Mountain City, Nevada
| Mountain City, Nevada | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
 | |
  Mountain City Location within the state of Nevada | |
| Coordinates: 41°50′19″N 115°57′55″W / 41.83861°N 115.96528°WCoordinates: 41°50′19″N 115°57′55″W / 41.83861°N 115.96528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Elko |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (Mountain (MST) (see text)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
Mountain City is a small unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States, within the Mountain City Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The community is located on State Route 225, approximately 16 miles (26 km) south of the Idaho border, is situated on the Owyhee River at an elevation of approximately 5,620 feet (1,710 m).
History
A post office was established at Mountain City in 1870.[1] The community was descriptively named on account of the natural surroundings of its elevated town site.[2]
Due to its small size, Mountain City is classified by some writers as a ghost town.[3]
Time zone
Mountain City, along with the rest of Nevada except for the city of West Wendover, is legally in the Pacific Time Zone,[4] but, along with other Idaho border towns such as Jackpot, Jarbidge and Owyhee, unofficially observes the Mountain Time Zone due to closer proximity to and greater connections with towns in southern Idaho.[5]
Climate
Due to its high elevation, the area sees very cold nights - even in summer, with frost possible in every month. Winters are bitterly cold at night.
| Climate data for Mountain City, Nevada (1955-1999) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 58 (14) |
70 (21) |
71 (22) |
79 (26) |
89 (32) |
95 (35) |
105 (41) |
99 (37) |
95 (35) |
85 (29) |
75 (24) |
64 (18) |
105 (41) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 38.0 (3.3) |
42.3 (5.7) |
47.1 (8.4) |
56.2 (13.4) |
65.0 (18.3) |
74.6 (23.7) |
84.7 (29.3) |
84.4 (29.1) |
75.1 (23.9) |
63.5 (17.5) |
47.1 (8.4) |
39.3 (4.1) |
59.8 (15.4) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 9.4 (−12.6) |
13.2 (−10.4) |
18.5 (−7.5) |
24.3 (−4.3) |
30.9 (−0.6) |
36.4 (2.4) |
39.7 (4.3) |
37.7 (3.2) |
29.8 (−1.2) |
22.1 (−5.5) |
17.1 (−8.3) |
9.9 (−12.3) |
24.1 (−4.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −48 (−44) |
−35 (−37) |
−23 (−31) |
2 (−17) |
7 (−14) |
14 (−10) |
20 (−7) |
16 (−9) |
8 (−13) |
−10 (−23) |
−22 (−30) |
−46 (−43) |
−48 (−44) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.30 (33) |
1.03 (26.2) |
1.12 (28.4) |
1.06 (26.9) |
1.66 (42.2) |
1.21 (30.7) |
0.50 (12.7) |
0.55 (14) |
0.75 (19) |
0.92 (23.4) |
1.38 (35.1) |
1.35 (34.3) |
12.83 (325.9) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 8.4 (21.3) |
4.0 (10.2) |
4.4 (11.2) |
1.4 (3.6) |
0.6 (1.5) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.9 (2.3) |
1.9 (4.8) |
6.7 (17) |
28.3 (71.9) |
| Source: [6] | |||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mountain City post office
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 27.
- ↑ "MOUNTAIN CITY". Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- ↑ "CFR 2013 Title 49 Volume 1 Part 71 STANDARD TIME ZONE BOUNDARIES" (PDF). www.gpo.gov. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
- ↑ "Time Zone Exceptions and Oddities". Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ↑ "Climate of Mountain City, Nevada". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
