Reno may be on the verge of breaking a weather record.

Despite several early-season storms, the Biggest Little City still hasn’t reached 32 degrees this fall, and the National Weather Service now says the first freeze may not arrive until early next week.

If Reno stays above freezing through Sunday, Nov. 16, the city will break its record for the latest first freeze, set on Nov. 16, 2016, according to NWS Reno. Any freeze that arrives early next week — likely on Nov. 18 — would set the new mark.

Weather Service records since 1980 show Reno’s median first freeze falls on Oct. 15. In the past decade, it has ranged from Oct. 10 (2019) to Nov. 16 (2016) .

A recent Climate Central analysis shows Reno has seen the most delayed freeze in the country, with the first freeze now arriving 41

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