Carson City, Nevada NV Hotels/Motels/Lodging

This is the current conditions weather report for Carson City. The report was made 57 minutes ago, at 08:55 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 15 miles per hour / 24.1 kilometers per hour from the north northwest (340°). The temperature was 61°F / 16°C, with a dew-point at 61°F / 16°C. The temperature felt like 59°F / 15°C. The atmospheric pressure was 30.12 inHg / 1021 hPa. The relative humidity was 22%. The skies were clear.

Carson City is the capital of the State of Nevada. A center of silver mining, Carson City was the county seat of the former Ormsby County and was named for explorer Kit Carson. Carson City has the distinction of being the smallest of the 361 Metropolitan Statistical Areas as designated by the United States Census Bureau. The largest nearby city to Carson City is Reno, about 30 miles to the north. Carson City is one of only two capital cities in the United States that borders another state; the other is Trenton, New Jersey.

Western Nevada Community College is a regionally accredited, two year institution which is part of the Nevada System of Higher Education. The college has an enrollment of approximately 6,000 degree-seeking students attending classes at campuses in Carson City, Fallon, and Douglas County and teaching centers in Dayton, Fernley, Hawthorne, Lake Tahoe, Lovelock, Smith Valley, and Yerington. It has an extensive prison education program, offering classes to degree-seeking inmates in five correctional institutions (four male and one female). The college offers a wide range of academic and university transfer programs, occupational training, career enhancement workshops, and classes just for fun. Courses are conducted daytime and evening in the classroom, by cablecast, and on the Internet.

Cultures: Nevada State Museum and Nevada State Railroad Museum

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