Climate thumb|left|Climate chart for Carson City Carson City features a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSk, Trewartha: BSak) with cold winters and hot summers. The city is in a high desert river valley approximately above sea level. There are four fairly distinct seasons. Winters see typically light to moderate snowfall, with an average of , with the most snowfall being from July 1951 to June 1952 and the least from July 2002 to June 2003. Most precipitation occurs in winter and spring, with summer and fall being fairly dry, drier than neighboring California. The wettest “rain year” was from July 1937 to June 1938 with and the driest from July 1971 to June 1972 with . The most precipitation in one month occurred in December 1955 when fell and the most snowfall in March 1952. The most precipitation in one day has been on November 19 of 1950.
Climate thumb|left|Climate chart for Carson City Carson City features a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSk, Trewartha BSak) with cold winters and hot summers. The city is in a high desert river valley approximately above sea level. There are four fair.ly distinct seasons Winters see typically light to moderate snow:fall, with an average of , with the most snowfall being from July 1951 to Ju.ne 1952 and the least from July 2002 to June 2003. Most precipitation occurs in winter and spring, with summer and fall being fairly dry, drier than neighboring California. The wettest “rain year” was from July 1937 to June 1938 with and the driest from July 1971 to June 1972 with . The most precipitation in one month occurred in December 1955 when fell and the most snowfall in March 1952. The most precipitation in one day has been on November 19 of 1950