Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 59 min5:31 am – 8:30 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 22 min7:16 am – 4:38 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 89°F, lows 57°FColdest month December: highs 43°F, lows 24°F11 in of rain a year, on about 24 dayswettest month December17 in of snow a year, on about 8 days40 days above 90°F, 147 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Stead station, 6 mi away
Parks and public landsRegional Archery Facilityrecreation area · under a mile · 92 acresHungry Valley-Eagle Canyonrecreation area · 2.0 mi · 83 acresHallelujah Junction Wildlife Areastate conservation land · 8.7 mi · 13,362 acresPinion Parkstate park · 11.9 miWhitewater Park At Rockstate park · 12.8 miAnaho Island National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 23.8 mi · 251 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes415 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 197046 of magnitude 4+, 5 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 5.3 on 22 Feb 197925 mi away, near Doyle, CaliforniaMost recent: magnitude 3.4 on 27 Jul 202649 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively HighWashoe County, NV, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsWinter weather Very HighEarthquake Relatively HighWildfire Relatively HighRiver flooding Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality50% of days had good air in 2025183 of 365 days measured180 moderate, 2 unhealthy for sensitive groups daysMedian index 50, worst day 112main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Washoe County monitors, NV
Drinking waterTruckee Meadows Water Authorityserves 442,000 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system serving the town
Elevation5,154 ft1,571 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalSaint Mary's Regional Medical Center11.5 miPost officeSierra Post Office6.6 miPoliceWashoe County Sheriff's Office8.7 miFire stationLemmon Valley Volunteer Fire Department Station 4402.4 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeTruckee Meadows Community College8.9 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportReno Tahoe International Airport RNO14 miInterstateI-8011 miUS highwayUS 3956.2 miAmtrakReno, NV RNO12 miCoachReno AmtrakGreyhound12 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 89505 ZIP area.
