Editing Yerington, Nevada (section)

==Geography==
Yerington is located at the intersection of [[Special routes of U.S. Route 95#Schurz–Fernley alternate route|US 95A]] and [[Nevada State Route 208]]. It is {{convert|33|mi}} south of [[Silver Springs, Nevada|Silver Springs]] and [[U.S. Route 50]], 47 miles (76&nbsp;km) south of Fernley and Interstate 80, {{convert|23|mi}} west of [[Schurz, Nevada|Schurz]] and [[U.S. Route 95]], and {{convert|23|mi}} northeast of [[Smith Valley, Nevada|Smith Valley]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|76.3|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer 2019">{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_32.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Nevada| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| access-date=May 4, 2020}}</ref> The [[Walker River]] is formed in southern Lyon County, {{convert|9|mi|0}} south of Yerington, by the confluence of the [[East Walker River|East Walker]] and [[West Walker River|West Walker]] rivers. It flows into the [[Mason Valley (Nevada)|Mason Valley]] where Yerington is located, and is used for [[irrigation]].

===Climate===
Yerington experiences a borderline [[Desert climate#Cold desert climates|cool desert climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BWk'')/[[Semi-arid climate#Cold semi-arid climates|cool semi-arid climate]] (''BSk''). Yerington is noticeably more arid than areas even marginally closer to the Sierra Nevada – it receives only half as much precipitation as [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]], a third as much as [[South Lake Tahoe, California|South Lake Tahoe]] and only one-eighth as much as [[Nevada City, California]] on the western Sierra slopes. Because the drying effect of the [[Pine Nut Mountains]] is most pronounced in the winter, Yerington receives very little snow in most years, although in the very cold and snowy month of January 1916 as much as {{Convert|37.0|in|m|2}} fell and that season saw a total of {{Convert|39.5|in|m|2}}. January 2017 proved the first month to exceed {{Convert|4|in|mm|1|disp=or}} of precipitation when it totaled {{Convert|4.55|in|mm|1}}.<ref name=NOWData /> The wettest "rain year" has been from July 1955 to June 1956 with {{Convert|9.06|in|mm|1}} and the driest from July 1949 to June 1950 with only {{Convert|1.62|in|mm|1}}, although the calendar year of 1983 saw {{Convert|10.58|in|mm|1}}. The most precipitation in one day is {{Convert|2.02|in|mm|1}} on September 18, 1955, closely rivaled by December 23 of that year when {{Convert|2.00|in|mm|1}} fell.

During the summer, temperatures are generally hot to very hot in the afternoon, but the high altitude and low humidity means temperature drop to a comfortable level at night. On average, 8.0 afternoons each summer will exceed {{Convert|100|F|C|1|disp=or}} and 73.2 afternoons reach {{Convert|90|F|C|1}}. It is rare, though, that minima stay above {{Convert|68|F|C|1}}, although thirteen mornings stayed this warm in 2015. The hottest minimum has been {{Convert|78|F|C|1}} on July 22, 2003, and the hottest temperature {{Convert|107|F|C|1}} on July 15, 2014. In the winter, afternoons are sunny and cool to cold with all but 4.6 topping freezing on average, although mornings typically range from freezing to frigid: 135.5 mornings fall below freezing in an average year and 0.6 fall to or below {{Convert|0|F|C|1}}. The coldest temperature on record is {{Convert|&minus;26|F|C|1}} on January 21, 1937, and the coldest month January 1949 which averaged {{Convert|12.4|F|C|1}} with a mean minimum of {{Convert|&minus;4.6|F|C|1}}. The coldest afternoon is {{Convert|6|F|C|1}}, which occurred on February 6, 1989, and December 22, 1990.

{{Weather box
|location = Yerington, Nevada, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1894–present
|single line = Yes
|collapsed   = yes
|Jan record high F = 72
|Feb record high F = 76
|Mar record high F = 84
|Apr record high F = 92
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 105
|Jul record high F = 107
|Aug record high F = 106
|Sep record high F = 102
|Oct record high F = 93
|Nov record high F = 82
|Dec record high F = 74

|Jan avg record high F = 61.2
|Feb avg record high F = 66.0
|Mar avg record high F = 74.1
|Apr avg record high F = 80.1
|May avg record high F = 90.3
|Jun avg record high F = 97.1
|Jul avg record high F = 102.1
|Aug avg record high F = 100.3
|Sep avg record high F = 95.1
|Oct avg record high F = 85.5
|Nov avg record high F = 71.3
|Dec avg record high F = 61.5
|year avg record high F = 102.4

|Jan high F = 45.8
|Feb high F = 51.1
|Mar high F = 59.3
|Apr high F = 65.4
|May high F = 74.6
|Jun high F = 85.0
|Jul high F = 93.4
|Aug high F = 91.9
|Sep high F = 83.5
|Oct high F = 69.6
|Nov high F = 55.0
|Dec high F = 44.2
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 34.2
|Feb mean F = 38.4
|Mar mean F = 45.5
|Apr mean F = 51.1
|May mean F = 59.6
|Jun mean F = 68.5
|Jul mean F = 76.0
|Aug mean F = 74.2
|Sep mean F = 66.2
|Oct mean F = 53.8
|Nov mean F = 41.3
|Dec mean F = 33.0
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 22.7
|Feb low F = 25.7
|Mar low F = 31.8
|Apr low F = 36.8
|May low F = 44.6
|Jun low F = 52.0
|Jul low F = 58.6
|Aug low F = 56.5
|Sep low F = 48.9
|Oct low F = 38.0
|Nov low F = 27.6
|Dec low F = 21.8
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 9.9
|Feb avg record low F = 13.8
|Mar avg record low F = 19.5
|Apr avg record low F = 25.7
|May avg record low F = 32.6
|Jun avg record low F = 39.5
|Jul avg record low F = 49.9
|Aug avg record low F = 47.8
|Sep avg record low F = 37.4
|Oct avg record low F = 24.5
|Nov avg record low F = 13.6
|Dec avg record low F = 7.4
|year avg record low F = 4.6

|Jan record low F = -26
|Feb record low F = -23
|Mar record low F = -2
|Apr record low F = 5
|May record low F = 15
|Jun record low F = 26
|Jul record low F = 30
|Aug record low F = 26
|Sep record low F = 11
|Oct record low F = 5
|Nov record low F = -6
|Dec record low F = -20

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.54
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.40
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.49
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.33
|May precipitation inch = 0.63
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.42
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.28
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.22
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.12
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.34
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.39
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.42
|year precipitation inch =

|Jan snow inch = 0.6
|Feb snow inch = 0.4
|Mar snow inch = 0.0
|Apr snow inch = 0.3
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 1.0
|Dec snow inch = 0.9
|year snow inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 3.6
|Feb precipitation days = 3.1
|Mar precipitation days = 3.3
|Apr precipitation days = 2.2
|May precipitation days = 3.7
|Jun precipitation days = 2.3
|Jul precipitation days = 1.4
|Aug precipitation days = 1.4
|Sep precipitation days = 1.0
|Oct precipitation days = 1.8
|Nov precipitation days = 2.4
|Dec precipitation days = 3.0

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 0.4
|Feb snow days = 0.3
|Mar snow days = 0.1
|Apr snow days = 0.1
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.2
|Dec snow days = 0.6

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name=NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00269229&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access
|access-date = September 21, 2022
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=rev
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data
|access-date = September 21, 2022
}}
</ref>
}}