Greyhound Bus Line provides service to the east and west of Elko. The local airport schedules frequent flights to Reno and Salt Lake City. The new NWSO in Elko is a very pleasant place to work, and the weather is challenging to forecast. The average annual snowfall ranges from about 35 to 50 inches, depending on elevation and proximity to the mountains. The nearby Ruby Mountains receive as much as 300 inches of snow at the higher elevations.
Summers are warm and humidity is quite low, but thunderstorms occur at times.
Flash flooding is a concern in the diverse terrain in the Elko warning area, as well as the occasional severe thunderstorm with strong winds. NWSO Elko broadcasts products over four NOAA Weather Radios and is part of the National upper air network. The CWFA spans almost 47,000 square miles. The NWSO prepares most forecast and climatological products that are typical of a spin-up office, including zones, TAF's, TWEB's, etc.