Editing Nevada (section)

===Climate===
{{further|Climate change in Nevada}}
[[File:Köppen Climate Types Nevada.png|left|thumb|upright=1.35|[[Köppen climate classification|Köppen climate types]] of Nevada, using 1991–2020 [[Climatological normal|climate normals]].]]
Nevada is the driest state in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |last=Osborn |first=Liz |url=http://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/driest-states.php |title=Driest states |publisher=Currentresults.com |access-date=January 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117095100/http://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/driest-states.php |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is made up of mostly desert and semi-arid climate regions, and, with the exception of the [[Las Vegas Valley (landform)|Las Vegas Valley]], the average summer [[diurnal temperature range]] approaches {{convert|40|F-change|C-change}} in much of the state. While winters in northern Nevada are long and fairly cold, the winter season in the southern part of the state tends to be of short duration and mild. Most parts of Nevada receive scarce precipitation during the year. The most rain that falls in the state falls on the east and northeast slopes of the [[Sierra Nevada]].

The average annual rainfall per year is about {{convert|7|in|mm}}; the wettest parts get around {{convert|40|in|mm}}. Nevada's highest recorded temperature is {{convert|125|F|C}} at [[Laughlin, Nevada|Laughlin]] on June 29, 1994, and the lowest recorded temperature is {{convert|-50|F|C}} at [[San Jacinto, Nevada|San Jacinto]] on January 8, 1937. Nevada's {{convert|125|F|C}} reading is the third highest statewide record high temperature of a U.S. state, just behind Arizona's {{convert|128|F|C}} reading and California's {{convert|134|F|C}} reading.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;"
|+Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for selected cities in Nevada<ref name="Nevada climate averages">{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/city.php3?c=US&s=NV&statename=Nevada-United-States-of-America|title=Nevada climate averages|publisher=Weatherbase|access-date=November 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009031701/http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/city.php3?c=US&s=NV&statename=Nevada-United-States-of-America|archive-date=October 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" |Location
! colspan="2" |July (°F)
! colspan="2" |July (°C)
! colspan="2" |December (°F)
! colspan="2" |December (°C)
|-
!Max
!Min
!Max
!Min
!Max
!Min
!Max
!Min
|-
|[[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] || 106||81 || 41||27 || 56||38 || 13||3
|-
|[[Reno, Nevada|Reno]] || 92||57 || 33||14 || 45||25 || 7||–4
|-
|[[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]] || 89||52 || 32||11 || 45||22 || 7||–5
|-
|[[Elko, Nevada|Elko]] || 90||50 || 32||10 || 37||14 || 2||–9
|-
|[[Fallon, Nevada|Fallon]] || 92||54 || 33||12 || 45||19 || 7||–7
|-
|[[Winnemucca, Nevada|Winnemucca]] || 93||52 || 34||11 || 41||17 || 5||–8
|-
|[[Laughlin, Nevada|Laughlin]] || 112||80 || 44||27 || 65||43 || 18||6
|}