Climate averages 1991–2020

Reno weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.2°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 17.0°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 8.9 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Reno: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 8.9 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 40 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Folsom (151 km away). In July its highs average 33.7°C, 1.5°C warmer than Reno, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Reno ranks joint 126th of 498 for the warmest July highs and 117th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Reno is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.9 mm to 7.7 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Reno climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Reno, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	4.9°C-2.8°C	-2.8°C	67	8.0	9.710 h
February	6.4°C-1.9°C	-1.9°C	60	8.5	10.711 h
March	10.0°C0.2°C	0.2°C	56	8.0	11.912 h
April	14.4°C3.0°C	3.0°C	32	6.9	13.213 h
May	20.6°C7.9°C	7.9°C	31	6.8	14.314 h
June	26.9°C12.7°C	12.7°C	15	3.5	14.915 h
July, selected	32.2°C17.0°C	17.0°C	8.9	2.7	14.715 h
August	31.2°C17.2°C	17.2°C	7.7	2.6	13.714 h
September	26.5°C14.4°C	14.4°C	9.4	2.5	12.512 h
October	18.8°C8.1°C	8.1°C	24	3.5	11.211 h
November	10.7°C1.6°C	1.6°C	34	5.7	10.010 h
December	4.7°C-3.5°C	-3.5°C	64	7.6	9.49 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

July in nearby cities

Distance from Reno

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Reno) is explained once on the Reno year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.