Mountain City, Nevada facts for kids
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Mountain City, Nevada
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Mountain City in 2013
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 Mountain City, Nevada
Location in Nevada
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| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Elko |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (Mountain (MST) (see text)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 2806678 |
Mountain City is a small census-designated place in Elko County, Nevada, United States, within the Mountain City Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The community, located on State Route 225 approximately 16 miles (26 km) south of the Idaho border, is situated on the Owyhee River at an elevation of approximately 5,620 feet (1,710 m).
Climate
| Climate data for Mountain City, Nevada (1955-1999) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 58 (14) |
70 (21) |
71 (22) |
79 (26) |
89 (32) |
95 (35) |
105 (41) |
99 (37) |
95 (35) |
85 (29) |
75 (24) |
64 (18) |
105 (41) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 38.0 (3.3) |
42.3 (5.7) |
47.1 (8.4) |
56.2 (13.4) |
65.0 (18.3) |
74.6 (23.7) |
84.7 (29.3) |
84.4 (29.1) |
75.1 (23.9) |
63.5 (17.5) |
47.1 (8.4) |
39.3 (4.1) |
59.8 (15.4) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 9.4 (−12.6) |
13.2 (−10.4) |
18.5 (−7.5) |
24.3 (−4.3) |
30.9 (−0.6) |
36.4 (2.4) |
39.7 (4.3) |
37.7 (3.2) |
29.8 (−1.2) |
22.1 (−5.5) |
17.1 (−8.3) |
9.9 (−12.3) |
24.1 (−4.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −48 (−44) |
−35 (−37) |
−23 (−31) |
2 (−17) |
7 (−14) |
14 (−10) |
20 (−7) |
16 (−9) |
8 (−13) |
−10 (−23) |
−22 (−30) |
−46 (−43) |
−48 (−44) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.30 (33) |
1.03 (26) |
1.12 (28) |
1.06 (27) |
1.66 (42) |
1.21 (31) |
0.50 (13) |
0.55 (14) |
0.75 (19) |
0.92 (23) |
1.38 (35) |
1.35 (34) |
12.83 (325) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 8.4 (21) |
4.0 (10) |
4.4 (11) |
1.4 (3.6) |
0.6 (1.5) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.9 (2.3) |
1.9 (4.8) |
6.7 (17) |
28.3 (71.2) |
See also
In Spanish: Mountain City (Nevada) para niños
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