A quick moving storm system will progress through the Great Basin Tuesday evening through Wednesday morning, resulting in light precipitation. Snow levels will start around 7,500 feet Tuesday evening, before dropping to around 6,000 feet the latter half of Tuesday night (early Wednesday morning). The probability of precipitation Tuesday and Wednesday for select locations across central and northern Nevada is shown.

October 2026 was on average, warmer than normal for northern and central Nevada. As for Precipitation, October 2026 was wetter than normal for Northern and Central Nevada. October snows this year where limited to the higher elevations, as our three snowfall climate sites received only a trace of snow for the month. October climate data for select locations below as highlighted in the graphic. Elko: October 2026 was warmer than normal with an average temperature of 52.6 degrees, which was 5.2 degrees above the normal of 46.8 degrees, making October 2026 the 5th warmest on record. Elko received 2.10” of rain and a trace of snowfall in October, which was above average for rain, but below average for snow, making October 2026 tied for the 7th wettest on record. The averages for rain and snow in October are 0.74” and 0.5” respectively. Ely: October 2026 was warmer than normal, with an average temperature of 50.8 degrees, which was 4.4 degrees above the normal of 46.4 degrees, making October 2026 tied for the 5th warmest on record. Ely received 2.19” of rain and a trace of snowfall in October, which was above average for rain, but below average for snow, making October 2026 the 4th wettest on record. The averages for rain and snow in October are 0.80” and 2.0” respectively. Eureka: October 2026 was warmer than normal, with an average temperature of 50.9 degrees, which was 4.1 degrees above the normal of 46.8 degrees, making October 2026 the 5th warmest on record. Eureka received 2.23” of rain, which was above average, making October 2026 the 1st wettest on record. The average rainfall for October is 0.61”. Tonopah: October 2026 was warmer than normal, with an average temperature of 55.3 degrees, which was 1.8 degrees above the normal of 53.5 degrees. Tonopah received 1.40” of rain, which was above average, making October 2026 the 4th wettest on record. The average rainfall for October is 0.38”. Winnemucca: October 2026 was warmer than normal, with an average temperature of 52.3 degrees which was 2.9 degrees above the normal of 49.4 degrees. Winnemucca received 0.76” of rain and a trace of snowfall in October, which was above average for rain, but below average for snow. The averages for rain and snow in October are 0.66” and 0.5” respectively.