Mountain City, Nevada

Mountain City is a small census-designated place in Elko County, Nevada, United States,[1] 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).

Mountain City, Nevada
Census-designated place
Mountain City
Location within the state of Nevada
Coordinates: 41°50′19″N 115°57′55″W
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyElko
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (Mountain (MST) (see text))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
GNIS feature ID2806678[1]

History

A post office was established at Mountain City in 1870.[2] The community was descriptively named on account of the natural surroundings of its elevated town site.[3]

Due to its small size, Mountain City is classified by some writers as a ghost town.[4]

Time zone

Mountain City, along with the rest of Nevada except for the city of West Wendover, is legally in the Pacific Time Zone,[5] 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.[6]

Climate

Mountain City sees a humid continental climate (Koppen: Dfb) with four seasons and generally not a large amount of year round precipitation. 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.[7]

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)		 1.12
(28)		 1.06
(27)		 1.66
(42)		 1.21
(31)		 0.50
(13)		 0.55
(14)		 0.75
(19)		 0.92
(23)		 1.38
(35)		 1.35
(34)		 12.83
(325)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 8.4
(21)		 4.0
(10)		 4.4
(11)		 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
(71.2)
Source: [8]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mountain City Census Designated Place
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mountain City post office
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 27.
  4. "MOUNTAIN CITY". Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  5. "CFR 2013 Title 49 Volume 1 Part 71 STANDARD TIME ZONE BOUNDARIES" (PDF). www.gpo.gov. Retrieved 2014-07-05.
  6. "Time Zone Exceptions and Oddities". Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  7. "MTN CITY RS, NEVADA - Climate Summary". wrcc.dri.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  8. "Climate of Mountain City, Nevada". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 12, 2014.

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