Editing Beatty, Nevada (section)

==Geography and climate==
[[Image:Amargosa River in Beatty, Nevada.jpg|thumb|The [[Amargosa River]] flows through Beatty.]]
Beatty lies along U.S. Route 95 between [[Tonopah, Nevada|Tonopah]], about {{convert|90|mi|km}} to the north, and [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], about {{convert|120|mi|km}} to the southeast.  [[Nevada State Route 374|State Route 374]] connects Beatty to [[Death Valley National Park]], about {{convert|8|mi|km}} to the west. [[Yucca Mountain]] and the [[Nevada Test Site]] are about {{convert|18|mi|km}} to the east.<ref name ="Rand">{{cite map  |publisher = Rand McNally & Company  |title = The Road Atlas  |edition = 2008  |section = 64  |isbn = 0-528-93961-0 }}</ref> The most densely populated part of the [[census-designated place]] (CDP) of Beatty is at {{Coord|36|54|34|N|116|45|16|W|type:city}} (36.909337, −116.754531),<ref>{{cite web | title = U.S. Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990 | url = https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|date = May 3, 2005 | access-date = January 31, 2008}}</ref> although the CDP extends well beyond this urban center.<ref>{{cite web| title = 2010 Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS): Nye County, NV| publisher = United States Census Bureau| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/www/bas/st32_nv/cou/c32023_nye/BAS10C23202300000_000.pdf| format = PDF| access-date = June 5, 2010| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110609090353/http://www2.census.gov/geo/www/bas/st32_nv/cou/c32023_nye/BAS10C23202300000_000.pdf| archive-date = June 9, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = 2010 Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS): Nye County, NV (inset map of population center) | publisher = United States Census Bureau | url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/www/bas/st32_nv/cou/c32023_nye/BAS10C23202300000_D01.pdf | format = PDF | access-date = June 5, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110609090605/http://www2.census.gov/geo/www/bas/st32_nv/cou/c32023_nye/BAS10C23202300000_D01.pdf | archive-date = June 9, 2011 }}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|175.6|sqmi|km2}}, all land.<ref>{{cite web | title = United States Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990 (places) | url = https://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/places.txt | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20021021111328/http://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/places.txt | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 21, 2002 | publisher = United States Census Bureau | access-date = June 4, 2010 }}</ref> The most populated area lies  at {{convert|3307|ft|m}} above [[sea level]]<ref name="gnis">{{cite web | work = [[Geographic Names Information System]] (GNIS) | publisher = United States Geological Survey | date =  December 12, 1980 | url ={{Gnis3|845356}} | title = Beatty | access-date = June 5, 2010}}</ref> between Beatty Mountain and [[Bare Mountain (Nevada)|Bare Mountain]] to the east and the Bullfrog Hills to the west. The Amargosa River, an intermittent river that ends in Death Valley, flows on the surface through part of the CDP but has not been counted as water in the Census Bureau statistics.

Nevada's main climatic features are bright sunshine, low annual precipitation, heavy snowfall in the higher mountains, clean, dry air, and [[diurnal temperature variation|large daily temperature ranges]]. Strong surface heating occurs by day and rapid cooling by night, and usually even the hottest days have cool nights. The average percentage of possible sunshine in southern Nevada is more than 80&nbsp;percent. Sunshine and low humidity in this region account for an average evaporation, as measured in [[Pan evaporation|evaporation pans]], of more than {{convert|100|in|mm}} of water a year.<ref name=climate>{{cite web | author = Nevada state climatologists | title = Climate of Nevada | publisher = National Climatic Data Center | url = http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/narratives/NEVADA.htm | access-date = February 18, 2009 | archive-date = May 26, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170526020956/https://wrcc.dri.edu/narratives/NEVADA.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Beatty receives only {{convert|5.71|in|mm|0}} of precipitation a year.<ref name= NOAA/> Precipitation of at least {{convert|.01|in|mm}} falls on an average of 21&nbsp;days annually.<ref name = "wettest and driest">{{cite web|title =Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation |publisher = Western Regional Climate Center|url = http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?nv0714 | access-date = June 4, 2010}}</ref> The wettest year was 1941 with {{convert|11.89|in|mm|abbr=on}} and driest year was 1953 with {{convert|0.69|in|mm|abbr=on}}.<ref name = "wettest and driest"/> The monthly daily average temperature ranges from {{convert|41.1|°F|1}} in December to {{convert|80.2|°F|1}} in July. On average, there are 26 days of {{convert|100|F|0}}+ highs, 97 days of {{convert|90|F|0}}+, and 38 days where the high remains at or below {{convert|50|F|0}}; the average window for freezing temperatures is November 2 to April 6. Snow is uncommon and measurable (≥{{convert|0.1|in|cm|abbr=on|disp=or}}) amounts occur in less than 60&nbsp;of seasons. The highest recorded temperature was {{convert|115|F|0}} on June 11, 1961,<ref name = "record temp">{{cite web|title = Beatty, Nevada: Period of Record General Climate Summary - Temperature |publisher = Western Regional Climate Center| url = http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?nv0714 | access-date = June 4, 2010}}</ref> and the lowest was {{convert|1|F|0}} on February 2, 1933.<ref name = "record temp"/>

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|Feb high F = 60.0
|Mar high F = 67.5
|Apr high F = 73.4
|May high F = 83.3
|Jun high F = 93.5
|Jul high F = 99.4
|Aug high F = 98.4
|Sep high F = 91.0
|Oct high F = 78.9
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|Dec high F = 56.1
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|Feb mean F = 45.2
|Mar mean F = 51.1
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|May mean F = 65.7
|Jun mean F = 74.2
|Jul mean F = 80.8
|Aug mean F = 79.0
|Sep mean F = 71.7
|Oct mean F = 61.4
|Nov mean F = 49.2
|Dec mean F = 41.2
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|Feb low F = 30.4
|Mar low F = 34.7
|Apr low F = 39.7
|May low F = 48.1
|Jun low F = 55.0
|Jul low F = 62.3
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|Oct low F = 44.0
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