16th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 3.71th percentile
- Average commute
- 42 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 28%22th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9796th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 36%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 51%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,445 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 16°F | 1.3″ | 15.7″ | 173 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 18°F | 1.2″ | 14.1″ | 175 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 25°F | 1.5″ | 17.7″ | 221 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 30°F | 1.9″ | 10.4″ | 244 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 36°F | 2.2″ | 3.0″ | 307 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 43°F | 1.0″ | 0.2″ | 368 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 50°F | 0.3″ | — | 377 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 50°F | 0.6″ | — | 358 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 41°F | 0.7″ | 0.2″ | 310 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 30°F | 1.0″ | 1.8″ | 262 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 22°F | 1.0″ | 6.4″ | 189 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 16°F | 1.0″ | 14.9″ | 145 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