Climate Comfort Score
52/100
Moderate
NOAA 1991–2020 normals Incorporated place · exact Census match 50°F annual avg Public-domain federal data
Las Vegas, NM Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: average temperature, precipitation, and comfort score
- 50°F
- Avg annual temp
- 52/100
- Comfort score
- 15.7"
- Annual precip
- 150d
- Growing season
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Las Vegas's primary NOAA station, LAS VEGAS MUNI AP.
The climate verdict for Las Vegas
Dryness leads the climate profile for Las Vegas, New Mexico, with 15.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the composite comfort score falls in the least temperate third of station-mapped US locations, milder than only 24% of them.
- 50°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, milder than 24% of station-mapped locations
- 15.7"
- annual precipitation
- 150 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Based on NOAA U.S. Climate Normals (1991–2020) - 30-year averages describing the typical year, not a forecast.
Avg Temperature
50°F (10°C)
Avg High
65°F
Avg Low
36°F
Annual Precip
15.7"
Comfort Score
52/100
Moderate
Avg Annual Temperature
50°F
30-year mean (NOAA NCEI)
Annual Precipitation
15.7"
Liquid-equivalent total
Comfort score vs national 100-point ceiling (Las Vegas) 52.0%
National median (64)
PlainClimate composite, temperature mildness, humidity, precipitation, extreme-weather frequency. Moderate for the Las Vegas area.
How Las Vegas compares with its closest stations
Against the 6 closest stations in the record, Las Vegas averages 50°F a year, warmer than Las Vegas Wwtp, NM (49°F) and Gascon, NM (46°F), and cooler than Villanueva, NM (55°F) and Dilia, NM (56°F). On comfort score it places 3 of 7 in that local group.
Corpus-relative placement
Where Las Vegas sits across the climate record
These comparisons place this primary-station normal among station-mapped locations with the same NOAA 1991–2020 fields.
- Annual temperature
- Warmer than 40%
- of 6,861 measured location normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Wetter than 19%
- of 6,352 measured location normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Larger than 20%
- of 6,861 complete location-year normals.
How Las Vegas compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Las Vegas's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile milder than 24% of 6,189 station-mapped locations
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Las Vegas's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 80 complete annual observations from 1941 to 2025, LAS VEGAS MUNI AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.30°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Las Vegas primary station fitted change +0.30 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47°F (8°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 0.3" | 29.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (10°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.3" | 24.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.6" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 63°F (17°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 0.7" | 13.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.3" | 2.6 | 0.2 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 1.6" | 0.0 | 4.3 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 3.2" | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| September | 76°F (24°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 2.2" | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| October | 66°F (19°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 1.4" | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.5" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 46°F (8°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 0.4" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around June 30, short of 90°F on every date, while 170 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 19°F near December 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 14, then returns to freezing around October 28, covering 170 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 30, when 45% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 18 at 11%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 76 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 10 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Las Vegas.
Where Las Vegas Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 16 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 33°F between the normal high and low.
Standing computed against the distribution of 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations in the PlainClimate database; only nationally notable standings are shown.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
January 0.3"
3.4 days with precipitation
February 0.3"
3.2 days with precipitation
March 0.6"
4.0 days with precipitation
April 0.7"
4.7 days with precipitation
May 1.3"
6.7 days with precipitation
June 1.6"
7.9 days with precipitation
July 3.2"
12.7 days with precipitation
August 3.1"
12.8 days with precipitation
September 2.2"
7.8 days with precipitation
October 1.4"
5.2 days with precipitation
November 0.5"
3.6 days with precipitation
December 0.4"
3.6 days with precipitation
Las Vegas runs a summer-peaked wet season
51% of Las Vegas's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is July at 3.2", on a 35.8°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: July, August, September, taking 54% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.3".
- Winter share: 7% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
How Las Vegas's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 76 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 15.7" between them, or roughly 0.21 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
Wet days a year
76
Wettest month by days
August
Driest month by days
February
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 7
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
150 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,713
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
318
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Places with a similar climate profile
NOAA 1991–2020 annual normals connect this location to non-geographic peers. Temperature peers use annual mean temperature; energy peers use both heating and cooling degree days.
Closest annual-temperature peers
What Las Vegas's climate means for you
Las Vegas runs 50°F a year - peaking in July, coldest in December.
- Gardeners work an ordinary 150-day frost-free window; the last spring freeze usually lands near May 10, so start dates matter.
- Keeping warm is the dominant household load: 5,713 heating degree days against only 318 for cooling.
- See how Las Vegas lines up against the rest of New Mexico and the national rankings. See rankings
Climate Guides
Data-derived climate profile
How Las Vegas's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Las Vegas's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,713 annual heating degree days against 318 for cooling. Its 35.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Las Vegas's frost-free season lasts about 150 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Las Vegas's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.8°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Las Vegas's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 15.7 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Las Vegas's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. They are descriptive ranges, not an official NOAA classification or a forecast for any specific year.
The year in four calendar signals
- Warmest normal
- July
- Even at its warmest the station only averages 69°F (20°C), so no month here is hot by national standards.
- Coldest normal
- December
- The monthly mean of 33°F (1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
- Rainfall rhythm
- July to February
- July is typically wettest; February is driest.
- Mild-temperature window
- May through September
- Monthly means sit between 55°F and 75°F in this window. Freezing days are still reported from January through December.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average temperature in Las Vegas, NM? ▼
The average annual temperature in Las Vegas, New Mexico is 50°F. The warmest month averages 84°F (29°C) and the coldest averages 20°F (-7°C).
How much rain does Las Vegas get? ▼
Las Vegas receives 15.7 inches of precipitation annually. Based on NOAA 30-year climate normals (1991-2020).
How cold does Las Vegas get in winter? ▼
Las Vegas records about 155 days a year with a low at or below freezing, with December the coldest month on the normals, and an annual average daily low of 36°F.
What is the comfort score for Las Vegas? ▼
Las Vegas has a climate comfort score of 52/100 (Moderate), milder than 24% of station-mapped locations in the PlainClimate database.
When is the growing season in Las Vegas? ▼
Las Vegas has approximately 150 frost-free days per year, with the last spring freeze around May 10 and the first fall freeze around October 7.
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Las Vegas? ▼
Las Vegas has 5,713 heating degree days and 318 cooling degree days annually, a heating-dominated climate. See our <a href="/guides/reading-weather-data" class="underline hover:text-brand-600">guide to reading weather data</a> for what these figures mean.
Where does this Las Vegas climate data come from? ▼
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). Figures on this page come from Las Vegas's primary NOAA station (LAS VEGAS MUNI AP, USW00023054).
Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Las Vegas's primary station: LAS VEGAS MUNI AP (USW00023054). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 3539940). The reproducible method is an exact normalized name-and-state match; unresolved is an upper bound on facilities because spelling variants can be missed.
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